The Mondic Constitution

Midir [Mondari] · Mar 3, 2019

The Republic of Mondari

PREAMBLE

We the People of these States, establish a union that prides itself on justice, the ability to insure domestic tranquility and common defense, along with promoting the welfare of all citizens, and secure the liberty that is granted to ourselves and our descendants, do establish this Constitution for the Republic of Mondari.

ARTICLE I

SECTION 1 All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the RM, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

SECTION 2 The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every third year by the people of each State, and the electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislature.

In order to be eligible to be elected as a Representative, a person must attain the age of twenty

one years, and have been ten years a citizen of the RM, and shall be an inhabitant of that State in which they shall be chosen.

Representatives shall be apportioned among the States [by the Federal government], which may be included within this union, according to their respective populations. The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the RM, and within every subsequent term of ten years, in such manner as they shall by Law direct. The number of Representatives shall be proportionate to the populations for each State, within the amount of seats in the House. The number may be increased if passed by a ⅝ vote in the Senate.

When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such Vacancies.

The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other officers; and shall have the power to start an impeachment trial if three-fourths of the House concur.

SECTION 3 The Senate of the RM shall be composed of five Senators from each State, chosen by the States thereof, for five years; and each Senator shall have one vote.

In order to be eligible to be elected as a Senator, a person must attain the age of thirty years, and have been ten years a citizen of the RM, and shall be an inhabitant of that State in which in which they shall be chosen.

The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a President that will preside over the senate.

The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, Senators shall be on affirmation. When the President of the RM is tried, the Chief Justice of the

Supreme Court shall preside: and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of three fourths of the members present.

Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold any office under the RM: but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to Law.

SECTION 4 The times and 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.

The Congress shall assemble at least thrice in every year, and such meetings shall be on the first monday in January, July, and December, unless they shall by law appoint different days.

SECTION 5 Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own Members, and a majority of each shall constitute an assembly to do business; but can form a smaller assembly that may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties as each House may provide based on the laws of the land.

Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly conduct, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.

Each House shall keep a record of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the members of either House on any question shall, at the desire of two fifths of those present, be entered on the Journal.

Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than four days, nor to any other place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.

SECTION 6 Senators and Representatives shall receive Compensation for their Services, ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Department of Budget Management of the RM. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be formally questioned in any other Place.

No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any other civil Office under the Authority of the RM, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no Person holding any other Office under the RM, be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.

SECTION 7 All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.

Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the RM: If he approves, he shall sign it, but if not, he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall be sent to the Supreme Court where it needs to be approved by 10 justices to be brought into Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by Yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.

Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the RM; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be passed again by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.

SECTION 8 The Congress shall have Power

To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imports and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the RM; but all Duties, Imports and Excises shall be uniform throughout The RM;

To borrow Money on the credit of The RM;

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States;

To establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the RM;

To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the RM;

To establish Post Offices and post Roads;

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a military;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of military Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the RM, reserving to the States

respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the RM, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, Shipyards, and other needful Buildings;

To 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 RM, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

SECTION 9 The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of

Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.

No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.

No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.

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.

No Money shall be drawn from the Department of Budget Management, 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.

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the RM: 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 10 No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.

No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the funds of the RM and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Control of the Congress.

No States shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War.

ARTICLE II

SECTION 1 The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the RM. He shall hold his Office during the Term of three Years [up to three Terms], and shall be elected as follows:

The House of Representatives shall meet and vote by Ballot for the President-Elects (Nominated by a political people’s group). And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the RM, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Representatives in the House; however if no Person receives a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the Senate shall in like Manner choose the President.

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the RM, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty two Years, and been eighteen Years a Resident within the RM.

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 President of the Senate, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and President of the Senate, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.

The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the RM, or any of them.

Before he enters on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Affirmation:-"I, do solemnly affirm that I will execute rightfully and lawfully the Office of President of the Republic of Mondari to the best of my abilities, And to the best of my abilities preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of these States to the best of my abilities from all threats that may appear"

SECTION 2 The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Military of the RM, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the RM; 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 RM, except in Cases of Impeachment.

He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the RM, 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.

The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

SECTION 3 He may from time to time give to the Congress Information on the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be rightfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.

SECTION 4 The President and all Civil Officers of the RM, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

ARTICLE III

SECTION 1 The Judicial Power of the RM, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.

SECTION 2 The Nudicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the RM, 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 RM shall be a Party;-to Controversies between two or more States;-between a State and Citizens of another State;-between Citizens of different States;-between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of a different State, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.

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.

The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by a Judge; 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 Treason against the RM, 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.

The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.

ARTICLE IV

SECTION 1 Full 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.

SECTION 2 The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several State.

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.

No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labor may be due.

SECTION 3 New States may be admitted by 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 State, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the State concerned as well as of the Congress.

The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the RM; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the RM, or of any particular State.

SECTION 4 The RM shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall 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

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses 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; Provided that no original Amendment shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.

ARTICLE VI

All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the RM under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.

This Constitution, and the Laws of the RM which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the RM, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any state to the Contrary notwithstanding.

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the RM and of the several

States, shall be bound by Affirmation, to support this Constitution; and no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the RM.

ARTICLE VII

The Ratification of the Constitution shall establish all parts of this Constitution as Law.

AMENDMENT I

No part of the RM shall make any 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.

AMENDMENT II

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, shall not be infringed.

AMENDMENT III

No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner,

nor in time of war, unless in a manner to be prescribed by law.

AMENDMENT IV

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 Affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

AMENDMENT V

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Judge, 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.

AMENDMENT VI

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial Judge of the State wherein the crime shall have been committed, 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.

AMENDMENT VII

In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars [adjusted for inflation], the right to a Bench Trial shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a Judge, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the RM, unless tried by the Supreme Court.

AMENDMENT VIII

Bail, to exceed twenty dollars [adjusted for inflation] shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

AMENDMENT IX

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

AMENDMENT X

The powers not delegated to the RM by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the State, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

AMENDMENT XI

The Judicial power of the RM shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the RM by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.

AMENDMENT XII

SECTION 1 Neither slavery, involuntary servitude or forced labor [with or without compensation], shall exist within the RM, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

SECTION 2 Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

AMENDMENT XIII

SECTION 1 All persons born or naturalized in the RM and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the RM 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 RM; 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.

SECTION 2 No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or hold any office, civil or military, under the RM, or under any State, who, having previously taken an affirmation, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the RM, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the RM, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

SECTION 3 The validity of the public debt of the RM, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.

SECTION 4 The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

AMENDMENT XIV

SECTION 1 The right of citizens of the RM to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the RM or by any State on the basis of Sex, Race, Religion or reason of failure to pay any tax or fine

SECTION 2 The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

AMENDMENT XV

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.

AMENDMENT XVI

The Senate of the RM shall be composed of five Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for five years; and each Senator shall have one vote. When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall

issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.

This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.

AMENDMENT XVII

SECTION 1 The terms of the President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3rd day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.

SECTION 2 The Congress shall assemble at least thrice in every year, and such meetings shall be on the first monday in January, July, and December, unless they shall by law appoint different days.

SECTION 3 If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the President of the Senate shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the President of the Senate elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President shall have qualified.

AMENDMENT XVIII

SECTION 1 No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than thrice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than three years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President, when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

AMENDMENT XIX

SECTION 1 In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the President of the Senate shall become President.

SECTION 2 Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the President of the Senate, Congress will nominate an Officer to assume the position of the President of the RM

SECTION 3 Whenever the President transmits to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the President of the Senate as Acting President.

AMENDMENT XX

No law varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.

The Mondic Constitution

Midir [Mondari]

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The Republic of Mondari​

PREAMBLE​

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ARTICLE I​

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SECTION 1​

All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the RM, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.​

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SECTION 2​

The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every third year by the people of each State, and the electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislature.​

In order to be eligible to be elected as a Representative, a person must attain the age of twenty​

one years, and have been ten years a citizen of the RM, and shall be an inhabitant of that State in which they shall be chosen.​

When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such Vacancies.​

The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other officers; and shall have the power to start an impeachment trial if three-fourths of the House concur.​

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SECTION 3​

The Senate of the RM shall be composed of five Senators from each State, chosen by the States thereof, for five years; and each Senator shall have one vote.​

In order to be eligible to be elected as a Senator, a person must attain the age of thirty years, and have been ten years a citizen of the RM, and shall be an inhabitant of that State in which in which they shall be chosen.​

The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a President that will preside over the senate.​

The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, Senators shall be on affirmation. When the President of the RM is tried, the Chief Justice of the​

Supreme Court shall preside: and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of three fourths of the members present.​

Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold any office under the RM: but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to Law.​

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SECTION 4​

The times and 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.​

The Congress shall assemble at least thrice in every year, and such meetings shall be on the first monday in January, July, and December, unless they shall by law appoint different days.​

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SECTION 5​

Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly conduct, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.​

Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than four days, nor to any other place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.​

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SECTION 6​

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SECTION 7​

All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.​

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SECTION 8​

The Congress shall have Power​

To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imports and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the RM; but all Duties, Imports and Excises shall be uniform throughout The RM;​

To borrow Money on the credit of The RM;​

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States;​

To establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the RM;​

To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;​

To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the RM;​

To establish Post Offices and post Roads;​

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;​

To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;​

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;​

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;​

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;​

To provide and maintain a military;​

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of military Forces;​

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;​

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the RM, reserving to the States​

respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;​

To 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 RM, or in any Department or Officer thereof.​

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SECTION 9​

The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of​

Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.​

No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.​

No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.​

No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.​

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.​

No Money shall be drawn from the Department of Budget Management, 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.​

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the RM: 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.​

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SECTION 10​

No States shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War.​

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ARTICLE II​

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SECTION 1​

The Republic of Mondari

PREAMBLE

ARTICLE I

SECTION 1

All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the RM, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

SECTION 2

The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every third year by the people of each State, and the electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislature.

In order to be eligible to be elected as a Representative, a person must attain the age of twenty

one years, and have been ten years a citizen of the RM, and shall be an inhabitant of that State in which they shall be chosen.

When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such Vacancies.

The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other officers; and shall have the power to start an impeachment trial if three-fourths of the House concur.

SECTION 3

The Senate of the RM shall be composed of five Senators from each State, chosen by the States thereof, for five years; and each Senator shall have one vote.

In order to be eligible to be elected as a Senator, a person must attain the age of thirty years, and have been ten years a citizen of the RM, and shall be an inhabitant of that State in which in which they shall be chosen.

The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a President that will preside over the senate.

The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, Senators shall be on affirmation. When the President of the RM is tried, the Chief Justice of the

Supreme Court shall preside: and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of three fourths of the members present.

Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold any office under the RM: but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to Law.

SECTION 4

The times and 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.

The Congress shall assemble at least thrice in every year, and such meetings shall be on the first monday in January, July, and December, unless they shall by law appoint different days.

SECTION 5

Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly conduct, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.

Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than four days, nor to any other place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.

SECTION 6

SECTION 7

All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.

SECTION 8

The Congress shall have Power

To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imports and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the RM; but all Duties, Imports and Excises shall be uniform throughout The RM;

To borrow Money on the credit of The RM;

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States;

To establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the RM;

To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the RM;

To establish Post Offices and post Roads;

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a military;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of military Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the RM, reserving to the States

respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

To 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 RM, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

SECTION 9

The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of

Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.

No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.

No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.

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.

No Money shall be drawn from the Department of Budget Management, 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.

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the RM: 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 10

No States shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War.

ARTICLE II

SECTION 1

The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the RM. He shall hold his Office during the Term of three Years [up to three Terms], and shall be elected as follows:

The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the RM, or any of them.

SECTION 2

The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

SECTION 3

SECTION 4

The President and all Civil Officers of the RM, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

ARTICLE III

SECTION 1

SECTION 2

The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by a Judge; 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

Treason against the RM, 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.

The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.

ARTICLE IV

SECTION 1

Full 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.

SECTION 2

The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several State.