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Bill: Civil Liberties Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Vereinigte Bürgerschaft Dundorfs
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: April 2314
Description[?]:
| To improve civil liberties in our nation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government-issued identity card policy.
Old value:: All citizens are issued with identity cards but are not required to carry them.
Current: All citizens are issued with identity cards and are required to carry them at all times.
Proposed: Citizens are not issued with identity cards.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Tort reform on non-civil lawsuits.
Old value:: There is a cap on monetary damages awarded to patients in lawsuits.
Current: There is no cap on monetary damages awarded to patients in lawsuits.
Proposed: There is no cap on monetary damages awarded to patients in lawsuits.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information; everything else may be published freely.
Current: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Proposed: There are no content regulations; the media may publish anything, even proven falsehoods.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change National service.
Old value:: All adults upon completion of schooling must serve either a term in the military or a lesser paid term of civilian national service, at their option.
Current: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Proposed: There shall be no mandatory military or civilian national service.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The right for a person to prostitute himself or herself.
Old value:: Prostitution is illegal.
Current: Prostitution is illegal.
Proposed: Prostitution is legal and a recognized profession.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The recreational drug policy.
Old value:: All naturally occurring drugs are legal.
Current: The use of cannabis is legal.
Proposed: There are no laws regulating what citizens can put into their bodies.
Article 7
Proposal[?] to change Singing the national anthem in schools.
Old value:: Children are not made to sing the national anthem, but are required to show respect when it is played at the commencement of school each day.
Current: Children are not made to sing the national anthem, but are required to show respect when it is played at the commencement of school each day.
Proposed: Children are never made to sing the national anthem.
Article 8
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking is legal everywhere, at the discretion of the property owner. However, service/employer property owners that allow smoking must provide a separate non-smoking section.
Current: Smoking is legal outdoors and in private homes and clubs, but illegal indoors in all places of employment.
Proposed: Smoking is legal everywhere, at the discretion of the property owner, but is illegal in government-owned buildings.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:16:27, November 09, 2006 CET | From | Antikommunistische Nationale Partei | To | Debating the Civil Liberties Act |
| Message | We oppose Articles 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6. We canot vote for this bill. |
| Date | 21:37:47, November 09, 2006 CET | From | Anarchista Kommunista Csapat | To | Debating the Civil Liberties Act |
| Message | That predictable, we oppose the other two, 4 and 7. |
| Date | 23:19:00, November 09, 2006 CET | From | Demokratische Republikaner Partei | To | Debating the Civil Liberties Act |
| Message | We oppose 2-5 |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 193 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 307 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
| Random quote: "A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests." - Niccolo Machiavelli |