RWA Draft v2

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The Preamble

We the nations of The United States, in the interests of forming a more perfect region, based on the virtues of a vibrant and interactive online community of Nation States establish this Constitution for The United States.

Article I - The Legislative Branch
Section 1: The Legislature

All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of

the United States, which shall consist of The Senate and The Assembly.

Section 2: The Assembly
The Assembly will consist of every respective citizen of The United States.

Clause A:
The Assembly will have the authority to draft any law, regulation,
amendment, or order to govern the region that does not unduly inhibit
the constitutional authority directed to the other branches or the
nations of the region.

Clause B: Such drafts, after the majority approval of at least 51% [See Article IV, Section 1: Standing Orders] of the bodies members, then go to the Senate for further review. [See Section 3, Clause B]

Clause C:
The Assembly will also be given the authority of starting all charges
of impeachment (of elected officials) or treason, they may also call for
a criminal case against a non-elected official in the government, to be
tried by the [insert court name] all under the majority vote of at
least 51% of the bodies members.

Section 2: The Senate
The
Senate will be comprised of a select number of elected members. The
number of seats will be relative to the number of Citizens, which for
starting purposes shall be set to 5 Citizens to 1 Senate Seat. The
timing of elections, as well as the ratio of citizens to seats shall be
governed by a Senate Standing Order (see Article IV, Section 1: Standing
Orders) However, elections must begin by the 7th day of this
Constitutions passing.

Clause A: The Senate will have the
authority to draft and make law any, law, regulation, amendment, or
order to govern the region that does not unduly inhibit
the constitutional authority directed to the other branches or the
nations of the region.

Clause B:
In order for this legislation to pass, a majority vote is required,
relative to the number of Senate Seats, unless a member specifically
abstains from voting. In order to become law, the Consuls signature is
required and in the case of constitutional Amendments a 3/4ths vote, as
well as a majority vote in the Assembly. Drafts from The Assembly may be
altered in any fashion, however The Assembly with a 3/4ths vote may
block the move of the legislation to the Consul and demand a committee
to be formed. (see Article IV, Section 1: Standing Orders) This
committee must then adjust the legislation so that both bodies approve.

Clause C:
The Senate will handle all trials of impeachment or treason, expect in
the case of one of its own members - in this case the [insert court
name] will run the trial. Standard voting rules apply.

Clause D:
Appointments of [insert court name] [insert judge title] will also be
confirmed by the Senate, by standard vote, as well as any appointments
to a Consul or legislative created position or office within the
Executive.

Section 3: Legislative Heads
The Assembly will be
lead by the Speaker of The Assembly and The Senate by the President of
The Senate. Each will be elected at the start of a term according to the
standard vote rule. Each can be removed in the same fashion. They will
help keep order in both bodies and operate them per the Standing Orders.

Article II: The Executive Branch
Section 1: The Consul
The
Executive Branch will be lead by the Consul and all Powers of the
Executive as outlined in Article II, Section 2 will be his or his
deputies.
Section 2: Powers of the Executive
The
Consul of The United States shall be the commander and chief as well as
the formal head of state. An election must begin by the 7th day after
the ratification of this document. Elections will be governed by
Standing Orders.

Clause A:The Executive Branch shall be
responsible for recruitment, maintaining foreign embassies (both on our
forum and foreign forums), running elections, maintaining citizenship
rolls, running the military and handling WA policy.

Clause B: The
Consul may also issue Executive Orders, which may only govern matters
in which the Executive controls. Such Orders may be declared
unconstitutional by the [insert court name] or declared conflicting with
current standing legislative law by the [insert court name] or standard
vote of both The Assembly and Senate.

Clause C: Additionally
the position of WA Delegate will fall under Executive Authority. This
official position will fall under general appointment rules and will be
responsible for assisting in WA policy as directed by the Consul. The
Consul may also appoint nations to assist in carrying out his duties per
Standing Orders & Executive Orders.

Article III: The Judicial Branch
Section 1: The [insert court name]
All Judicial Powers herein granted shall be vested in a panel of nations, the [insert court name] of the United States.

Section 2: Appointment & Seats
The
number of seats on the court will be set by the Senate, relative to the
census conducted by the Executive. The number of seats must always be
odd, and for the purposes of the start up of the region - will be set to
three. Two will hold the title Tribune and one the title of Chief
Tribune. All will serve a life-term, or until resignation. In order to
be appointed the Consul must select them and the Senate approve. To
remove a Justice a Consul may ask The Assembly to begin removal
proceedings, with the Senate having final say.

Section 3: Powers of the Judiciary
The
[insert court name] will have the final authority on matters of the
Constitution and criminal matters. (They may review Senate decisions on
Treason at the request of the Consul or nation on trial and with a
unanimous decision overturn) Standing Orders will govern the day to day
operation of the court.

Section 4: Activation Clause
Due to
the undo need of such an organization directly at the "founding" of a
region, this Court will remain inactive until September the 1st, 2010.
However, a vote of The Assembly, The Senate and an Executive Order from
the Consul can decrease the deadline, or if deemed necessary delay it.

Article IV: Matters of Governance

Section 1: Standing Orders
Each
branch of Government is expected to maintain at LEAST one constant
Standing Order list. This list will have details on how to conduct the
day to day operation of the various aspects of our government. Standing
Orders are determined by the heads of each branch, Consul for the
Executive, Chief Tribune for the Judiciary and the Speaker of The
Assembly and the President of the Senate for the Legislature.

Section 2: Citizenship
The
original citizens of the region will consist of the list created during
the 7 day period prior to August 1st, 2010. The future of Citizenship
however, will lay with the future legislature.

Section 3: The Legion
The
military of the United States will be known as The Legion. The military
will maintain the sovereignty and regional security of the region and
her allies.

Section: Amendments
Realizing the imperfection of
any document, Amendments to the Constitution can be made in the manner
described in Article I, Section 2: Clause B.

Go ahead. To be honest I'm getting tired of constantly writing everything.

You've done a damn good job with this RWA, ignore the losers.

I agree with RWP, AYE. Kudos, RWA.

The court name is simple enough.

The idea of official war is vague however.

Citizenship time line needs adjustment.

I also want to adjust the activation clause.

Should expand on the legion details probably.

Also I was thinking of a separate document, establishing a list of rights.

AYE.

Vote naow please.

AYE

How long should we leave up to vote? 24 hours from RWP's post?

Works for me, anyone who hasn't been arsed to see it by now doesn't deserve a say.

Make it 48.

48 seems fair.

Okay, not like anyone is likely to vote in last 24 hours but might as well wait.

AYE

Oh, Daynor got SHOWN UP.

Excellent voter turn out. Has this shit passed so we can elect a whatever we called it.

Yeah. Not much I can do for that we need an admin to make a forum or for RWA to give me admin status.

I'll see what I can do.

Apparently we already have one.

Yeah I'm an admin now. Thanks RWA.