Synapsic
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| 14 May 2015 05:50 PM |
RESTRICTION OF OFFICE TO FELONS ACT
Article I: Preamble In recent times, various branches have been infiltrated with criminals, some even being convicted felons. As such, Congress needs to act; upon passage of this Act, named the Restriction of Office to Felons Act or ROPA, we will greatly reduce, if not eliminate, the possibility of a criminal slipping through the cracks into our government.
Article II: Terminology • A felony is defined as a serious, often violent, crime regarded as worse than a misdemeanor. • A misdemeanor is defined as a more minor crime in a court of law. It is divided into low misdemeanors and high misdemeanors, or respectively less-severe and more-severe crimes. • A felon is defined as a person who has been convicted of a felony. • Electoral Fraud is defined as any act that knowingly and purposefully alters an election, for example by confusing voters, rigging votes, stuffing ballots, etc. • A Civil Office is defined as any governmental position that either requires an election, requires nomination and approval, is Cabinet-level, or is a directorate position.
Article III: Basic Restriction of Office • Section 1: All felons convicted after the passage of this bill shall be barred from holding any Civil Office, henceforth referred to as “office,” for a minimum of eight (8) months after completing his or her sentence. This duration of being unable to run for office shall be henceforth known as an ineligibility period. • Section 2: A presiding judge may prolong this ineligibility period for up to 12 months, but a presiding judge may not lessen the period of ineligibility to hold office. • Section 3: In clarification, no criminal may hold office while imprisoned, and felons may not hold office for at least eight (8) months after completing his or her sentence. • Section 4: No presidential pardon or Congressional amnesty may waive a period of ineligibility; ineligibility must be served to its full extent. • Section 5: In the event a conviction was biased or false, a criminal may appeal within one (1) month of verdict to an appellate court; a prison sentence may be overturned, and the period of ineligibility shall be shortened by three quarters. • Section 6: To prevent this act from becoming a post ex facto law, any felons convicted prior to the passage of this act may not have an ineligibility period imposed upon him or her for past crimes.
Article IV: Electoral Fraud • Section 1: Electoral fraud is defined as above in Article I, and the terms “voter fraud” and “election fraud” shall be considered synonymous. • Section 2: Electoral fraud, and all other types of fraud, shall be considered felonies due to the destructive nature of the crimes. • Section 3: Those convicted of electoral fraud shall be barred from office for no less than a period of ten (10) months due to their attempts to undermine the basic foundation of our democracy, and presiding judges may, only for a charge of electoral fraud, extend a period of ineligibility to eighteen (18) months.
Article V: Miscellaneous Provisions • Section 1: Murder convictions shall not impose an ineligibility period upon a convicted criminal unless found guilty of at least two (2) counts. • Section 2: For the purposes of this act, nonlethal assault shall be seen as a high misdemeanor; the offense is impeachable, but an ineligibility period shall not be immediately imposed. • Section 3: Terrorism shall be seen as a felony.
Article VI: Amending/Repealing This Act • To repeal this act, 2/3 of each house must be in agreement, and the Attorney General and President must further agree; the Attorney General, being the foremost leader in criminal justice, is seen as a nonpartisan expert in the field of law, granting him or her the right to judge if this act deserves to be repealed. Furthermore, the Supreme Court may, of course, nullify this Act should it violate the Constitution. • To amend this act, a regular bill must be proposed to amend a specific portion; however, neither ineligibility durations nor Article IV may be altered • Amending or repealing this act may not alter any previously-enacted ineligibility periods.
Written by Synapsic Proposed by Speaker of the House iBuzBear |
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Synapsic
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| 14 May 2015 05:52 PM |
I, and the entire DoJ, greatly endorse this bill.
(Sorry for how long it is; I had to be thorough!)
Synapsic, WH Press and Social Secretary DoJ Chief of Staff Founder of Illinois, 4th Ratified State
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| 14 May 2015 05:56 PM |
Myself, and the White House is fully endorsing this bill.
-DavidAxelrod Deputy White House Chief of Staff, Department of Justice Deputy Chief of Staff, Illinois Secretary of State |
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| 14 May 2015 09:19 PM |
Quick Typo Fix: In the Preamble, I stated that the acronym is "ROPA," but it's really "ROFA." Whoops!
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| 15 May 2015 06:32 PM |
The entire DoJ? probably not.
They hate us cause they aint us- Kim Jong Un |
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| 16 May 2015 10:07 PM |
@hello,
I am the DOJ & I support this! |
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| 17 May 2015 03:38 PM |
no you're small
silly duck!!!
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