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Bill: Constitution Act, 2903 (Bill of Rights)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Paleofederalist Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2904
Description[?]:
| [1] Fundamental Freedoms All citizens have the: (a) Right of the individual to life, liberty, security of the person and enjoyment of property and the right not to be deprived thereof except by due process of law. These rights include: (i) The Right to be treated as a Living Human from conception until natural death (ii) The Right to Ownership of Private Property (iii) The Right to Keep and Bear Arms (iv) The Right to Self Defence (b) Right of the individual to equality before the law and the protection of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability (c) Freedom of religion (d) Freedom of speech (e) Freedom of assembly and of association (f) Freedom of the press [2] Democratic Procedure (a) All citizens that meet the minimum voting age are allowed to vote (b) No Legislature shall last more than 5 years unless in the case of war (c) The Legislature shall sit at least once every 12 months, be it in the form of a bill, budget, proposal or other legislative action [3] Mobility All free citizens have the: (a) Right to enter and leave the country (b) Right to reside and pursue happiness in any region of the country [4] Legal (a) Right not to be arbitrarily detained, imprisoned or exiled (b) Right not to have methods of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment used; (c) Right to a counsel, reason for detention, habeas corpus (d) Protection against self-crimination (e) Right to a fair hearing (f) Right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to the law in a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal (g) Right to reasonable bail with just cause (f) Right to the assistance of an interpreter |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:43:55, March 04, 2010 CET | From | Paleofederalist Party | To | Debating the Constitution Act, 2903 (Bill of Rights) |
| Message | This is a constitutional bill and will require 2/3 of the legislature to vote in yes for it to pass. Do any of the members of the Federal Council have suggestions for amendment to the above bill? |
| Date | 00:19:37, March 05, 2010 CET | From | Federal Constitutionalist Party | To | Debating the Constitution Act, 2903 (Bill of Rights) |
| Message | FCP will accept this. |
| Date | 04:39:56, March 05, 2010 CET | From | Buidheann Saorsa | To | Debating the Constitution Act, 2903 (Bill of Rights) |
| Message | We support. |
| Date | 09:50:57, March 05, 2010 CET | From | Christian Party | To | Debating the Constitution Act, 2903 (Bill of Rights) |
| Message | Oppose, the Rights come from God, not government. The Bible doesn't mention "Right to keep Arms" or "Freedom of Religion". |
| Date | 15:48:29, March 05, 2010 CET | From | Narik Nationalestik Parti | To | Debating the Constitution Act, 2903 (Bill of Rights) |
| Message | We accept, although, we do not agree with (I) The Right to be treated as a Living Human from conception until natural death, people have the right to choose when they want to die. But, for now, we will accept this. |
| Date | 20:11:35, March 05, 2010 CET | From | Buidheann Saorsa | To | Debating the Constitution Act, 2903 (Bill of Rights) |
| Message | We would like to remind all the parties involved that this shall be a law binding document. Bills passed in violation will be considered null and void. |
| Date | 22:29:18, March 05, 2010 CET | From | Christian Party | To | Debating the Constitution Act, 2903 (Bill of Rights) |
| Message | OOC: New parties will come and old ones disappear, few will scroll back to watch at old legislature and see this. Is this stored somewhere so that it is seen? |
| Date | 03:13:55, March 06, 2010 CET | From | Rerum Novarum Party | To | Debating the Constitution Act, 2903 (Bill of Rights) |
| Message | OOC: You can put it into debate so that it can be recalled; we also need to clean up that list of the useless bills |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 141 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 28 |
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