May 23, 2009 Whitney High School Cerritos, California Model United Nations Specialized Committee and International Gaming Conference VII
CONFERENCE POST-MORTEM ADVANCED CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
Co-Chair Roneal Desai		Co-Chair Jordan Lim	Vice Chair Debby Leung			Legal Lizel Talayaman
WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS COMMITTEE?
After a brief overview of how this experimental committee was going to proceed, the delegates were thrust into the ticking-time-bomb of a future-alternative United States plagued with anarchy, with little time to spare. Originally, delegates broke into a few major caucus groups, arguing over major concepts as the central structure of government, the position and power of a president, and the possibility organizations of the multiple branches of government. The chairs were happy to see that the delegates were not so quick to hastily reestablish the three branches of US government as they currently exist, but rather brought up ideas to restructure both the legislative and executive branches—states proposed a parliamentary system in place of the president and his cabinet, and eventually decided to rebuild Congress as a unicameral legislature without the House of Representatives! States then began to fill in the gaps in their original plans with specifics in response to a number of national issues that arose as a response to the abolishment of the constitution, including uprisings led by George W. Bush and Jon Stewart, attempted assassinations of Barack Obama, and an attack on Florida by the international community after it succeeded. Amendments ranged from all issues, some pertaining to the elections of representatives, system of federalism for the nation to follow, and even an attempt at fascism in moments of extreme crisis! In the committee, there arose three distinct leaders: Massachusetts led the most dominant group flanked by New Hampshire and Washington, and this group introduced many revolutionary and liberal ideas that somewhat resembled but distinguished from the current political ideas that we hold today; South Carolina led the other group that was a bit more conservative than the previous group yet seemed to be propose ideas that were most reasonable and acceptable by all states in the United States; Wisconsin and a few others states constituted a rather radical group that, from time to time, even proposed fascism and abolition of democracy in our nation. In the end, the delegates were able to adopt a new, comprehensive Constitution, although they were not able to stop several dissatisfied states from clearly expressing their desire to declare independence.
AWARDS
· Best Delegate: o Massachusetts—Tustin High School · Outstanding: o New Hampshire—Tustin High School o South Carolina—El Toro High School o Wisconsin—Huntington Beach High School · Commendation: o California—Huntington Beach High School o Mississippi—Palos Verde High School o Missouri—Palos Verde High School o Washington—Tustin High School
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