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Bill: Posse Comitatus
Details
Submitted by[?]: Shuggoth Progressive Party
Status[?]: defeated
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: March 2173
Description[?]:
| A nation's military should not be used to oppress its citizens; hence this bill to prevent the military from being deployed on our Empire's soil. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The nation's policy on the separation of the police and the military.
Old value:: A civilian police force is in place, backed up by the military.
Current: A civilian police force is in place and the military may be called in to help in serious emergencies.
Proposed: A civilian police force is in place and the military is not allowed to play any part in it.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:38:23, January 18, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Posse Comitatus |
| Message | This would prove most problematic when the empire expands. We need the army to police an expanding empire and suppress opposition in newly conquered lands. |
| Date | 10:17:06, January 18, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Posse Comitatus |
| Message | That is what garrisons are for. |
| Date | 13:41:35, January 19, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Posse Comitatus |
| Message | This bill would prevent those garrisons from policing the empire! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 335 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 415 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Real-life organisations should not be referenced in Particracy, unless they are simple and generic (eg. "National Organisation for Women" is allowed). |
| Random quote: "A politician who is poor is a poor politician." - Carlos Hank Gonzalez |