Quote from: King Txec on Yesterday at 02:21:15 PMI may not be grasping the entirety of the proposal here, but I fail to see how the Senate is less democratic than the Cosa, as senators are actually elected by the people, whereas MC's are on a party list but don't actually run for election in their own right. Perhaps if we want to fix an imbalance, MC's should run for their seats instead.

Funnily enough, I believe we've all actually had a discussion on that bolded bit recently, though that's more Sir @Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP area of enthusiasm so I'll not steal his thunder.

One of the more straightforward reasons for the "less democratic" argument is that it weights the votes of citizens unequally. We had four Senate elections this last time (three regular, one special). In each of those, more votes were cast than the entire citizenry of Vuode. Even if every Vuodean vuoted (and last time they had a Senate election, only about half did), their vuotes would still mathematically be worth more than the votes of any of the Senatorial voters from these other provinces. You see this problem appear (and receive similar criticism) in other similarly-structured institutions, most notably for most of us of course being the US Senate. The Cosa, of course, weights every vote equally, as it is a pure proportional representation.

QuoteIs the intent of MC Autofil to eventually convert the Senate into more of a UK style House of Lords? Why is our current setup a problem?

The answer to your first question is a bit of a "yes and no" situation, depending on how exactly you mean it. "Upper house of review, much like the House of Lords?" Yes. "Unelected upper chamber, appointed by the Crown or the Government?" No.

As to your second question, I would say that, if we must have bicameralism (which it appears we do, for the foreseeable future anyway), the conflict between responsible government and mis-applied federalist governmental structure will require one to come out on top, and in Talossa's case, I choose responsible government.

Thanks for your service, Sir Ian! Good luck with your current ventures.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on Yesterday at 08:58:01 PMThe first rule of the cort:

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on March 18, 2022, 05:23:08 PMPROCESS FOR FILING LEGAL BUSINESS

1. Petitions for any business shall be filed by posting a single message containing your petition or by using private messages to send your petition to the Clerk of Corts.

I remain the Clerk, I guess -- although depending on the nature of the petition, I might ask His Majesty to do the assignment.  I'd still love to be replaced as Clerk, but it's probably not an emergency.

It might be a good idea to get representation.

Excellent, thanks.

Thank you for your service, and we appreciate you very much.  I hope that we'll see more of you socially, if less out of obligation!

The first rule of the cort:

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on March 18, 2022, 05:23:08 PMPROCESS FOR FILING LEGAL BUSINESS

1. Petitions for any business shall be filed by posting a single message containing your petition or by using private messages to send your petition to the Clerk of Corts.

I remain the Clerk, I guess -- although depending on the nature of the petition, I might ask His Majesty to do the assignment.  I'd still love to be replaced as Clerk, but it's probably not an emergency.

It might be a good idea to get representation.

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on Yesterday at 08:46:09 PM@Baron Alexandreu Davinescu

I would like to file a petition for injuctive relief but am unsure who would receive the petition. As I read the Cort Rules, we are not to directly post our petition in the Courthouse threads. Do we have a Clerk of Corts? If not, then could you advise on the correct procedures to file the petition?

The Baron Seneschal is the Clerk.

@Baron Alexandreu Davinescu

I would like to file a petition for injuctive relief but am unsure who would receive the petition. As I read the Cort Rules, we are not to directly post our petition in the Courthouse threads. Do we have a Clerk of Corts? If not, then could you advise on the correct procedures to file the petition?

Azul all,

I have always said that what makes the Kingdom of Talossa special is that it allows people to engage meaningfully in activities that they otherwise would not be able to in other contexts. In that spirit I have been pleased to have served as El Capitán da l'Altahál for the past year, recognizing the contributions of citizens who have really made this place their own.

I have no intention of fully withdrawing from Talossa any time soon, but I do have a number of other commitments and I have been trying to reduce how many things I am obligated to look at regularly. This means I will probably be checking in around here less frequently, and, as a result, I am no longer in a position to be a good Captain. I hereby step down from my post effective immediately, with thanks to His Majesty, the Most Honourable Seneschal, and all the members of the Zuoaves.

Best,
Ian P.

P.S. I think this means my only remaining position is that of Puisne Justice, which, given that cases come in at a clip of one or two per year, I think I can manage. You all know where to find me.

IIRC:

The royal title got "Head of the Church, Defender of the Faith" appended in blatant imitation/parody of Henry VIII back when KR1 was self-identified as an atheist. This was simply carried forward until the drafting of the 1997 Organic Law, when Matthias Muth got the word "Unorthodox" added to the title in Article III Section 3 to eliminate any claim to any real church. The "Head of the Unorthodox Church" bit was then deleted by amendment post-KR1 because King John was a member of the Orthodox Church.

Subsequently, we had a massive revision of the Organic Law that completely eliminated the title section. Now the title is codified in El Lexhatx, L6, as:

"__________ (name), by the Grace of God, King of Talossa and of all its Realms and Regions, King of Cézembre, Sovereign Lord and Protector of Pengöpäts and the New Falklands, Defender of the Faith, Leader of the Armed Forces, Viceroy of Hoxha and Vicar of Atatürk."

Oh, don't worry -- we're going to keep bugging the Ladintsch Naziunal very regularly.  But he's not our supervisor, and I think it's entirely possible for me to undertake some translation efforts or to ask someone else to do something like that, and then check with him as necessary for accuracy.

I mean, just the other day I dared to translate the Prime Minister's Patriotic Award to "Pretz Pätriotic del Seneschal" all by my lonesome, and then double-checked with him for accuracy.  I don't think that was wrong of me, even though I didn't tell him about my plans to do that ahead of time.