Lamport

Lamport
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21st Chief Justice of the United States
Incumbent
Assumed office July 18, 2019
Nominated by	LOTR
Preceded by	DisguisedJet719
50th President of the United States
In office March 3, 2019 – July 12, 2019
Vice President	Patty
Preceded by	Politophile
Succeeded by	LOTR
79th Secretary of the Treasury
In office November 26, 2018 – March 3, 2019
President	Politophile
Preceded by	ComHack447
Succeeded by	Jeb!
Senator from the North
In office October 31, 2018 – March 3, 2019
Preceded by	NotAName
Succeeded by	Justin (DF)
6th Chairman of the Republican Party
In office September 11, 2018 – January 6, 2019
Preceded by	Ronald Reagan II
Succeeded by	LOTR
59th Speaker of the House
In office August 31, 2018 – October 31, 2018
Preceded by	Butterlands
Succeeded by	Peanut
Representative from the North’s At Large Congressional District
In office July 28, 2018 – October 31, 2018

Lamport is an accomplished Northern politician and jurist in the United States. A committed Republican during his political life, he led - if not formed - the libertarian wing of the party and, over time, brought it into a majority position at the expense of the social and neo-conservative wing. Having served 12 months in elected office, from the House to the Presidency, Lamport was appointed to the Supreme Court, becoming the first politician to head the legislative, executive and judicial branch of government. By some, he is called “the late emancipator,” on account of his leadership to abolish the income tax, end 18 years of perpetual war and pass multiple landmark constitutional amendments on civil rights. To those who give a less positive assessment, on the other hand, his Administration represented a dangerous and unprecedented reduction in the size and scope of the federal government and the military power it can project abroad.

Philosophy

His political thinking is characterized by social liberalism, economic conservatism, civil libertarianism and Georgism. As a Georgist, Lamport is dedicated to a single tax in which land value, and only land value, is taxed. In pursuit of this goal, as President, he cut $300 billion in spending, implemented a land value tax and abolished the income, estate and gift tax. A single tax would be achieved a year following his Administration by Governor and President Valerie, his Chief of Staff, first in Jefferson and then in the United States. In a broad sense, the economic policy promoted by Lamport and followed by successive Administrations was accepted as the national political consensus between March, 2019 and October, 2020, when its premise was challenged by some on the left.

Party

Lamport was first elected to the Republican National Committee in August, 2018, as a member of the House. When Ronald Reagan II retired in September, he was elected Chairman and unanimously re-elected in November. The electoral success of the party is credited by some to his decision to focus on foreign and economic policy and support, rather than oppose, more progressive social policy like gay marriage and criminal justice reform. Having achieved the first Republican majority in the federal government, Lamport decided against seeking a third term. He was succeeded by Vice Chairman LOTR in January, 2019. Lamport was soon awarded an honorary seat on the National Committee, held until his nomination and confirmation to the Supreme Court in July, when he resigned his membership to signal and guarantee his independence on the bench.

Congress

Lamport was sent to the House in a special election in July, 2018, at the middle point of the term. He first gained national attention by leading a strong opposition to a budget which reported a deficit. Forging a multi-partisan coalition in favor of responsible spending, he and Speaker Butterlands were successful in their campaign to amend the bill and, instead, pass the first balanced budget in 17 years.

Returned to office in August, despite leading the Republican minority, Lamport was unanimously elected Speaker. During his second term in the House, he passed legislation to repeal the death penalty, ban the draft, end the requirement to print money to balance the budget (which enabled unchecked deficit spending) and assert the constitutional duty of the legislature, rather than the executive, to declare war. Over the next 18 months, between October, 2018 and April, 2020, he was the only Speaker to serve a whole term: this peculiarity is called the Lamport curse. During the same period, he won a major victory in the Supreme Court against the attempt by Governor IndyPrez to nationalize all private business in the North in passing the New Business Democratic Free Market Stimulus Act.

Lamport was nominated to run against Senator NotAName in October and won with 53.5% of the vote. In the Senate, he passed legislation to re-enfranchise more than 6 million felons on the completion of their sentence or parole, repeal the tip tax, abolish civil forfeiture, recognize territorial self-determination, close the base in Guantanamo Bay, prohibit the last constitutional vestige of slavery (as punishment for crime) and guarantee habeas corpus without the possibility of suspension by the state. While the power of the Republican minority was limited, in theory, he was instrumental in taking down radical Progressive legislation like the $3 trillion "Medicare for All" package, which had already passed the House. When Senator Apex was shot in a failed assassination plot in December, Lamport was elected President pro tempore and held the gavel until his return to office.

Over the 7 months he served in Congress, in the House and Senate, Lamport voted down more than $3.2 trillion in new spending. He and DisguisedJet719 are widely recognized as the most prominent and formidable Senators of their political era.

Cabinet

Having established a new political consensus in Congress to favor a balanced budget, whenever possible, Lamport was nominated as Secretary of the Treasury by President Politophile and unanimously confirmed by the Senate in November, 2018. He managed the passage of the second balanced budget and planned the introduction of the land appreciation tax: this would later prove an important step in the tax reform he would pursue and achieve as President. He and Attorney General Yimir took a leading role in the Cabinet well beyond the management of their Departments and gave new life to an institution that many believed had lost its purpose.

White House

Acclaimed as the Republican nominee for President in February, 2019, Lamport campaigned against Representative Sparkle, Senator MichiganLefty and Senator NotAName in the general election. Winning every state and more than 70% of the electoral college, he was inaugurated in March with Patty as Vice President. His Administration was noted for passing more legislation and issuing more orders and proclamations than the last three Administrations put together.

Lamport implemented a 6% land value tax, completely abolished the income, estate and gift tax, cut the corporate tax by 25% to achieve the lowest rate since 1936, reduced spending by $300 billion and began to pay down the debt for the first time in 17 years. Over and above economic policy, his Administration ended the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, withdrew more than 20,000 troops posted outside the United States, repealed the Patriot Act, abolished the Department of Homeland Security, suspended government-to-government aid to dictatorships, regulated the intelligence community and negotiated a landmark treaty with the United Kingdom, Russia, China, France, India, Pakistan and North Korea to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world by 50%. He also reinstated the federal parole system, banned private imprisonment, de-nationalized the rail and tele-communications sector, which had been seized by President Poke, protected national parks against exploitation and granted limited rights to apes, monkeys, elephants, whales, dolphins, octopuses and squids. He was the first elected President in 40 years, since Jimmy Carter, not subject to any attempt to impeach.

Near the end of his mandate, he and Governor J.G.T. Webb were shot by a fascist group in Nashville. During the course of his treatment, amid concern that he may die, the Cabinet invoked the 25th amendment and Vice President Patty served as Acting President until he could return to office some 5 days later. Lamport and his Administration were popular, however, Valeriegate saw a number of politicians criticize the way in which political pressure was applied to secure the passage of his agenda. While some called for the dismissal of his Chief of Staff, he resisted and later signed the bill that caused the controversy into law: it limited the open-ended nature of military authorization after the last authorization, passed in the wake of September 11, 2001, was used again and again over the next 18 years.

Republicans, Progressives, Communists, Populists and Independents were all represented in his Cabinet. Politophile and DisguisedJet719 were nominated and confirmed to the Supreme Court during his tenure. Committed to seek and serve only a single term, having accomplished each campaign promise made in the election, Lamport was succeeded as President by Senator LOTR in July, while his Vice President was re-elected to a second term. On his last day in office, he pardoned Julian Assange and de-classified an unprecedented number of UFO documents.

Supreme Court

Nominated to the Supreme Court by his successor, President LOTR, he was confirmed as Chief Justice in July, 2019, with only one Senator opposed. His appointment, followed by the appointment of Associate Justice JMP, J.G.T. Webb and Patty, marked the beginning of an originalist majority on the bench for the first time in 80 years. Among less momentous judgements, he authored the opinions which restored corporate personhood as a legal concept, protected campaign donations by natural persons under the first amendment, reversed the "particular government program" exception to the origination clause developed in 1990, overturned the machine gun ban and declared the annexation of Hawaii in 1898 unconstitutional but affirmed its admission to the union in 1969.

In this role, Lamport administered the oath of office to President Patty, MichiganLefty, d.a.barchipelago, Valerie and Garland. He also presided over two impeachment trials: one in February, 2020, in which d.a.barchipelago was the first President impeached, convicted and dismissed and one in Puerto Rico in February, 2020, when the new state had not yet established its own court.

Honors

He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in October and Congressional Gold Medal in November, 2019.