Continuing off from here...

(04-20-2017, 01:56 PM)Cormac Wrote: Given the conclusion, I couldn't disagree with you more. If you don't like this means of checking the Chair's power, suggest an alternative, otherwise you're just advocating the status quo of the Assembly essentially being at the Chair's mercy.

Rhetoric perfectly delivered, yet still sophistry at its finest — No. I'm not advocating a status quo of the Assembly being at the Chair's mercy, because it's very obviously not. As Glen has pointed out, the legal tools of recalls plus Charter IV.7 are available to fight against it.

To look at it from another angle: If despite loud outcry and discussion the chair refuses to budge on one of these supposed unchecked powers, and it really is a serious issue, then more often than not a recall is actually in order! If that goes through, either the Chair then has a fundamentally incompatible view of something like the game-side/forum-side separation than the bulk of legislators, or is using the Assembly as a political tool; in both cases, a recall is perfectly justified.