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We, the States of the Confederacy of Quantrime, each State acting in its sovereign and independent character, in order to form a common defense, promote the general welfare, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity do hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other. Binding ourselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon any one of the states or the several States together.
Chapter One
Article I: Style and Purpose
Section 1: The confederacy established by this Constitution shall be styled as the Confederacy of Quantrime.
Section 2: The purpose of this constitution shall be to better secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the different States party to this union.
Section 3: This Constitution, nor any part of it, shall not be interpreted so as to impeach the sovereignty of any one of the states or the several states
Section 4: At no time shall the institutions established by this Constitution be understood to have sovereignty over any one of the states or the several states but shall be understood as exercising authority delegated to them by the states.
Section 5: All powers not prohibited to the states nor delegated to the Confederacy of Quantrime reserved to the States respectively.
Article II: The Legislature
Section 1: All legislative powers herein delegated shall be vested in a bicameral legislature called the Congress of the Confederacy of Quantrime.
Section 2: The House of Representatives shall be composed of a single representative from each State of the Confederacy of Quantrime. And the Senate shall be made up of an equal representation of the population of political parties.
Section 3: Members of Congress shall serve a sixty (60) day term called a session and shall have no limit on the number of sessions they may serve. Each Congressional session shall begin on the following dates January 1st, March 1st, May 1st, July 1st, September 1st, and November 1st.
Section 4: No person shall be denied eligibility for Congress unless they have been convicted of a criminal offense or are not a citizen of the Confederacy of Quantrime.
Section 5: Each House of Congress may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members, create committees as needed, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present, expel a member for unseemly behavior6 or criminal activity.
Section 6: Each House of Congress shall choose their Speaker and other officers they deem necessary. The Speaker shall be responsible for the orderly conduct of business, delivering bills to the President for his signature or to the other house for their debate and vote, maintaining an accurate count of members of Congress, and ensuring that Congress stays active.
Section 7: Congress shall have the sole authority to make law, declare war, make treaties, and impeach members of the government. When the President of the Confederacy of Quantrime is impeached, the Chief Justice shall preside; and no person shall be impeached without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present. Grounds for impeachment shall be unseemly behavior, criminal activity, or inactivity.
Section 8: Every bill which shall have passed by both houses of Congress, shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the President of the Confederacy of Quantrime; if he approve, he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to Congress, who shall proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of Congress agree to pass the bill it shall become a law. 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. The President may approve any appropriation and disapprove any other appropriation in the same bill. In such case he shall, in signing the bill, designate the appropriations disapproved; and shall return a copy of such appropriations, with his objections, to Congress; and the same proceedings shall then be had as in case of other bills disapproved by the President.
Section 9: All votes in Congress, except those specifically mentioned in this Constitution, shall be by a majority of members present. There shall be no quorum.
Section 10: 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 petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Section 11: 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.
Section 12: 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.
Section 13: In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and
public trial, 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.
Article III: The Executive Branch
Section 1: The executive power shall be vested in a President of the Confederacy of Quantrime. He shall hold his office for the term of sixty days; but shall only be reeligible once before having to sit out for 120 days. The President shall be elected as follows.
Section 2: All citizens of the Confederacy of Quantrime shall be eligible to vote for the office of
President. Election shall be by popular vote and shall be held on the following days: January 1st,
March 1st, May 1st, July 1st, September 1st and November 1st. No person except a citizen of the
Confederacy of Quantrime shall be eligible to the office of President.
Section 3: The President shall appoint a Vice President who shall head an executive department.
In case of the removal of the President from office, or in case of his resignation, death , or inability to discharge the powers and duties of said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President; and the Congress may, by law, provide for the case of removal, resignation, death, or inability, both of the President and Vice President, 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.
Section 4: He shall have power to negotiate treaties; provided two-thirds of the Congress concur; and by and with the advice and consent of the Congress to create and dissolve such departments as he shall deem necessary and appoint the principal officers thereof, to appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the Confederacy of Quantrime whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; but the Congress may, by law, vest the appointment of such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Section 5: All persons connected with the diplomatic service, may be removed from office at the pleasure of the President. All other civil officers of the Executive Departments may be removed at any time by the President, or other appointing power, when their services are unnecessary, or for dishonesty, incapacity, inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect of duty; and when so removed, the removal shall be reported to the Congress, together with the reasons therefor.
Section 6: The President shall be Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the Confederacy of Quantrime, 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 offenses against the Confederate States, except in cases of impeachment.
Section 7: The President shall, once every 30 days, give to the Congress information of the state of the Confederacy of Quantrime, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the Confederacy of Quantrime.
Article IV: The Judiciary
Section 1: The judicial power of the Confederacy of Quantrime shall be vested in one Supreme Court, composed of one Chief Justice and two Associate Justices. The judges of the Supreme court shall hold their offices during good behavior.
Section 2: The judicial power shall extend to all cases arising under this Constitution, the laws of the Confederacy of Quantrime, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority; to all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls; to all cases to controversies to which the Confederacy of Quantrime shall be a party; to controversies between two or more States; and between a State or the citizens thereof, and foreign states, citizens, or subjects; but no State shall be sued by any foreign state.
Section 3: Treason against the Confederacy of Quantrime shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.
Article V: Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 1: Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State; and the Congress may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.
Section 2: No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation with a foreign power; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts.
Section 3: No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports of another State, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws and maintaining its harbors and ports: and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Control of the Congress.
Section 4: No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, limit the freedom of movement of any citizen of the Confederacy of Quantrime except in those cases which may be proscribed by law or are necessary to protect public health and order; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Control of the Congress.
Section 5: The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations concerning the property of the Confederacy of Quantrime, including the lands thereof.
Section 6: The Confederacy of Quantrime may acquire new territory; and Congress shall have power to legislate and provide governments for the inhabitants of all territory belonging to the Confederacy of Quantrime, lying without the limits of the several Sates; and may permit them, at such times, and in such manner as it may by law provide, to form States to be admitted into the Confederacy.
Section 7: The Confederacy of Quantrime shall guarantee to every State that now is, or hereafter may become, a member of this Confederacy, a sovereign government of its choosing; and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the Legislature or of the Executive when the Legislature is not in session, against domestic violence.
Section 8: This Constitution, and the Laws of the Confederacy of Quantrime which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the Confederacy of Quantrime, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.
Article VI Amendments
Section 1: Upon the demand of any three States the Congress shall summon a convention of all the States, to take into consideration such amendments to the Constitution as the said States shall concur in suggesting at the time when the said demand is made; and should any of the proposed amendments to the Constitution be agreed on by the said convention, voting by States, they shall thenceforward form a part of this Constitution. But no State shall, without its consent, be deprived of its representation in the Congress.
Section 2: If two-thirds of the total membership of Congress shall agree upon an amendment to this Constitution then it shall also thenceforward form a part of this Constitution.
Chapter Two
Article I: Citizenship and Inactivity
Section 1: No person shall be considered a citizen of the region who's State does not reside within the Confederacy of Quantrime, or has not filed for statehood and been accepted
Section 2: Any State who has achieved statehood who leaves the Confederacy of Quantrime for more than forty eight (48) hours without approval or consent of the Confederate Government, or who ceases to exist for more than forty eight (48) hours, shall forfeit their statehood and all rights and privileges that ensues including their land claim.
Section 3: A State shall be declared inactive, and subject to the penalties thereof, if, without giving prior notice of absence, they shall not have posted on the forum at least once in seven (7) days’ time. Inactivity shall be classified as “Unseemly Behavior” for the purpose of removal from Congress.
Article II: Representatives
Section 1: Each State shall create a character to act as their representative in Congress. All posts\ made concerning the business of the Congress of the Confederacy of Quantrime, excepting those topics which are marked as or are clearly out of character, shall be made as this character.
Section 2: In the one week (seven days) period prior to the start of a new session of Congress each state shall be required to register to participate in that session. Information collected for registration shall include, but not be limited to, the name of the State and the name of the representative it is sending to congress. This shall be the only time a State may change who their representative is.
Section 3: New States shall be allowed to register to join the current session of congress for a period of seven (7) days following achieving stated but must follow the normal procedure the next session and every session thereafter.
Article III: The Executive Branch
Section 1: Any state wishing to attain the office of President must first create a character to run in the election and no state may have more than one character in any given Presidential election. All posts made under the auspices of President of the Confederacy of Quantrime must be made as this character.
Section 2: For purposes of removal from office death shall be defined as the President's state Ceasing to Exist or Leaving the Region as put forth in chapter two; Article I; section 2 of this document. Inability to discharge the powers and duties of the office shall include but not be limited to inactivity as set forth in chapter two; Article I; section 3 of this document.
Section 3: The principal officer of any executive department must also create a character and post as that character when operating under the auspices of that department.
Article IV: The Judiciary
Section 1: Upon attaining a seat on the Supreme Court a state must create a character to act as the appropriate Justice. All posts made under the auspices of that office must be made as the character.
Article V: Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 1: For the purposes of this document a foreign power shall be regions other than the
Confederacy of Quantrime or any nation not residing in the Confederacy of Quantrime
Section 2: A bill of attainder (also known as an act of attainder or writ of attainder) is an act of a legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them without privilege of a judicial trial.
Section 3: An ex post facto law (Latin for "from after the action" or "after the fact"), also called a retroactive law, is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law
Chapter Three:
Article I: Bill of Rights for the States
Section 1: Each state has the right is to maintain a military.
Section 2: No State can force another State into any type of union or vassalage to another state; this does the not however prevent willing sharing of government between States.
Section 3: Each state has the right to, govern, tax, police, and finance its citizens and its own state.
Section 4: Each State has a right to interact, diplomatically and economically with other states.
Section 5: States have right not specifically listed in the Constitution.
Article II: Bill of Rights of the Confederate Government
Section 1: The Confederate Government has the singular right to interact with foreign governments.
Section 2: The Confederate Government has the right tax, police, finance, and interact with the states, and citizens not living in a state.
Section 3: The Confederate Government has the right to maintain a meritocratic military, where each state has an option to donate or help finance the military.
Section 4: The Confederate Government has rights not specifically listed in the constitution.
Article III: Bill of rights for the People:
Section 1: Prohibits the making of any law: impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances
Section 2: Places restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent, prohibiting it during peacetime.
Section 3: Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause as determined by a neutral judge or magistrate.
Section 4: Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to due process, and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy.
Section 5: Protects the right to a fair and speedy public trial by jury, including the rights to be notified of the accusations, to confront the accuser, to obtain witnesses and to retain counsel.
Section 6: Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, according to common law.
Section 7: Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment.
Section 8: Protects rights not enumerated in the Constitution.
Section 9: Abolishes slavery, and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
Section 10: Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause,
Section 11: Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status in confederate election.
Chapter One
Article I: Style and Purpose
Section 1: The confederacy established by this Constitution shall be styled as the Confederacy of Quantrime.
Section 2: The purpose of this constitution shall be to better secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the different States party to this union.
Section 3: This Constitution, nor any part of it, shall not be interpreted so as to impeach the sovereignty of any one of the states or the several states
Section 4: At no time shall the institutions established by this Constitution be understood to have sovereignty over any one of the states or the several states but shall be understood as exercising authority delegated to them by the states.
Section 5: All powers not prohibited to the states nor delegated to the Confederacy of Quantrime reserved to the States respectively.
Article II: The Legislature
Section 1: All legislative powers herein delegated shall be vested in a bicameral legislature called the Congress of the Confederacy of Quantrime.
Section 2: The House of Representatives shall be composed of a single representative from each State of the Confederacy of Quantrime. And the Senate shall be made up of an equal representation of the population of political parties.
Section 3: Members of Congress shall serve a sixty (60) day term called a session and shall have no limit on the number of sessions they may serve. Each Congressional session shall begin on the following dates January 1st, March 1st, May 1st, July 1st, September 1st, and November 1st.
Section 4: No person shall be denied eligibility for Congress unless they have been convicted of a criminal offense or are not a citizen of the Confederacy of Quantrime.
Section 5: Each House of Congress may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members, create committees as needed, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present, expel a member for unseemly behavior6 or criminal activity.
Section 6: Each House of Congress shall choose their Speaker and other officers they deem necessary. The Speaker shall be responsible for the orderly conduct of business, delivering bills to the President for his signature or to the other house for their debate and vote, maintaining an accurate count of members of Congress, and ensuring that Congress stays active.
Section 7: Congress shall have the sole authority to make law, declare war, make treaties, and impeach members of the government. When the President of the Confederacy of Quantrime is impeached, the Chief Justice shall preside; and no person shall be impeached without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present. Grounds for impeachment shall be unseemly behavior, criminal activity, or inactivity.
Section 8: Every bill which shall have passed by both houses of Congress, shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the President of the Confederacy of Quantrime; if he approve, he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to Congress, who shall proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of Congress agree to pass the bill it shall become a law. 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. The President may approve any appropriation and disapprove any other appropriation in the same bill. In such case he shall, in signing the bill, designate the appropriations disapproved; and shall return a copy of such appropriations, with his objections, to Congress; and the same proceedings shall then be had as in case of other bills disapproved by the President.
Section 9: All votes in Congress, except those specifically mentioned in this Constitution, shall be by a majority of members present. There shall be no quorum.
Section 10: 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 petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Section 11: 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.
Section 12: 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.
Section 13: In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and
public trial, 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.
Article III: The Executive Branch
Section 1: The executive power shall be vested in a President of the Confederacy of Quantrime. He shall hold his office for the term of sixty days; but shall only be reeligible once before having to sit out for 120 days. The President shall be elected as follows.
Section 2: All citizens of the Confederacy of Quantrime shall be eligible to vote for the office of
President. Election shall be by popular vote and shall be held on the following days: January 1st,
March 1st, May 1st, July 1st, September 1st and November 1st. No person except a citizen of the
Confederacy of Quantrime shall be eligible to the office of President.
Section 3: The President shall appoint a Vice President who shall head an executive department.
In case of the removal of the President from office, or in case of his resignation, death , or inability to discharge the powers and duties of said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President; and the Congress may, by law, provide for the case of removal, resignation, death, or inability, both of the President and Vice President, 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.
Section 4: He shall have power to negotiate treaties; provided two-thirds of the Congress concur; and by and with the advice and consent of the Congress to create and dissolve such departments as he shall deem necessary and appoint the principal officers thereof, to appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the Confederacy of Quantrime whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; but the Congress may, by law, vest the appointment of such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Section 5: All persons connected with the diplomatic service, may be removed from office at the pleasure of the President. All other civil officers of the Executive Departments may be removed at any time by the President, or other appointing power, when their services are unnecessary, or for dishonesty, incapacity, inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect of duty; and when so removed, the removal shall be reported to the Congress, together with the reasons therefor.
Section 6: The President shall be Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the Confederacy of Quantrime, 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 offenses against the Confederate States, except in cases of impeachment.
Section 7: The President shall, once every 30 days, give to the Congress information of the state of the Confederacy of Quantrime, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the Confederacy of Quantrime.
Article IV: The Judiciary
Section 1: The judicial power of the Confederacy of Quantrime shall be vested in one Supreme Court, composed of one Chief Justice and two Associate Justices. The judges of the Supreme court shall hold their offices during good behavior.
Section 2: The judicial power shall extend to all cases arising under this Constitution, the laws of the Confederacy of Quantrime, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority; to all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls; to all cases to controversies to which the Confederacy of Quantrime shall be a party; to controversies between two or more States; and between a State or the citizens thereof, and foreign states, citizens, or subjects; but no State shall be sued by any foreign state.
Section 3: Treason against the Confederacy of Quantrime shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.
Article V: Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 1: Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State; and the Congress may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.
Section 2: No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation with a foreign power; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts.
Section 3: No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports of another State, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws and maintaining its harbors and ports: and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Control of the Congress.
Section 4: No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, limit the freedom of movement of any citizen of the Confederacy of Quantrime except in those cases which may be proscribed by law or are necessary to protect public health and order; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Control of the Congress.
Section 5: The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations concerning the property of the Confederacy of Quantrime, including the lands thereof.
Section 6: The Confederacy of Quantrime may acquire new territory; and Congress shall have power to legislate and provide governments for the inhabitants of all territory belonging to the Confederacy of Quantrime, lying without the limits of the several Sates; and may permit them, at such times, and in such manner as it may by law provide, to form States to be admitted into the Confederacy.
Section 7: The Confederacy of Quantrime shall guarantee to every State that now is, or hereafter may become, a member of this Confederacy, a sovereign government of its choosing; and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the Legislature or of the Executive when the Legislature is not in session, against domestic violence.
Section 8: This Constitution, and the Laws of the Confederacy of Quantrime which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the Confederacy of Quantrime, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.
Article VI Amendments
Section 1: Upon the demand of any three States the Congress shall summon a convention of all the States, to take into consideration such amendments to the Constitution as the said States shall concur in suggesting at the time when the said demand is made; and should any of the proposed amendments to the Constitution be agreed on by the said convention, voting by States, they shall thenceforward form a part of this Constitution. But no State shall, without its consent, be deprived of its representation in the Congress.
Section 2: If two-thirds of the total membership of Congress shall agree upon an amendment to this Constitution then it shall also thenceforward form a part of this Constitution.
Chapter Two
Article I: Citizenship and Inactivity
Section 1: No person shall be considered a citizen of the region who's State does not reside within the Confederacy of Quantrime, or has not filed for statehood and been accepted
Section 2: Any State who has achieved statehood who leaves the Confederacy of Quantrime for more than forty eight (48) hours without approval or consent of the Confederate Government, or who ceases to exist for more than forty eight (48) hours, shall forfeit their statehood and all rights and privileges that ensues including their land claim.
Section 3: A State shall be declared inactive, and subject to the penalties thereof, if, without giving prior notice of absence, they shall not have posted on the forum at least once in seven (7) days’ time. Inactivity shall be classified as “Unseemly Behavior” for the purpose of removal from Congress.
Article II: Representatives
Section 1: Each State shall create a character to act as their representative in Congress. All posts\ made concerning the business of the Congress of the Confederacy of Quantrime, excepting those topics which are marked as or are clearly out of character, shall be made as this character.
Section 2: In the one week (seven days) period prior to the start of a new session of Congress each state shall be required to register to participate in that session. Information collected for registration shall include, but not be limited to, the name of the State and the name of the representative it is sending to congress. This shall be the only time a State may change who their representative is.
Section 3: New States shall be allowed to register to join the current session of congress for a period of seven (7) days following achieving stated but must follow the normal procedure the next session and every session thereafter.
Article III: The Executive Branch
Section 1: Any state wishing to attain the office of President must first create a character to run in the election and no state may have more than one character in any given Presidential election. All posts made under the auspices of President of the Confederacy of Quantrime must be made as this character.
Section 2: For purposes of removal from office death shall be defined as the President's state Ceasing to Exist or Leaving the Region as put forth in chapter two; Article I; section 2 of this document. Inability to discharge the powers and duties of the office shall include but not be limited to inactivity as set forth in chapter two; Article I; section 3 of this document.
Section 3: The principal officer of any executive department must also create a character and post as that character when operating under the auspices of that department.
Article IV: The Judiciary
Section 1: Upon attaining a seat on the Supreme Court a state must create a character to act as the appropriate Justice. All posts made under the auspices of that office must be made as the character.
Article V: Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 1: For the purposes of this document a foreign power shall be regions other than the
Confederacy of Quantrime or any nation not residing in the Confederacy of Quantrime
Section 2: A bill of attainder (also known as an act of attainder or writ of attainder) is an act of a legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them without privilege of a judicial trial.
Section 3: An ex post facto law (Latin for "from after the action" or "after the fact"), also called a retroactive law, is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law
Chapter Three:
Article I: Bill of Rights for the States
Section 1: Each state has the right is to maintain a military.
Section 2: No State can force another State into any type of union or vassalage to another state; this does the not however prevent willing sharing of government between States.
Section 3: Each state has the right to, govern, tax, police, and finance its citizens and its own state.
Section 4: Each State has a right to interact, diplomatically and economically with other states.
Section 5: States have right not specifically listed in the Constitution.
Article II: Bill of Rights of the Confederate Government
Section 1: The Confederate Government has the singular right to interact with foreign governments.
Section 2: The Confederate Government has the right tax, police, finance, and interact with the states, and citizens not living in a state.
Section 3: The Confederate Government has the right to maintain a meritocratic military, where each state has an option to donate or help finance the military.
Section 4: The Confederate Government has rights not specifically listed in the constitution.
Article III: Bill of rights for the People:
Section 1: Prohibits the making of any law: impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances
Section 2: Places restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent, prohibiting it during peacetime.
Section 3: Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause as determined by a neutral judge or magistrate.
Section 4: Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to due process, and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy.
Section 5: Protects the right to a fair and speedy public trial by jury, including the rights to be notified of the accusations, to confront the accuser, to obtain witnesses and to retain counsel.
Section 6: Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, according to common law.
Section 7: Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment.
Section 8: Protects rights not enumerated in the Constitution.
Section 9: Abolishes slavery, and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
Section 10: Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause,
Section 11: Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status in confederate election.