Sure, that would be great.  Sounds like a fair way to play it.

Fixed! I figure next lesson can be translating the other way. And the lesson after that, some sentence frames for translating English.

No, I fixed my error and added back in:

11.1.  Uppermost Cort Judges may be compelled to retire through organic removal from office through an act of the Ziu in accordance with Article VIII of the Organic Law. In accordance with the appropriate section, the inactivity of a Justice is defined as the failure of that Justice to act, rule, or appear in an open case the Justice is assigned to or participating in for more than 60 days, as certified by the Ziu in a majority vote.

Yeah, that's a valid concern. But I would point out that they also are subject to the reappointment requirement every 5 years.

Even I left Twitter, since it's entirely owned by a proto-fascist transphobic ketamine addict and also kind of a mess these days.

Yes, it looks great!

As to RZ20, I vote per.
As to RZ21, I vote contra.
As to RZ22, I vote per.
As to RZ23, I vote per.
As to RZ24, I vote per.

As to the VoC, I vote non.

A simpler system is usually going to be better.

A reading system would also democratize the process a little more -- the CRL committee now usually acts like the committees in the American Congress' legislative houses, where they're perceived as being "in charge" of what gets a vote and their opinions on the merits of the bill count for more.  We should resist the tendency to accumulate power at the top of our government.

As the Clerk, I feel uncomfortable with that provision.  If I get no response, the appropriate thing for me to do is to tell the Ziu.

Damn it, I forgot to check over all the boxes. Thank you.

Well, at least I know how to fix all those pretty easily.

For sure, and it will be great if other people get involved. But 90% of all the active people are in government in some way, either in the legislature or in the Government proper. I would just love to see some focus on this stuff.

Okay, so the second lesson is sorted: https://talossan.net/lesson-two/

I plan on adding more practice problems, like I did already with the first lesson (https://talossan.net/lesson-one/), but want to make sure I'm not on the wrong track.  I had to write this one without my book, so I'm less confident.  @Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP , anywhere I went wrong?

Quote from: King Txec on January 17, 2025, 07:41:57 AMOther thoughts:

- Citizen of the month
- New Citizen recognition in some form
- Maybe easing up on the "apolitical civil service" since some people find service to the country just as fun as doing some politics now and then. (I'm not sure how this would look - just spitballing)
- Monthly contests (again not sure on this)
- Post count ranks. Some forums give interesting ranks or titles for the number of posts in a forum
- Movie night where we all watch the same movie (not really a night as we have different time zones, but you get the idea)
- Book club where we actually read the book together and then discuss it

-Txec R

These ideas and lots of others are available, and I'm sure we could brainstorm more.  Could the Government try some things, please?

While this is all fine, I'd like to note that again we have multiple Government ministers and different MZs working on something that is a pretty distant priority.  If it brings you joy, okay, but recognize that we should also be working on the issues that actually matter: immigration and activity.

It is very clear from the law that the CRL can vote to approve, vote to reject, or delay the bill for 30 days.  It can also make recommendations.  The delaying function is very likely inorganic (Org.VII.7 precludes any statute from delaying a bill in this way).  However, that's never mattered, so that provision has never been challenged.  People have been told in the past that they couldn't Clark something without a CRL vote, and that may or may not be inorganic if it ended up mattering.

I would strongly support getting rid of the CRL, overall, and replacing it with a system of multiple readings.

I am grateful for the patronage of the Government, and very happy for the generous grant that's been announced.  I had a spare minute tonight, so I added more problems to work through on Lesson One and started on Lesson Two.  This second lesson will focus on adjectives and adverbs, as well as introducing the concept of agreement.  Here's the first bit.