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Bill: Civil Liberties Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Loyalistische Partei
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: January 2483
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The citizens' right to assemble in public.
Old value:: The police may disperse a group if they believe it poses a potential risk to public safety.
Current: The police may disperse a group without giving any reason.
Proposed: The police may only disperse a crowd if a state of emergency has been declared.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The confidentiality of letters and correspondence.
Old value:: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable, but the justice dept. can violate it in extreme situations.
Current: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable, but the justice dept. can violate the confidentiality of letters with grounded cause.
Proposed: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:50:14, November 07, 2007 CET | From | Loyalistische Partei | To | Debating the Civil Liberties Bill |
| Message | Why not? |
| Date | 15:14:43, November 08, 2007 CET | From | Neoliberal Party | To | Debating the Civil Liberties Bill |
| Message | Safety, that's why. |
| Date | 17:18:20, November 08, 2007 CET | From | Loyalistische Partei | To | Debating the Civil Liberties Bill |
| Message | How about safety from facism? Police are not always the good guys. But it does not matter, we seem to have won this one. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 105 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 71 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 124 |
| Random fact: Voters have an extra appreciation for bills that actually get passed, so if you want to maximally take profit from your votes, make sure you compromise with others. |
| Random quote: "An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup." - H. L. Mencken |