Crazy meeting. Senate got a lot done and got a few new pieces of legislation read last Wednesday. The Anti-Discrimination bill went very well and we got a lot of good feedback to work on for the next meeting. Not sure if we will be voting on it or working on it a bit more here in a couple of weeks.
Senate passed a great amendment to Chloe Crocker's bill regarding election regulations. Senate then passed another bill that reaffirmed and expanded the amendment that I presented to the election regulations. These two pieces of legislation lowered the filing fees to 15 dollars for Minor Races and 30 dollars for Major Races. Then there was a lot of confusion later on when a new bill came up with very vague wording. In my best interpretation it simply reaffirmed the two pieces of legislation that we had already passed earlier in the night. I realized this and voted no on it simply because we had already talked about this and already made policy for it. Apparently the bill authors felt otherwise. This was very confusing and I have filed a JCourt case to get it all sorted out. I also have filed a case questioning the legality of the legislation seeing as it was not passed with proper parliamentary procedures. Whatever the case, the Court needs to figure out what is going on with the bill and I will respect whatever decision Chief Justice Reed and the rest of the court decides.
As many of you know, I love JCourt and cannot wait to get back in it. I hope everything goes well and the right decision is made. This will be a very important case that will have implications for a very long time.
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