Motion to Censure a Politician

[BlueCat57]

I've been looking for guidelines or an outline of how to write a motion to censure a politician. So far, I haven't found any.

I've read the general guidelines for writing a motion, the "whereases" shouldn't be part of the motion, but every censure I've found online starts with several whereases.

Any guidance that y'all can offer will be appreciated.

[Atul Kapur]

I believe that this question has been covered in your other thread

How to Write a Motion (forumflash.com)

 

[Josh Martin]

On 9/27/2021 at 10:06 AM, BlueCat57 said:

I've been looking for guidelines or an outline of how to write a motion to censure a politician. So far, I haven't found any.

I've read the general guidelines for writing a motion, the "whereases" shouldn't be part of the motion, but every censure I've found online starts with several whereases.

Any guidance that y'all can offer will be appreciated.

While RONR does say that usually a motion should not include reasons for the motion's adoption within the motion itself, it also acknowledges that there are "special circumstances" where a preamble (the "whereas" clauses) may be desirable. Often this includes "cases where it provides little-known information without which the point or the merits of a resolution are likely to be poorly understood, where unusual importance is attached to making certain reasons for an action a matter of record, or the like." RONR (12th ed.) 10:16

A motion to censure, especially one which is targeted at a public figure, may well fall under these "special circumstances."