Rule 1551/12 (Power=3)
Ratification
A public document is part (possibly all) of a public message.
When a public document is ratified, the gamestate is modified so
that the ratified document was completely true and accurate at
the time it was published. Nevertheless, the ratification of a
public document does not invalidate, reverse, alter, or cancel
any messages or actions, even if they were unrecorded or
overlooked, or change the legality of any attempted action.
Ratifying a public document is secured.
Sean Hunt wrote:
> Gratuitous:
>
> Due to the report's ratification, our current gamestate takes that
> report to have been accurate, so the act cannot have been illegal.
"[T]he ratification of a public document does not ... change the
legality of any attempted action."
comex wrote:
> Gratuitous: this CFJ asks about the past gamestate, not a current
> gamestate which may or may not contain ratified elements.
"[T]he ratified document was completely true and accurate _at the time
it was published_."
