Censures are a way that the Congress, or solely the House or Senate, can express formal disapproval for an individual or government department.
History
Censures were first formally established in the first Congressional Process on 1 May 2020. During this time, they could only be used to censure a representative.[1]
With the ratification of the Constitutional Repair Act II on 3 October 2020 (EST), the power to censure was added in the constitution for the Congress. They could censure any person or group.[2]
On 19 June 2023, the Censure Limitation Revamped Act or the CLR Act was signed into law which limited the ability to censure, only allowing one individual to be censured per motion.[3] However, entities such as government departments could still be censured.[4] This change was made in response to the actions of Representative zLost, who, on 30 April 2023, motioned to censure every other representative in Congress. Since the other representatives were ineligible to vote on the motion, it was passed.[5]
On 7 March 2025, the Commonwealth of Redmont Constitution Act was ratified, and removed constitutional provisions that explicitly gave Congress the power to censure.[6]
The process for a censure is currently defined within the Legislative Standards Act.[7]
List of censured entities
Note: this list is a work in progress.
Note: dates are in UTC.
* : Indicates a vote count that may not be 100% accurate.
| Number | Name | Position | Date | Reason | Type | Vote (Y-N-A) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronsampaul | Representative | 6 October 2020 | "for inactivity, disengagement, and failure to vote on bills" | House | 3-2-0 | [8] |
| 2 | Nutzucer | 5-0-0 | |||||
| 3 | _Dark_Helmet_ | 13 October 2020 | "Corruption. M_Lasai is very publicly and very literally auctioning off his membership in the House of Representatives to the highest monetary bid" | 3-0-0 | |||
| 4 | The Red Army | N/A | 23 October 2020 | "Senior members of the Red Army have begun advocating the use of mass violence as retribution for the rightful firing of two police officers for 15 counts of misconduct and inactivity. Terror in all forms will not be tolerated by this Government." | Congress | Unknown | [9] |
| 5 | Westray | President | 9 December 2020 | "Westray made several false claims relating to the Honourable Nacho. These claims were presented on public display with little or no evidence to back them up. This is a clear attack on a Judge by the President and the Senate will not stand for it. We request that Westray reflects upon his actions and acts in a more presidential manner in future." | Senate | 3-0-1 | [10] |
| 6 | 13 December 2020 | "for his interference in the election of a President Pro Tempore by attempting to block the Senate from electing its own leader.
These acts are unethical and break the government’s separation of powers, something dangerous for our democracy and which cannot be tolerated." |
House | Unknown | [11] | ||
| 7 | Nacholebraa | Judge | 12 February 2021 | Failure to recuse on a court case regarding a presidential election "despite having a direct relationship and being biased towards the Krix campaign". Campaigning for Krix for president as a judge, violating the FREACC Act.
(Read the full reasoning and evidence here) |
6-1-2 | [12] | |
| 8 | FriedPotaters | N/A | 27 February 2021 | "for the mass murder of 5 Senators during a Senate Session" | Senate | Unknown | [13] |
| 9 | Krix | President | 17 March 2021 | "The President currently has 13 bills on his desk. He is pocket vetoing almost every round of bills for a considerable amount of time. A number of bills have been on his desk for approximately a week. It is time that we publicly show our discontent with his actions. It is the President's job to veto or sign bills into law, not block them." | House | [14] | |
| 10 | Matt_S0 | Judge | 5 June 2021 | "for failure to do judical duties and for his inactivity." | Senate | [15] | |
| 11 | 17 June 2021 | "The Hon. Matt_S0 has been officially declared inactive by the DCT with being offline for 1 month and 5 days. He has not taken a case since May 15th, with the case being taken over by Chief Justice Westray" | 5-0-0* | [16] | |||
| 12 | Eleray | "The Hon. Eleray has had a pending case since May 20th with no verdict given. It is concerning that this has not been addressed and no further comment was provided to either parties within the case." | |||||
| 13 | House of Representatives | N/A | 5 July 2021 | "The House of Representatives has nayed more than 2 important motions with no real reasons. They havent tried to talk with the Senate about anything during this 2 days." | Unknown | [17] | |
| 14 | Senate | 6 July 2021 | "for unprofessionalism and for pointless censures along with the Vice President who has help facilitate the senate in its extreme misbehaviour" | House | 6-2-1* | [18] [19] | |
| 15 | Yerevan | Representative | 15 August 2021 | For "[being] in congress for almost a month and [not having proposed] a single bill" | Senate | 5-0-0* | [20] |
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| 17 | northeastprince | "due to inactivity ... having 0-2 bills proposed." | 4-0-0* | [21] | |||
| Tylxrfied | |||||||
| Ersy05 | |||||||
| Awesam555 | |||||||
| AndreyMia | |||||||
References
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- ↑ https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/congressional-process.100/
- ↑ https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/constitutional-repair-act-ii.1519/
- ↑ https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/legislative-standards-act.5478/post-66667
- ↑ https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/legislative-standards-act.5478/post-65941
- ↑ Screenshot taken in EST https://discord.com/channels/794162227837534208/974943557964165180/1102265818093473862
- ↑ https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/commonwealth-of-redmont-constitution-act-referendum.25070/
- ↑ https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/legislative-standards-act.5478/, Section 12.5
- ↑ https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/congressional-transparency-report-october-4th-october-17th.1733/
- ↑ Screenshot taken in EST https://discord.com/channels/673612908868927498/686158870435201035/769170556842278952
- ↑ Screenshot taken in EST https://discord.com/channels/673612908868927498/686158870435201035/786269443214147595
- ↑ Screenshot taken in EST https://discord.com/channels/673612908868927498/686158870435201035/787820503956062239
- ↑ https://www.democracycraft.net/threads/statement-from-the-office-of-speaker-of-the-house.3630/
- ↑ Screenshots taken in EST https://discord.com/channels/673612908868927498/686158870435201035/815297418630529085
- ↑ Screenshot taken in EST https://discord.com/channels/673612908868927498/686158870435201035/821833183439749173
- ↑ Screenshots taken in EST https://discord.com/channels/673612908868927498/686158870435201035/850785197339050024
- ↑ Screenshots taken in EST https://discord.com/channels/673612908868927498/686158870435201035/855163805850665000
- ↑ Screenshot taken in EST https://discord.com/channels/673612908868927498/686158870435201035/861742200253317150
- ↑ Screenshot taken in EST https://discord.com/channels/673612908868927498/686158870435201035/861850263136763914
- ↑ Screenshot taken in EST
https://discord.com/channels/794162227837534208/794283400026259495/861745732552884275https://discord.com/channels/794162227837534208/794283400026259495/861846970687291392
- ↑ Screenshot taken in EST
https://discord.com/channels/794162227837534208/794283346565922847/876543001151815711https://discord.com/channels/794162227837534208/794283346565922847/876543664606806026
- ↑ Screenshots taken in EST
No passed nor failed message could be found replying to the motion. However, a government announcement announces that it has passed.
https://discord.com/channels/794162227837534208/794283346565922847/876549598318063656
