Third Amendment

The **Third Amendment** (**Amendment III**), also known as the **English Speaking Act**, was the third amendment to The Republic Constitution. The amendment was passed by the Great Council, during The Anarchy period of 2023. The Third Amendment makes it a requirement that new members to The Republic must speak English.

## Background

The topic of different languages being spoken within the clan would occasionally be brought up in brief discussions throughout the clan's history. Some believed that having people in the clan that spoke different languages and came from different cultures should be welcomed and others believed that having members that could not speak English was detrimental to the clan's functioning. Throughout the clan's history there were members that spoke very little English, such as SusanCZE, and even some that seemed to speak no English at all, like mohammad javad.

Nate would be a vocal member in calling for only people who spoke English to be allowed in the clan. He had even denied some requests from people wanting to join that had seemed to have foreign usernames and mentioned that only English speakers should be allowed. In February of 2023, Nate became an integral member of Operation Jar Jar. The operation would succeed in its goal of granting the Leader unlimited power and led to The Anarchy in which the Great Council was formed to amend the constitution. Nate would use this to motion for the English Speaking Act.

## Proposal and Ratification

The amendment was proposed by Nate to the Great Council on March 5, 2023. It would be the second amendment proposed to the Great Council, immediately following the Accountability Act. This would become one of the most discussed amendments proposed to the Great Council and be tightly contested in terms of voting.

### Discussion

After Nate motioned for the cause, discussion broke out amongst the members of the Great Council. Captain Magma, being the first to speak, said, "*I ask the good people of this council, is mohammad javad not a valuable member of this clan? He may not be able to speak to us, but he is constantly improving his base and he has recently been contributing to the clan capital. We could possibly miss out on such diversity in the future with this act.*" Even Manolete spoke up as a non-native english speaker despite him remaining silent throughout the rest of the Great Council. He would say, "*Come on!!! If people speak Spanish I could help you!!*". Despite feigning disagreement, he would not vote against the act.

Nate would double down on his stance of not allowing non-English speakers saying, "*I don’t value diversity. I value clear communication. Do you know why we can’t chastise him for missing his battle on day 1? Because no one can communicate with him. There are tens of millions of English speaking players, being a clan of diversity only leads to bad communication. He brings nothing to the clan that an English speaking person would not.*" Cantankerous would voice his vigorous support of the act and James voted yes as well. Chris would come in and vote alongside Captain Magma, both voting no. Joseph, seeing that this was such a controversial act and not wanting to sway the decision in either way, abstained from voting. General Aurum would abstain as well. The Third Amendment would end up getting passed on March 6, 2023 with three votes for, two against, and two abstained.

### Great Council

* Nate - Proposed the amendment - March 5, 2023
* Cantankerous - Yes - March 5, 2023
* Captain Magma - No - March 5, 2023
* Chris - No - March 5, 2023
* Joseph - Abstained - March 6, 2023
* James - Yes - March 6, 2023
* General Aurum - Abstained - March 6, 2023
* Manolete - vote not used
* /name.loading/ - vote not used
* Mike - vote not used
* Uncle Sam - vote not used
* Jake The Snake - vote not used
* Light - vote not used

## Impact

The English Speaking Act would become binding when the Great Council came to a close.