Constitution of the Republic of Amasenen

The Constitution of the

Republic of Amasenen

Table of contents:

Article I: The Legislative Branch

Article II: The Executive Branch

Article III: The Judicial Branch

Article IV: State's Relations

Article V: The Amendment Process =Article I.           The Legislative Branch= ==Section 1.01                   All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the Republic of Amasenen, which shall consist of two chambers, the National Assembly and the Senate == ==Section 1.02                   The National Assembly shall be composed of all members of the group "The Republic". "The Republic" shall be the platform for all official announcements within the group and associating pages; such as the "Senate of the Republic" page.== ===(a)    No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the age of  fifteen years, and when elected, be an inhabitant of a state in which he shall be chosen. All Representatives can vote on all polls on the main page of "The Republic".===

(c)     The National Assembly shall be ran by the Chancellor.
====              (i)    A Chancellor is selected by the majority coalition of those who voted in the weekly poll. A new poll of the National Assembly will take place every Sunday to decide who has the control of the National Assembly. The vote will be open for 48 hours.==== ====            (ii)    If a super majority from one party is obtained, which shall be defined as at least 50% of registered votes plus one in the National Assembly, there is no need to form a coalition, they will have the sole power to select a Chancellor.====

(iv)    If a majority coalition cannot be formed based on registered votes for a week within 24 hours, the election will go to a general vote in the National Assembly.
====             (v)    The term of a Chancellor is one week. A person shall be limited to a total of four terms in a row, and must wait at least two election cycles before being eligible to serve as Chancellor again.==== ====           (vi)    It is possible for a Chancellor to be recalled if the majority coalition calls for a vote of resignation. This is done by holding a simple majority vote by the members of the majority coalition. The majority coalition will then select a new member to serve as Chancellor.====

(d)    All official National Assembly votes must take place on the page "The Republic".
====              (i)    An "Official Vote" shall be defined as a poll posted by the Chancellor regarding the passing of a written piece of legislation. Should the vote pass the National Assembly, it will then be sent to the Senate. If the bill has already passed the Senate it will be sent to the President.==== ====            (ii)    All official votes, except the National Assembly Election votes and Presidential Election votes, shall leave polls open for 24 hours. All official votes MUST have the date and time posted on the poll.====

(e)    The National Assembly has the sole power to impeach.
== Section 1.03                   The Senate of the Republic of Amasenen shall be composed of one Senator from each state, chosen by the state thereof; and each Senator shall have one vote. The group will operate on the page "Senate of the Republic". ==

(d)    All official Senate votes must take place on the page "Senate of the Republic".
====               (i)    An "Official Vote" shall be defined as a poll posted by the President or Senate Speaker regarding the passing of a written piece of legislation. Should the vote pass the Senate, it will then be sent to the National Assembly. If the bill has already passed the National Assembly it shall be sent to the President. ====

(e)    The Senate shall choose its own officers.
===(f)      the Senate +the Governors  of all the states in Amasenen+has the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, they shall be under Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the Republic of Amasenen is tried, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall preside: and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the members present.===

(g)     Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than the removal from office, and disqualification to hold any office of honor under the Republic of Amasenen.
==Section 1.04                   The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators.==

Section 1.05                   Each Chamber may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior.
===(a)    Each Chamber shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, and the Yeas and Nays of the members of either Chamber on any question shall, at the desire of those Present, be entered on the journal.===

Section 1.06                   A sitting Senator shall not also serve as President, Chancellor, or hold any leadership position in the National Assembly.
==Section 1.07                   Every bill which shall have passed the National Assembly and the Senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the President of the Republic of Amasenen; if he approves he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his objections to that Chamber in which it originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such reconsideration two thirds of that Chamber shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other Chamber, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that Chamber, it shall become a law. But in all such cases the votes of both Chambers shall be determined by Yeas and Nays. If any bill shall not be returned by the President within seven days after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it.== ===(a)    Every order, resolution, or vote to which the concurrence of the Senate and National Assembly  may be necessary shall be presented to the President of the Republic of Amasenen; and before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be re-passed by two thirds of the Senate and National Assembly.===

Section 1.08                   The Congress shall have power to:
===(a)    lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the Republic of Amasenen; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;===

(o)    provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions;
===(p)    provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the Service of the Republic of Amasenen, reserving to the States respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;=== ===(q)     exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever  to exercise like authority over all Federal Land and places purchased by the consent of the Legislature for the use of the Federal Government; and=== ===(r)      make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the Republic of Amasenen, or in any department or officer thereof.===

(b)    No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed.
===(c)     No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over those of another: nor shall vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another.=== ===(d)    No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time.=== ===(e)    No title of nobility shall be granted by the Republic of Amasenen: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.===

Section 1.10                   Powers denied to the states:
===(a)    No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or Law impairing the obligation of contracts.=== ===(b)    No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops, or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another State or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.===

=Article II. The Executive Branch= ==Section 2.01                   The executive power shall be vested in the President of the Republic of Amasenen. They shall hold their office for two weeks, and together with the Senate Speaker for the same term be elected by popular vote in the page "The Republic". ==

(a)    A new poll for the Presidential Election will take place on Sunday, every two weeks.  The vote will be open for 48 hours.
===(b)    No Person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the Republic of Amasenen, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President. A sitting President shall not also serve as Senator, Chancellor, or hold any leadership position in the National Assembly.=== ===(c)      In case of the removal of the President from Office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said Office, the same shall devolve on the Senate Speaker. In case of, death, resignation or inability, both of the President and Senate Speaker, the Chancellor shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.===

Section 2.02                   Powers and Duties of the President
===(a)    The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the Republic of Amasenen. When called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the executive departments, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices, and he shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences against the Republic, except in cases of impeachment.=== ===(b)    He shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate +the National Assembly+, to make treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators +the National Assembly Representatives+ present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of   the Senate +the National Assembly+, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the Republic of Amasenen, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law: but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.=== ==Section 2.03                   The President, Senate Speaker,  and all civil officers of the Republic of Amasenen, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, breach in continuity of the role-play, or other high crimes, misdemeanors, and creation of chaos.== =Article III. The Judicial Branch= ==Section 3.01                   The judicial Power of the Republic, shall be vested in one Supreme Court. The members of the Supreme Court are the administrators of the group "The Republic". They shall hold their office indefinitely during good behavior. ==

(b)    At the discretion of the Chief Justice, the number of Justices may be adjusted for work load, however there must a minimum of three Justices, and there must always be an odd number of Justices.
===(c)     A Justice may be removed if they have ruled against the constitution or has become abusive in power by means of Impeachment Process of three quarters in both chambers, or at the unanimous consent of the Justices; apart from the accused. ===

Section 3.02                   Judicial Power and Jurisdiction
===(a)    The judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of the Republic Amasenen, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority;—to all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls;—to all cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;—to controversies to which the Republic of Amasenen shall be a party;—to controversies between two or more States; between citizens of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, citizens or subjects.=== ===(b)    In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a State shall be party, the Supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the Congress shall make.=== ===(c)     The trial of all crimes, except in cases of Impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.===

Section 3.03                   Treason
===(a)     Treason against the Republic of Amasenen, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.=== =Article IV. State's Relations= ==Section 4.01                   Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.==

(a)    The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States.
===(b)    A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.=== ==Section 4.03                   New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.== ===(a)     The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the Republic of Amasenen; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the Republic of Amasenen, or of any particular State.===

Section 4.04                   The process of Secession from the Republic is as follows:
===(a)    A State shall request to the National Assembly the right to hold a referendum to pass Articles of Secession; no State shall be granted the right to pass Articles of Secession without the concurrence of the simple majority of the members present.===

(c)     If the population passes the Articles of Secession, the Governor of the State  must sign the Articles of Secession and send them to The Senate +the Governors+.
===(d)    The Senate +the Governors+ has the sole power to try all Articles of Secession. When sitting for that purpose, they shall be under Oath or Affirmation. When the Articles of Secession is tried, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall preside: and no state shall be granted the Right of Secession without the concurrence of two thirds of the members present.=== ==Section 4.05                   The Republic of Amasenen shall guarantee to every State in this Union to protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.==

=Article V.        Mode of Amendment:= ==Section 5.01                   The Congress, whenever two thirds of the Chamber shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress.==

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1)       Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.=====

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2)       The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.=====

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3)       No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.=====

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4)       In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.=====

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5)       In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty marks, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the Republic of Amasenen, than according to the rules of the common law.=====

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9)       Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the Republic of Amasenen, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.=====

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10)    All persons born or naturalized in the Republic of Amasenen, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the Republic of Amasenen and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the Republic of Amasenen; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.=====