Revised United States Constitution
CONSTITUTION MODIFIED
[Constitution for the United States ofAmerica]1
We the humble, just, and peaceful People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union of individuals and sovereign states, ensure an environment for Justice, provide for homeland defense, promote the general Welfare and health of it’s people, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, with the full knowledge and clarity that government is by nature corrupt and therefore not within itself the solution to obtain these results, ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Article. I.
ARTICLE I Section. 1. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
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ARTICLE I Section. 2.The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every 2nd Year by the People of the several States, and theElectors in each State shall have theQualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizenof the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union,according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding tothe whole Number of citizen Persons. The actual Enumeration shall be made within every Term of ten Years,in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shallnot exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each Stateshall have at Least one Representative.
When vacancies happen in the Representation from anyState, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.
The House of Representatives shall chuse theirSpeaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
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ARTICLE I Section. 3.The Senate of the United States shall be composed of twoSenators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof [<ahref=”#amd17.1″>Modified by Amendment XVII], for six Years; and eachSenator shall have one Vote.
Immediately after they shall be assembled inConsequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may beinto three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall bevacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at theExpiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of thesixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; and ifVacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of theLegislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointmentsuntil the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill suchVacancies [Modified by Amendment XVII].
[Article. XVII.] SENATE TERM AND VACANCIES: [Proposed 1912; Ratified 1913; (SeeArticle V, Clause 3 of theConstitution)] The Senate of the United States shall be composed oftwo Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; andeach Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have thequalifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the Statelegislatures. When vacancies happen in the representation of anyState in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs ofelection to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any Statemay empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until thepeople fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affectthe election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part ofthe Constitution.
No Person shall be a Senator who shall not haveattained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of theUnited States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that Statefor which he shall be chosen.
The Vice President of the United States shall bePresident of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.
The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and alsoa President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shallexercise the Office of President of the United States.
The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath orAffirmation. When the President of the United States istried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extendfurther than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Partyconvicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial,Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.
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ARTICLE I Section. 4. (1/2) – CONGRESS ELECTIONS: The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections forSenators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by theLegislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter suchRegulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.
ARTICLE I Section. 4 (2/2) – CONGRESS ASSEMBLY: The Congress shall assemble at least once in everyYear, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December [Modifiedby Amendment XX], unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day.
Article. [XX.] (2/6) – Section. 2. The Congressshall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin atnoon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a differentday.
ARTICLE I Section. 5 (1/4). – CONGRESS MONITORS ITSELF: Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returnsand Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitutea Quorum to do Business; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, andmay be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner,and under such Penalties as each House may provide.
ARTICLE I Section. 5 (2/4). Each House may determine the Rules of itsProceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with theConcurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.
[Less then 80% vote rate equate to automatically withdrawn next term]
ARTICLE I Section. 5 (3/4). Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings,and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in theirJudgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either Houseon any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be enteredon the Journal.
ARTICLE I Section. 5 (4/4). Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall,without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to anyother Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.
ARTICLE I Section. 6.(2/3) – CONGRESS ARRESTS: They [Senators and Representatives] shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felonyand Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance atthe Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from thesame; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not bequestioned in any other Place.
ARTICLE I Section. 6. (3/3) – CONGRESS NO DUAL OFFICE – No Senator or Representative shall, during the Timefor which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authorityof the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereofshall have been encreased during such time; and no Person holding any Officeunder the United States, shall be a Member of either House during hisContinuance in Office.
ARTICLE I Section. 7. (2/3) – CONGRESS BILL PASS w/PRESIDENT: Every Bill which shall have passed the House ofRepresentatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented tothe President of the United States;[2] If heapprove he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections tothat House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections atlarge on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after suchReconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shallbe sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shalllikewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shallbecome a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall bedetermined by yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for andagainst the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. Ifany Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundaysexcepted) 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 Adjournmentprevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.
ARTICLE I Section. 7. (3/3) CONGRESS LAW, RESOLUTION, ORDER PASS w/PRESIDENT: Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which theConcurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (excepton a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the UnitedStates; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, orbeing disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate andHouse of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed inthe Case of a Bill.
[Bills brought forth by Congress much include a single issue to address and have a maximum of 2,500 of words, with supporting docs, maximum of 10,000 words, that do not materially change the bill. If found later supporting docs materially change bill, new bill is brought up for vote next session)
[Each Senator can bring 10 bills and each representative 5 bills/year]
Article. [XXVII.][Proposed 1789; Ratified 1992; (CONGRESS INCOME) Second of twelveArticles comprising the Bill of Rights] No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators andRepresentatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shallhave intervened.
ARTICLE I Section. 6.(1/3)The Senators and Representatives shall receive aCompensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of theTreasury of the United States.
[If median ave income drops, thus does Congress in proportional amount the following year]
ARTICLE I Section. 9. (1/8) (IMPORTING ALIENS) The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any ofthe States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited bythe Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Taxor duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for eachPerson.
ARTICLE I Section. 9. (2/8) The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall notbe suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safetymay require it.
ARTICLE I Section. 9. (3/8) No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall bepassed.
ARTICLE I Section. 9. (8/8) No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the UnitedStates: 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.
ARTICLE I Section. 10. (1/3) No State shall enter into anyTreaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters ofMarque and Reprisal; coin Money;emit Bills of Credit; makeany Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts;pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Lawimpairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant anyTitle of Nobility.
ARTICLE I Section. 10. (2/3) No State shall, withoutthe Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports,except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it’s inspection Laws;and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laidby any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of theUnited States; and all such Laws shall be subject tothe Revision and Controul of the Congress.
ARTICLE I Section. 10. (3/3) 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 anotherState,or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in suchimminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
———————CONGRESS POWER AND AUTHORITY ———————- TO SPEND MONEY ON $$$$$$$)
ARTICLE I Section. 8. (1/18) (CONGRESS POWER AND AUTHORITY TO SPEND MONEY ON $$$) The Congress shall have PowerTo lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts andExcises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and <aname=”con1.8.1.1.4″>general Welfare of the United States;but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniformthroughout the United States;
ARTICLE I Section. 8. (2/18) To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;
ARTICLE I Section. 8. (3/18) To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States;
ARTICLE I Section. 8. (4/18) To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, anduniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
ARTICLE I Section. 8. (5/18) To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and offoreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
ARTICLE I Section. 8. (6/18) To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting theSecurities and current Coin of the United States;
ARTICLE I Section. 8. (7/18) To establish Post Offices and post Roads;
ARTICLE I Section. 8. (8/18) To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts,by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right totheir respective Writings and Discoveries;
ARTICLE I Section. 8. (9/18) To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supremeCourt;
ARTICLE I Section. 8. (10/18) To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;
ARTICLE I Section. 8. (11/18) To declare War, grant Letters of Marque andReprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
[WAR- must be declared if conflict lasting more then 6 months, or equivalent 1% of active military killed in conflict, or 10% of military budget spent on conflict]
[WAR – If popular vote of 70% vote against war, US must withdrawal in one year (held each 2 years)]
ARTICLE I Section. 8. (12/18) To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation ofMoney to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
ARTICLE I Section. 8. (13/18) To provide and maintain a Navy;
ARTICLE I Section. 8. (14/18) To make Rules for the Government and Regulation ofthe land and naval Forces;
ARTICLE I Section. 8. (15/18) To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
ARTICLE I Section. 8. (16/18) To provide for organizing,arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for <aname=”con1.8.16.2″>governing such Part of them as may be employed in theService of the United States, reserving to the States respectively,the Appointment of the Officers, andthe Authority of training the Militia according tothe discipline prescribed by Congress;
ARTICLE I Section. 8. (17/18) To exercise exclusiveLegislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding tenMiles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance ofCongress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States,and to exercise like Authority over all Placespurchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Sameshall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and otherneedful Buildings; — And
ARTICLE I Section. 8. (18/18) To make all Laws which shall be necessary and properfor carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vestedby this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in anyDepartment or Officer thereof.
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ARTICLE I Section. 7. (1/3) All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in theHouse of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendmentsas on other Bills.
Article. XVI. – CONGRESS RIGHT TO LAY TAXES: [Proposed 1909; Questionably Ratified 1913] The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, fromwhatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, andwithout regard to any census or enumeration
ARTICLE I Section. 9. (4/8) No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid,unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to betaken.
[10% tax on revenues generated is the only tax required of citizens; Except during wartime, Citizens can then be required to pay up to 50%] (see war stipulations)
ARTICLE I Section. 9. (5/8) No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.
ARTICLE I Section. 9. (6/8) No Preference shall be given by any Regulation ofCommerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another; nor shallVessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Dutiesin another.
ARTICLE I Section. 9. (7/8) No Money shall be drawn fromthe Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law;and a regular Statement and Account of the Receiptsand Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.
[Congress is required to pass a balance budget every year, or congressional session continues indefinitely, with no pay to Congress]
[Overall debt ceiling cannot exceed 10% of GDP ]
[Cannot increase money supply by more than 1% year]
[except for wartime- gov spending cannot increase by more then 10% in a year. After wartime, spending must decrease such to equal had it maxed within the % boundaries within that time.]
[all non security/defense/legal functions must be run by private entities non gov owned without profit more then 10% and moved to other company owned by diff owners or affiliates at least once every 7 years – during wartime, throughout conflict]
[Debt Service Not to exceed 10% of 5 year ave GDP] [No other means of manipulating monetary or fiscal policy, or utilizing banking methodologies or techniques, to manipulate the nature of what this clause dictates]
[Government is permitted to require citizens to save up to 10% of their revenues, using citizen owned and chosen savings vehicles, of low risk, of which citizens begin receiving disbursements at the 5 year median age of retirement in the country, to be determined once every 5 years. Funds can only be taxed once. No loans against such funds are to be allowed, however funds can be passed, tax free, to next of kin]
ARTICLE XIV Section. 4 (AMENDMENT): The validity ofthe public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debtsincurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressinginsurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the UnitedStates nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aidof insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for theloss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claimsshall be held illegal and void. Section. 5. The Congressshall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of thisarticle.
ARTICLE VI Section 1- (AMENDMENT): All Debts contracted andEngagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be asvalid against the United States under this Constitution, as under theConfederation.
Article. II.
ARTICLE II Section. 1. (1/8) The executive Power shall be vested in a President ofthe United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, beelected, as follows:
Article. [XXII.] – AMENDMENT – TERM OF PRESIDENT: [Proposed 1947; Ratified 1951] Section. 1. No person shallbe elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person whohas held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than twoyears of a term to which some other person was elected President shall beelected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shallnot apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article wasproposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holdingthe office of President, or acting as President, during the term within whichthis Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or actingas President during the remainder of such term. Section. 2. This articleshall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to theConstitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States withinseven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.
[One 5 year Presidential term]
ARTICLE II Section. 1. (5/8) No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizenof the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shallbe eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible tothat Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, andbeen fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
ARTICLE II Section. 1. (6/8) In Case of the Removal of the President fromOffice, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers andDuties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, andthe Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation orInability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officershall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until theDisability be removed, or a President shall be elected [<ahref=”#amd25″>Modified by Amendment XXV].
ARTICLE II Section. 1. (7/8) The President shall, at stated Times, receive for hisServices, a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminishedduring the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall notreceive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or anyof them.
ARTICLE II Section. 1. (8/8) Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, heshall take the following Oath or Affirmation: — “I do solemnly swear(or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of theUnited States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defendthe Constitution of the United States.”
ARTICLE II Section. 2.The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Armyand Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, whencalled into the actual Service of the United States; he may require theOpinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executiveDepartments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respectiveOffices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offencesagainst the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
He shall have Power, by and with the Advice andConsent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senatorspresent concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consentof the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls,Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whoseAppointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall beestablished by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of suchinferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courtsof Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
The President shall have Power to fill up allVacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by grantingCommissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.
ARTICLE II Section. 3. He (the President) shall fromtime to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, andrecommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary andexpedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or eitherof them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time ofAdjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; heshall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care thatthe Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of theUnited States.
ARTICLE II Section. 4. The President,Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removedfrom Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or otherhigh Crimes and Misdemeanors.
[……or acts against the constitution]
Article. III.
ARTICLE III Section. 1. The judicialPower of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in suchinferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. TheJudges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Officesduring good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services aCompensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.
ARTICLE III Section. 2.The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law andEquity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, andTreaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; — to allCases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; — to allCases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; — to Controversies to whichthe United States shall be a Party; — to Controversies between two or moreStates; — between a State and Citizens of another State [<ahref=”#amd11″>Modified by Amendment XI]; — between Citizens ofdifferent States; — between Citizens of the same State claiming Landsunder Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof,and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.
In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other publicMinisters and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supremeCourt shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases beforementioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Lawand Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congressshall make.
The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases ofImpeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State wherethe said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within anyState, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Lawhave directed.
ARTICLE III Section. 3.Treason against the United States shall consist only inlevying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid andComfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of twoWitnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.
The Congress shall have Power to declare thePunishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption ofBlood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
[Article. XI.] – JUDICIAL POWERS: The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend toany suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the UnitedStates by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any ForeignState.
Article. IV.
ARTICLE IV Section. 1. Full Faith andCredit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicialProceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Lawsprescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall beproved, and the Effect thereof.
ARTICLE IVSection. 2.The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to allPrivileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. 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, bedelivered 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 Lawor Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall bedelivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may bedue [Modified by Amendment XIII].
Article. XIII. – ANTI-SLAVERY: [Proposed 1865; Ratified 1865] Section. 1. Neither slaverynor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the partyshall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or anyplace subject to their jurisdiction. Section. 2. Congress shallhave power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
ARTICLE IV Section. 3.New States may be admitted by the Congress into thisUnion; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction ofany 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 Statesconcerned as well as of the Congress.
The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and makeall needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Propertybelonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be soconstrued as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particularState.
ARTICLE IV Section. 4. The United Statesshall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of theLegislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened),against domestic Violence.
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ARTICLE V.
Article. V. (1/2) – AMENDMENTS: TheCongress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shallpropose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of theLegislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention forproposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents andPurposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures ofthree fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourthsthereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by theCongress;
ARTICLE V (2/2): Provided that no Amendment which may be madeprior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manneraffect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article;and that no State, without its Consent, shall bedeprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.
[Amendments must be again voted on every 10 years for 30 years to be permanent]
ARTICLE VI.
————————— CONSTITUTION SUPREME LAW——————- AND REPRESENTATIVES BOUND BY OATH w/o RELIGION BEING CONSIDERED
ARTICLE VI (1/2) This Constitution, and the Laws of the United Stateswhich shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shallbe made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law ofthe Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing inthe Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
ARTICLE VI (2/2) The Senators and Representatives before mentioned,and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive andjudicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shallbe bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religiousTest shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trustunder the United States.
ARTICLE VII.
————–CONSTITUTION APPROVED————–
ARTICLE VII The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same. done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the Twelfth In witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names, (names listed of sates and representatives who signed)
——————CITIZEN RIGHTS————–
First Amendment (Bill of Rights) – Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause; freedom of speech, of the press, and of assembly; right to petition 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.
Second Amendment (Bill of Rights) – Militia (United States), Sovereign state, Right to keep and bear arms. A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.[60]
Third Amendment (Bill of Rights) – Protection from quartering of troops. No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Fourth Amendment (Bill of Rights) – Protection from unreasonable search and seizure. 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.
Fifth Amendment (Bill of Rights) – due process, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, eminent domain. 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.
Sixth Amendment (Bill of Rights) – Trial by jury and rights of the accused; Confrontation Clause, speedy trial, public trial, right to counsel 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 defence.
Seventh Amendment (Bill of Rights) – Civil trial by jury. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, 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 United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Eighth Amendment (Bill of Rights) – Prohibition of excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Ninth Amendment (Bill of Rights) – Protection of rights not specifically enumerated in the Constitution. The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Tenth Amendment (Bill of Rights) – Powers of States and people. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
[Government cannot hold or save money on Citizen’s behalf, for the betterment of that citizen]
[All citizens required to hold healthcare of choice. When unemployed, appropriate, government will administer a voucher of an amount determined reasonable by congress, to an insurance company of choice]
[Unemployment shall only be available if potential employee is actively engaged and attending a job training program or school program, weekly hours totaling 1/2 that of average american worker (determined every 10 years). Government will provide a voucher toward a private company of Citizen’s choice]
[Citizens under 18 must attend school. School vouchers will be given by gov, via tax dollars, of which citizen can add additional sums if deemed necessary for the school of their choice. All schools are to be private (per private only gov subsidized clause).]
[No citizen shall be a victim of discrimination based on race, sex, or income]
Article. XIV. – [Proposed 1866; Ratified 1868] Section. 1. All persons bornor naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. NoState shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges orimmunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive anyperson of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny toany person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
[All citizens must complete 2 years compulsory service, before the age of 21 (first 2 years of new citizen’s time in the US). Services to be determined by Congress and may include both military and non-military action. Upon relocation, citizen must re-engage in the state which they reside, but may apply time spent.]
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[Max yearly total net donation to any political party or candidate, from citizen, corporation, or any entity, shall equate to less then 20% of the median income of the ave american (to be determined every 5 years).]
[Gerrymandering – When determining districts, a maximum of 5 angles on map are permitted.]
ARTICLE II Section. 1. (2/8) Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as theLegislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Numberof Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in theCongress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office ofTrust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.
ARTICLE II Section. 1. (3/8) The Electors shall meet in their respectiveStates, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not bean Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List ofall the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List theyshall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government ofthe United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President ofthe Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives,open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Personhaving the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be aMajority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more thanone who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the Houseof Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President;and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List thesaid House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing thePresident, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from eachState having one Vote; a quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member orMembers from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shallbe necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, thePerson having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the VicePresident. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, theSenate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President [Modified by Amendment XII].
ARTICLE II Section. 1. (4/8) The Congress may determine the Time of chusing theElectors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall bethe same throughout the United States. (regarding presidential vote)
Article. [XXIV.] – PEOPLE’s RIGHT TO VOTE: [Proposed 1962; Ratified 1964] Section. 1. The right ofcitizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election forPresident or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, orfor Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged bythe United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax orother tax. Section. 2. The Congressshall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Article. [XXVI.] 18 YEAR OF AGE TO VOTE: [Proposed 1971; Ratified 1971] Section. 1. The right ofcitizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to voteshall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on accountof age. Section. 2. The Congressshall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
[Article. XII.] VOTING RULES: The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot forPresident and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitantof the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the personvoted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for asVice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for asPresident, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number ofvotes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed tothe seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President ofthe Senate; — The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of theSenate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votesshall then be counted; — The person having the greatest number of votesfor President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of thewhole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, thenfrom the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list ofthose voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall chooseimmediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votesshall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; aquorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds ofthe states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice.And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever theright of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March nextfollowing, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case ofthe death or other constitutional disability of the President. — Theperson having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be theVice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electorsappointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numberson the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for thepurpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and amajority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no personconstitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible tothat of Vice-President of the United States.
ARTICLE XIV Section. 2. RIGHT TO VOTE 21 YEAR OLD MAN (AMENDMENT): Representativesshall be apportioned among the several States according to their respectivenumbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indiansnot taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice ofelectors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representativesin Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members ofthe Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of suchState, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or inany way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, thebasis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which thenumber of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizenstwenty-one years of age in such State.
ARTICLE XIV Section. 3. CANNOT BE IN OFFICE IF REBELLED (AMENDMENT): No person shallbe a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and VicePresident, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, orunder any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress,or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature,or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support theConstitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection orrebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. ButCongress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Article. XV. – CITIZEN RIGHT TO VOTE: [Proposed 1869; Ratified 1870] Section. 1. The right ofcitizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by theUnited States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous conditionof servitude. Section. 2. The Congressshall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Article. [XIX.] – RIGHTS OF CITIZEN TO VOTE BASED ON SEX: [Proposed 1919; Ratified 1920] The right of citizens of the United States to voteshall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on accountof sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article byappropriate legislation.
Article. [XX.] (3/6) – Section. 3. If, at the timefixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shallhave died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a Presidentshall 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 Vice Presidentelect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and theCongress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nora Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act asPresident, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and suchperson shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall havequalified.
Article. [XX.] (4/6) – Section. 4. The Congress mayby law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom theHouse of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choiceshall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of thepersons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right ofchoice shall have devolved upon them.
Article. [XX.] (5/6) – Section. 5. Sections 1 and 2shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of thisarticle.
Article. [XX.] (6/6) – Section. 6. This articleshall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to theConstitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission.
Article. [XXV.] – PRESIDENTIAL POWERS PASSED ON TO VICE: [Proposed 1965; Ratified 1967] Section. 1. In case of theremoval of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the VicePresident shall become President. Section. 2. Whenever thereis a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominatea Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote ofboth Houses of Congress. Section. 3. Whenever thePresident transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speakerof the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable todischarge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them awritten declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be dischargedby the Vice President as Acting President. Section. 4.Whenever the Vice President and a majority of eitherthe principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body asCongress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of theSenate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their writtendeclaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties ofhis office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and dutiesof the office as Acting President. Thereafter, when the President transmits to thePresident pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House ofRepresentatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shallresume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and amajority of either the principal officers of the executive department or ofsuch other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days tothe President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House ofRepresentatives their written declaration that the President is unable todischarge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decidethe issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not insession. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latterwritten declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one daysafter Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of bothHouses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of hisoffice, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as ActingPresident; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of hisoffice.
Article. [XXIII.] [Proposed 1960; Ratified 1961] Section. 1.ELECTORAL VOTE: The District constituting the seat of Government of theUnited States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct: A number of electors of President and Vice Presidentequal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to whichthe District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more thanthe least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by theStates, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election ofPresident and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and theyshall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelftharticle of amendment. Section. 2. The Congressshall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
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Article. [XVIII.]- DELETED Liquor Related
Article. [XXI.] – DELETED Liquire Repeal
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balance budget every year
overall debt ceiling cannot exceed 10% of GDP m
except for wartime- gov spending cannot increase by more then 10% in a year
Cannot increase money supply by 1% year
All citizens required to save 10% of paycheck in Private 401K of choosing w/low risk w/no loans against fund (disbursement begin 5 year median retirement age of country determined 2xs a decade)
Government cannot hold citizen’s money
all non security/defense/legal functions must be run by private entities non gov owned without profit more then 10% and moved to other company owned by diff owners at least once every 7 years – during wartime, throughout conflict
10% flat tax only tax on citizens except during wartime, then 50%
– [Bills brought forth by Congress much include a single issue to address and have a maximum of 2,500 of words, with supporting docs, maximum of 10,000 words, that do not materially change the bill. If found later supporting docs materially change bill, new bill is brought up for vote next session)
– [Each Senator can bring 10 bills and each representative 5 bills/year]
all congressmen must vote on 80% of bills or fired at end of term
max # of bills (so many per year state)
war- must be declared if conflict lasting more then 6 months, or equivalent 1% of active military killed in conflict, or 10% of military budget spent on conflict
If popular vote of 70% vote against war, US must withdrawal in one year (held each 2 years)
One 5 year Presidential term
no Gerrymandering (5 angles on map)
– All citizens required to hold healthcare of choice but paid directly by paycheck
– Citizens under 18 must attend school. School vouchers are given by gov. All schools are private.
– No discrimination based on race, sex, or income
– 2 years compulsory service for all citizens (first 2 of new citizen)
If any of these amended, must be re-amended every 10 years for 30 years for permanent radification
[max donation = less then 20% of median income of ave american]
[If median ave income drops, thus does Congress in proportional amount the following year]
[Unemployment shall only be available if potential employee is actively engaged and attending a job training program or school program, weekly hours totaling 1/2 that of average american worker (determined every 10 years). Government will provide a voucher toward a private company of Citizen’s choice]
The Revised United States Constitution 