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Bill: Slander Reduction Bill -2171-
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal-Progressive Union
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: October 2172
Description[?]:
| Reduces the amount of cases in our courts that deal with slander laws based on defamatory opinions. Opinions that may insult a individual or are opinions that a person may not like, are not a valid reason to sue and waste the resources and time of our courts. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Slander laws.
Old value:: Individuals may sue over falsehoods and defamatory opinions spoken about them, if judged to be malicious.
Current: Individuals may sue over malicious falsehoods spoken about them.
Proposed: Individuals may sue over malicious falsehoods spoken about them.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:15:53, January 16, 2006 CET | From |   Liberal-Progressive Union | To | Debating the Slander Reduction Bill -2171- |
| Message | In case WSS!P wants to sue me.... Let's not let overly sensative people sue because someone may have hurt their feelings. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 276 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 124 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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