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Creating Actual Bureaucracy In National Executive Theory Amendment

Passed by the Senate on 8 June 2025.

Passed by referendum on 15 June 2025.

Whereas
the Constitution has in the past included sections on the Cabinet or Executive Officers,
Recognizing
that it currently does not except in off-hand mentions,
Believing
this semi-constitutional status makes the structure of the executive harder to understand,
Hoping
this amendment can succinctly solve those issues,
Acknowledging
that this amendment should not go against popular understandings of executive structure,
Reaffirming
that codifying such conceptions can make them have a stronger legal basis,
Praying
that this amendment does not breed more confusion and doubt,

I, Justice Ivy Cactus NC, hereby propose the following amendment to the Constitution of SimDemocracy:

Section 1 — Executive Reform

s1. Part 2 of the Constitution shall be replaced in full with the following text:

Article 5: The President

§1. The President shall be the primary executive body of SimDemocracy and shall represent the interests of the people by wielding executive authority.

§2. The President shall have the authority to veto any votes passed by the Senate, with the exception of confirmations, impeachments, internal motions, and constitutional amendments within three (3) days of their passage.

§2.1. The Senate may override a veto with a two-thirds (⅔) majority.

§3. The President shall have primary authority over SimDemocracy’s foreign affairs and shall have the power to negotiate treaties and agreements on behalf of the State of SimDemocracy.

§4. Should the President become incapacitated — due to inactivity, resignation, or otherwise — they shall be replaced as described in Appendix §8.

§4.1. Should the President’s incapacity be temporary the acting official shall not hold the office of President but instead the office of “Acting President”, which shall retain all of the responsibilities and powers associated with the presidency other than the official title and the power to appoint a new Vice President, should that role also be vacated.

§5. The President may not concurrently be Vice President, Senator, Judge or Justice.

§6. The President shall be elected every two (2) weeks using the voting method described in Appendix §4, and elections shall be available for twenty-four (24) hours.

§6.1. The candidates who wish to run shall come forward via a Call for Candidates post.
§6.2. The call for Candidates shall last 24 hours.
§6.3. There shall be a 48-hour period between the conclusion of the Call for Candidates and the start of the election.

Article 6: The Vice President

§1. The Vice President shall be the secondary executive body of SimDemocracy and shall represent the interests of the people by wielding executive authority second only to the President.

§2. The President shall choose a Vice President to serve for the former’s term prior to the election.

§2.1. If the President is without a Vice President for any reason during their term they must appoint a Vice President, subject to a simple majority in a public referendum.

§3. The Vice President may occupy an additional Executive Office, unless otherwise specified in further legislation.

§4. The Vice President may not concurrently be President, Senator, Judge or Justice.

Article 7: The Cabinet

§1. The Cabinet shall serve as the official advisory body to the President and be composed of the Vice President, all Executive Officers, any position specified by legislation, and other advisors as the President deems fit.

§1.1. Advisors need not necessarily be members of the executive, and a person’s position in the cabinet shall not be construed to place them under the authority of the President.

§2. Executive Officers shall be the heads of executive bodies, as created by legislation or by decree of the President. They shall wield executive authority over the department they lead, behind only the authority of the President and the Vice-President.

§3. Members of the executive may issue orders which those with lower authority are compelled to obey. No executive official may issue an order contradicting an order by a higher authority, and no executive official may issue an order to an official they do not wield authority over.

§3.1. Written orders from a member of the executive to their subordinates shall be known as “executive orders”, and are binding on said subordinates until stricken by an official of equal or higher authority, regardless of whether the employee who penned them was replaced.
§3.2. No person shall be dismissed or otherwise reprimanded solely for disobeying, in good faith, an order they believed to be illegal.
§3.3. Section 3.2. shall not be construed to deny the Senate the ability to impeach officials at its own discretion.

§4. Members of the executive shall reserve the ability to delegate their authority to those serving under them, in whole or in part, and to the extent that they seem fit.

§4.1. When authority is delegated, those who it was delegated to shall be considered to wield any amount of authority up-to but not exceeding that of the official who delegated, at the discretion of said official.
§4.2. The power of delegation shall allow executive officials to create new executive bodies and positions with authority, ability, and discretion up-to but not exceeding that of the official who created said body.

§5. Executive Officers may not simultaneously be President, Senator, Judge or Justice.

s2. The following shall be added to the end of the Appendix: 

    §8. The President’s position shall be filled for the duration of their incapacity via the schedule described below, skipping those who choose not to resign from their current position or otherwise decline the role:
         §8.1. Vice President,
         §8.2. Speaker of the Senate,
         §8.3. Executive Officers in order of seniority,
         §8.4. Senators, in order of placement in the last Senate election,
         §8.5 Supreme Court Justices, in order of seniority,
         §8.6. Judges, in order of seniority,
         §8.7. Discord Supervisor,
         §8.8. Reddit Supervisor.”

s3. Part 6 of the Constitution, incapacity is hereby repealed.

s4. The following shall be added to the end of the appendix, directly following the parts added in s2. of this document: 

    Ҥ9. A government official shall be considered incapacitated if they meet one or more of the following conditions,
         §9.1. They have publicly declared their incapacity,
         §9.2. They have been inactive for a continuous period of 24 hours without prior notice and have not designated a temporary replacement.,
         §9.3. They are banned, suspended, or otherwise removed from the official SimDemocracy platforms in a way that prevents them from fulfilling their duties.”

s5. The following section shall be added to the Appendix, in between §7.4.2. And §7.4.3, adjusting numbering accordingly: 

    “Confirmation of a new Vice-President shall have emergency status under §7.4.”

s6. Article numbers are to be shifted according to their position in the Constitution following the changes in this document.