The Coalitionist Senate

The Coalitionist Senate, commonly known colloquially as the high council, is a legislative body of the C.S.A. Army. The senate was created in the Ryboy Era as an advisory body to pitch ideas to the general at the time, Ryboy95, although the full extent of its powers are unknown. Sometime in the Ryboy or Jake Eras, the senate became the body that elected new high ranks, or anyone above the rank of colonel. By the Boom Era, the senate was voting on whether declarations of war should be passed, and it became that the general was obliged by tradition to follow the will of the senate's decisions. This system went uninterrupted until a faction known as the Coalition was created by OmegaInvictus to try and fight auto ranking in the senate. Because of the large following Omega had attracted to this cause, he began to be seen as a threat by the group's highest administration. Omega and a number of his supporters were exiled by NewMrBoom, under the influence of Fireman3333, in what has become known as the Scandal of the Boom Era. The scandal caused Boom to retire his seat as general, placing Rangerrocks as the new leader. As new leader, Ranger actually officially disestablished the senate, replacing it with the short lived Big Three council system. This system failed, however, and when Irishlove succeeded Ranger as leader he reestablished the senate as an advisory body similar to that of the Ryboy Era council. This was seen as trampling on the senate's rights, which had been raised during the Jake and Boom Eras, and caused more fighting for the duration of the Irish Era. After Irish abdicated in favor of OmegaInvictus, the senate was restored to its pre-Boom Era rights. The council was renamed the Coalitionist Senate, likely sometime in 2014, and its meetings were made regular on the last Friday of every month. The senate has been an influential piece of CSA history, and Union groups have at times attempted to emulate the system, although usually with no long term affects.