illegal motion

[Guest james]

If a motion is made on the floor that violates or by-laws, and costitution, can the chair deny a vote, because of legallity issues

[hmtcastle]

If a motion is made on the floor that violates our by-laws, and costitution, can the chair deny a vote, because of legallity issues

The chair should rule it out of order, with a brief explanation why. His ruling can be appealed. A (weird) majority vote decides who's "right".

[Gary Novosielski]

If a motion is made on the floor that violates or by-laws, and costitution, can the chair deny a vote, because of legallity issues

Bylaws: Yes, he can rule the motion out of order.

Constitution: Yes, same as above.

Legality: Probably not. The Society has the right to break the law if they want to. (They also have the right to go to jail, but that's not covered in RONR)

[Josh Martin]

Probably not. The Society has the right to break the law if they want to.

Well, it depends on the nature of the law. If it's an applicable procedural rule in a law, then the chair can rule the motion out of order.

[Gary Novosielski]

Well, it depends on the nature of the law. If it's an applicable procedural rule in a law, then the chair can rule the motion out of order.

Yes, but the question concerned the content of an ordinary main motion, not a the application of procedural rules.

[Josh Martin]

Yes, but the question concerned the content of an ordinary main motion, not a the application of procedural rules.

I see nothing in the original post to support your claim. All we know is that it's "a motion" which violates the Bylaws or the Constitution and may have some legality issues.

[Shmuel Gerber]

If a motion is made on the floor that violates or by-laws, and costitution, can the chair deny a vote, because of legallity issues

The chair can and should rule such a motion out of order, regardless of "legality" issues.