Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on June 07, 2021, 06:37:17 PM
I know you're trying to make light of the possibility of abuse here
I certainly am! I'll quote from Senator Plätschisch in the last debate over this: "I think the Regent's concerns would be quite valid if Talossa were a country with a multitude of citizens that actually threw people in prison. Given we are really just a few dozen citizens who all pretty much know each other, with no enforcement capability, the possibility of a serious abuse of this law seems too remote for me to spend too long caring about."
QuoteIf someone's ever spent a night in jail for disorderly conduct because they went to a protest, then got time served in the morning
... then that doesn't matter, because none of that fits the definition of "convicted in another jurisdiction, by a credible judicial authority, of an offence incurring penal servitude which is repugnant to the values expressed in the Covenant of Rights and Freedoms".
But no matter - write your alternative bill, and if it's good enough I'll vote for it and withdraw my own. The whole point is that this "kludgy, janky" fix which only US-qualified lawyers could properly operate would be there foreever if I hadn't forced the issue. You're welcome.