The Law of Order Blog

Personally, I love a situation where I have more than one good option. And this is precisely how I feel about the parliamentary authority known as The Standard Code of...

In the world of parliamentary procedure, Henry Martyn Robert is a popular guy. His status was largely achieved with one book he wrote back in 1876, detailing rules for organizations...

We love rules. And we hate rules. It’s part of who we are as humans—that we both buck against guidelines but also, deep inside, have an appreciation for structure and...

Welcome to the second installment of a two-part explanation of the order of precedence—the idea within parliamentary procedure that main motions and some secondary motions have rank and must be...

It’s one thing to make a motion during a meeting—but what if more than one motion gets proposed? How do motions work with one another? Which motion should be dealt...