Article I

Section I
The Sovereign Power of the Confederated Government herein constituted shall have been derived from People of the several Commonwealths acting as their representatives, and it shall be those parties hereto that shall have just right to abolish that Government which perverts their ends.

The Aurensian state shall be republican in form and exist only insofar as the bonds of friendship last between the several Commonwealths and the people thereof. Federation, existing in order to delineate the powers of government so better to represent the people, shall be guaranteed to the Commonwealths of the Republic and no law shall be made by the Federal Government which shall deviate from the powers expressly granted in this Constitution, nor shall it dissolve or alter the borders, legislature, or lawful civil government of any Commonwealth without its consent. No special immunities or privileges or titles of nobility shall be granted by the Confederation or its constituent Commonwealths.

This Constitution and all additions thereto in the form of amendment shall be considered in perpetuity, the law with supremacy over all others that shall be made or shall have been made by Commonwealth or otherwise prior to its adoption within the Republic.

All Commonwealths shall allow the free ingress and egress of the people among the several Commonwealths, and the Commonwealths shall treat all accords, records, acts, and proceedings of the several Commonwealths with full faith and credit. No Commonwealth shall deny a lawful extradition request of another Commonwealth, and no Commonwealth shall independently create alliances, treaty, or friendship which would require the use of arms.

The Commonwealths shall exist in this compact by their volition, and no statute shall deprive them of their intrinsic right to self-determination of the People.

The Commonwealths shall by law establish a national capital under the administration of the Federal Government directly which shall be no smaller nor larger than fifty miles squared and it shall contain all civic buildings and places of public proceeding.

Section I
The executive power herein shall be vested in the Chancellor of the Free Confederated Republic and he shall be the officer charged with the execution of laws duly processed in accordance with this Constitution. No person shall be elected Chancellor who shall not have been a citizen of the Republic and its Commonwealths less than ten years.

He shall be elected for a single term of five years by the people of the several Commonwealths by a ranking in preference of declared candidates for the office, and this ranking shall continue until only one shall have majority.

He shall be the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Services when called into actual service, and he shall be the chief ambassador to foreign governments. He shall appoint ministers, ambassadors, and government officials which shall have been created by law in consensus with the Federal Council and Congress of Electorates and he shall make these appointments during their legislative season. In cases of actual absence and inability of performance of duty by those appointed, he shall have the power to convene the Congress for a consensus.

The Chancellor shall at the beginning of each year deliver in writing or oratory a status of the Union to the joint Assembly as he shall view it.

The Chancellor shall not be imbued with any powers beyond those enumerated herein, and he shall not, for any reason dismiss the legislature without their consent.

Section II
There shall exist a Federal Council of the Commonwealths which shall have one representative from each of the several Commonwealths chosen for a single term of six years in the manner which the Commonwealths shall direct. No person shall be elected to the Federal Council who shall not have been a citizen of their respective Commonwealth for at least ten years.

The Federal Council shall direct the matters of government and each representative shall serve as the Director of the Federal Departments charged with the execution of the manners of Government; but there shall be one of these members posted as the Chairman of the Federal Council and he shall preside over the sessions thereof and call to order the same. These posts shall from time to time rotate amongst them as the Assembly shall direct.

The Federal Council of the Commonwealths shall give its advice and consent whereto the the provisions of law that shall directly make an offense criminal, to government contracts exceeding the price of one pound of gold, to give its advice whereto the appointment of ministers and administrators of the Departments, and also to consent to declarations of war and usage of military force.

In cases of actual absence or the inability to enact his duty, the Chairman of the Federal Council shall be vested with the powers of the Chancellor until such a time as a new Chancellor shall be chosen for the remainder of the previous term in the manner the Assembly shall direct.

All decisions made by this Council shall be by majority vote, and wherein the case of a tie the Chancellor shall break this tie, and in the absence of the Chancellor the tie shall be broken by majority vote of the Assembly.

Section III
There shall exist only the Federal Departments expressly defined herein this Constitution.

The Department of Finance shall direct the matters of the Treasury, state monetary policy, and revenue in the manner that the law shall direct. It shall mint the Antonne as the National Currency in accordance with the credence of good fiscal recourse and as the Assembly shall direct, and it shall tie the Antonne to a fixed hard money as the Assembly shall direct.

The Department of War shall direct the matters of the Armed Services when in actual service to this Confederation, and shall establish and maintain order and regulation amongst them and the militias as the Assembly shall direct.

The Department of Law and Justice shall oversee the Marshal Service under the direction of the Advocate General thereof who shall be elected by the legislatures of the Commonwealths in the manner they shall direct and each Commonwealth shall have a Deputy Advocate for the provision of service therein who shall be popularly elected. The Service shall be charged with actual service of the enforcement of law at the Federal level, with the protection and efficacy of the federal courts, and for matters pertaining to police action betweenst the Commonwealths. This Department too shall uphold the liberties of man and ensure the protection thereof from other men who would invoke unlawful force.

The Department of State shall oblige the Commonwealths in matters of national government and shall keep these posted of the actions thereof, and correspond with the people on matters of Federal nature, and provide administration of the federal buildings, properties, and keep the records thereof.

The Department of Foreign Affairs which shall interact with foreign states and the world, establish consulates and communication with the states of the world, and the Department shall insure to treat all states as friends in commerce and trade, and none as enemies or allies except as law shall direct.

The Assembly shall have the power to establish lower offices and postings under these Executive Departments.

Section I
All legislative power granted herein shall be vested in the Federal Consultative Deliberative Assembly which shall be composed of two chambers.

The first chamber shall be the Congress of Electorates and each Commonwealth shall elect four individuals in the manner they shall direct, for one term each fourth year. All representatives of the Congress shall be vested with a single vote for each provision of legislation.

The second chamber shall be the Congress of Citizens and shall be apportioned based upon the population of the several Commonwealths.

There shall be one representative per fifty thousand citizens and they shall be chosen directly by the people for one term each sixth year. The Commonwealths shall, in the manner they direct, apportion electoral districts fairly and without bias coinciding with the previous population requirement so as to best represent the constituency. Each representative shall be vested with a single vote for each provision of legislation.

Whenever a vacancy of either of these offices by resignation or otherwise occurs, the Commonwealth whose representative was affected shall, in the manner it directs, fill such vacancy.

Section II
No person shall be elected to a position herein defined within the Congresses who shall not have citizenship whereof the Commonwealth and District they shall represent for less than eight years.

The payment of each legislator shall be per diem and paid by the Treasury, and this shall not exceed the amount of average daily pay for a citizen whereof the several Commonwealths averaged together. No special immunities of law nor privileges of service excepting those defined herein shall be vested in possession of legislators and the legislative season shall be from the first of January to the ides of June, excepting in cases of national urgency or government appointment previously defined.

Section III
No provision of law shall deal with anything other than a single subject and all laws shall be read in their entirety by the legislators whereof the Assembly, and the public shall have the due right to view all laws made thereby.

All proposed provisions of law shall be posted in conspicuous public locations and disseminated amongst the Several Commonwealths for the review of the People and the Commonwealths, excepting only those provisions which shall be kept secret for reasons of actual military security.

Section IV
The Congress of Electorates shall be the source of all provisions effecting the Commonwealths directly but the Congress of Citizens may propose new or concur with the amendments thereto, and it shall be the source of origination wherefor all Treaties, alliances, and pacts considered by the Confederation, give advice and consent to the appointment of ministers and public administrators duly appointed by the Chancellory, and the Congress shall make all rules and regulations pertaining only whereto the Congress of Electorates.

The Congress of Citizens shall be the source of all provisions effecting the People, citizenship and naturalization, and it shall be the source of all bills regulating revenue and expenditure, but the Congress of Electorates may propose new or concur with amendments thereto, and the Congress shall make all rules and regulations pertaining only whereto the Congress of Citizens.

The Consultative Deliberative Federal Assembly, acting in joint Convention, shall be the sole source for a declaration of a state of War and declarations of national emergencies, and it may convene together as the two Congresses shall direct.

All provisions passed by the Congresses shall before becoming law, be presented to the Chancellor who shall concur by signatory, and then to the Federal Council in matters previously defined who shall concur by majority, and if either should not concur the proposal shall thence be transmitted back to the originating Congress with a written listing of grievances, and that Congress shall then consider these, and upon two-thirds agreement shall pass the provision into law or choose to remove the aggrieved articles and this shall then be enacted as law.

Section V
The Assembly shall have the power to regulate and create uniformity for the Armed Services, provide for their armament in conjunction with the Commonwealths to repel actual invasion and insurrection, and reserving to the Commonwealths their appointment of officers except in actual service of the Confederation.

The militia shall be under actual service to the Confederation only in cases of war, invasion, or insurrection, or as the Commonwealths may direct.

Section VI
The Assembly shall have the power to raise funds by way of public bonds, tolls and fees for services rendered, lay and collect Duties, Imposts and Excises on imported goods, to pay the Debts and provide for the common fiscal needs of the Confederation; but all Federal fees, Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the Confederation. Internal taxes levied against the People may only be done with their express personal consent or in times of War and Insurrection, and then only may they be levied upon those nonessential goods consumed and never against the income or property of the People.

Section VII
The Congress of Citizens shall elect from among them in the manner it shall direct a Speaker for the Congress and he shall preside over all legislative sessions, and call to order the same, and he shall convene the Congress in the manner it shall by law direct. The Speaker shall not vote, excepting in cases of a tie.

This Speaker shall, from time to time, meet with the Chancellor and the Federal Council convened and speak to them of civic matters and matters of state.

Section VIII
The Congress of Electorates shall elect from among them in the manner it shall direct a Speaker for the Congress and he shall preside over all legislative sessions, and call to order the same, and he shall convene the Congress in the manner it shall by law direct. The Speaker shall not vote, excepting in cases of a tie.

This Speaker too shall, from time to time, meet with the Chancellor and the Federal Council convened and speak to them of civic matters and matters of state.

Section IX
The Assembly when convened shall be presided by the Speaker of the Congress of Citizens and he shall oversee the legislative session, and call to order the same, and he shall convene these sessions when prescribed as law may direct.

Section X
Both Congresses shall keep a journal of the records, actions, and proceedings, as well as the tallies of votes and attendance. The presiding officers previously defined shall transmit these records to the Archivist of the Confederation who shall publish these accounts to the Commonwealths and to the Federal Archives. These records shall be available for public review unless classified for necessity of actual security as law may direct.

A presence of two thirds members shall be quorum to do business and the Speakers or the Legislature present by majority shall have the power to compel attendance by the members of the legislature.

Section XI
All cases of impeachment for the Executive or Judicial shall derive from the Congress of Citizens and the impeachment or expulsion of a member of the legislative shall derive from the opposing Congress and these proceedings shall require a three-fourths majority in judgement from the Congress wherein the matters shall have been considered.

Excepting in cases of the Assembly, the legislature concerned shall handle these proceedings by two-thirds majority and upon due agreement, the defending party shall be delivered to the Superior Court for proceeding.

Section I
Supreme judicial power shall be vested in the Superior Court and it shall have the power to interpret and uphold the provisions of law in accordance with this Constitution, rationality, and impartiality.

The Superior Court shall be seated with one Justice for each Commonwealth that shall be apart of this Confederation, and these Justices shall be chosen in the manner that those Commonwealths shall direct for no longer than twelve years; each Justice shall be imbued with one vote for each case, and no Justice shall be prohibited from expressing dissent, concurrence, or opinion.

The Justices assembled in consequence of the first appointments shall be divided into three classes; Elliston and Grafton shall compose the first, Sullivan and Cheshire shall compose the second, and Freemont and Burleson shall compose the third. The seats of the first class shall be vacated the fourth year and the provision for a new selection by the Commonwealths concerned shall occur. The same occurrence shall happen on the eighth year for the second class and the twelfth year for the third. This shall establish an ordered selection so that one third of the Court shall be chosen each fourth year in subsequence.

All vacancies which shall occur shall be filled in the manner the Commonwealth affected shall direct.

Section II
The highest Justice of this Court shall be the Chief Justice of the Superior Court. He shall not vote, excepting in cases of a tie, and he shall be charged with presiding power to enforce order and compliance in the Court of Law. He shall have the authority to compel the Justices' attendance and this post shall rotate among the several members of the Superior Court biannually.

Section III
The Judicial Power shall extend to all laws made under this Constitution, all treaties signed, all cases in which the Aurensian federation shall be a party, in cases of arbitration between the Commonwealths, when a party shall be a public minister or official, when a Commonwealth and a citizen of another Commonwealth shall be party, and all matters of foreign citizens and nations.

The Superior Court shall have final appellate jurisdiction in all cases that shall have occurred within the Republic.

Section IV
The Superior Court shall be the arbiter of impeachment proceedings for all officials in actual service of the Confederation as previously defined.

Section VII
There shall be six lower Federal Courts and these shall have appellate jurisdiction wherein their respective Commonwealth.

Section VIII
There shall exist a Federal Consulate for all cases which shall arise in the armed services when in actual service, and there shall be one for each branch of the Services which shall hear and establish officers to manage proceedings in all cases in accordance with regulations and discipline prescribed as the Assembly and the services direct.

Section I
No member of any level of Government, whether Commonwealth, Federal, or otherwise shall serve concurrently in any civil or military office of another level or branch of Government which exists or shall have otherwise been created.

All members of the Federal Government shall upon taking their office swear an oath of allegiance to the public and the protection of their liberties, and they shall take this oath before the Superior Court convened to bear as official witness thereto.

Section I
Alterations and amendments to this Constitution shall originate from the convention of the Several Commonwealths should three-fourths of them desire, or from the People should more than two-hundred thousand desire.

Amendments, alterations, and additions to this Constitution shall be approved by two-thirds majority of the Assembly in joint convention, and therefrom transmitted to the People for their approval by referenda in which three-fifths majority shall be required.

There shall be no stipulation of expiration for any article of amendment to this Constitution, and a proposal shall be open to consideration in perpetuity. The legislatures of the Several Commonwealths shall, from time to time, put the amendments not passed into consideration by referenda.

No amendment shall be made which shall restrict or deprive the People of their liberties without due process of law.

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Each citizen whereof these Commonwealths confederated shall be considered autonomous and sovereign insofar as he shall be lawful and not initiate aggression against another. No law shall pervert his rights of life and the corollary rights thereof and he shall be free to pursue his happiness and interests without molestation by Government or criminal.

The Assembly shall institute no law for the establishment of state religion, nor shall religious tests be imposed, nor shall the people be instructed to act in accordance with religious doctrine without their consent; and the freedoms of expression, speech, thought, and of the press shall never be limited by statute or action of the Several governments.

No law shall abridge the people of their right to peaceable assembly in any public space, nor to petition the government for a redress of grievances, nor for an imposition of any infringement upon a lawful person's right to associate or disassociate with another.

The people shall have the right to hold referenda for the consideration of any law or action they shall feel necessary for consideration, and the government shall duly consider all referenda items which shall have reached one hundred thousand signatures.

Security of their person and property is paramount to free men, and thus there shall be no statute made to deprive the People of their privacy without due process of law, in the form of written warrant which shall require no less than two concurrent signatures of justices upon their review of presented evidence, of which there shall be reasonable cause and a preponderance of evidence for just suspicion, and this warrant shall describe in sufficient detail the exact manner and place these things shall be searched. No officer of the peace shall deprive citizens of their privacy unless acting under warrant or in actual observation of a crime, or with just cause in case of arrest.

No man shall be convicted of a crime without trial, and all shall have the right to a speedy trial by a jury of their peers if requested, and all shall have the right to face their accuser and be presented with the evidence of wrongdoing.

The law and this Constitution shall extend equally unto all individuals wherein this Republic irrespective of race, class, sex, orientation, opinion, or otherwise and no legislator or minister or official of government shall be exempted from any law passed pursuant hereto this Constitution.

No person under public trust shall accept title, emolument, office, or present conferred to them by a foreign prince, king, or state.

No man shall be held to answer charge without the opportunity of free and resourceful legal defense and he shall be informed of his rights in the manner he may direct under this Constitution prior to arrest or detainment. No law shall deprive an individual of their inherent right to review the evidence to be used against them, and evidence collected shall be done so appropriately and without molestation.

No person shall be held for more than twenty-four hours without charge. No person shall be twice put in jeopardy of criminal offense and he shall not be compelled to be a witness against himself. No man shall be called to answer for violation of law later passed for which he shall have committed previous thereto.

Property when rightly viewed is a natural extension of man's life, and he shall have just recourse to defend it in the same. He shall not have it taken excepting in cases of due criminal conviction and he shall not be compelled to act in a manner inconsistent to his inclination of its use, and no man or group of men shall thieve another of his property nor shall his natural property rights be infringed.

No person shall be held to serve in bondage or otherwise coercively without his consent except as lawful punishment shall provide, and no law shall be enumerated which would make any man the property of another.

No man shall have cruel and unusual punishment imposed, nor shall excessive fines be required of him, and justice shall guide that man is punished only for his actual offenses against another.

All officials, duly appointed or elected under this Constitution, shall be subject to prospect of recall, whereby the People may by petition as law may direct and institute a new election or require reappointment for that position.

Standing armies being recognized as a danger to a free people, shall not be upkept within the Confederation excepting in cases of Actual war or threat of invasion and these forces shall be raised by the Assembly in convention as it may direct.

No legislative, executive, or judicial business shall be closed to the citizenry in its proceedings unless necessity requires it in cases of actual security and there shall be no requirement of writ or permit for the people to assemble and use common civic property of the Confederation

Rights being derived from nature and not from the enumerations or considerations of any Government, therefore, those not explicit under this Constitution shall not be deprived, and the first Right, that of personal sovereignty, shall insure to uphold those not otherwise enumerated.

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There shall exist no provision or statute prohibiting the free ingress and egress of the people from the Commonwealths or Republic, except as lawful punishment shall provide, or in cases of actual threat to the life, liberty, and sovereignty of the several Commonwealths or this Federation. (1872)

In actual absence or an inability to engage in the performance of duty by the Chancellor, the Assembly shall issue at the earliest opportunity a Writ for Special Election and the Commonwealths as they direct shall provide for an election of a new Chancellor to complete the remaining term of the previous. (1881)

In order to reap the fullest advantage of the right of the trial by jury, only qualified persons should be appointed to serve; and such shall be fully compensated for their travel, time and attendance. (1890)

No person not in actual service to the Confederation shall, in any case, be subjected to law martial and the usurpation of civil government, or to any of the pains or penalties by virtue thereof (1892)

All public acts, provisions, and other legislation shall incorporate therein a citation of the authority delegated by this Constitution which would allow such act, provision, or legislation. (1894)

A frequent recurrence to the fundamental principles of the constitution, and a constant adherence to justice, reason, industry, frugality, and all the virtues of rational men, are indispensably necessary to preserve the blessings of liberty and good government; the people ought, therefore, to have a particular regard to all those principles in the choice of their officers and representatives, and they have a right to require of their lawgivers and magistrates, an exact and constant observance of them, in the formation and execution of the laws necessary for the good administration of government. (1900)