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Revisions of Miencrafts revisions.
The Legislative
Section. I.
The Legislative power of the Republic of Libertatem shall be vested in the Senate, which shall be composed of three elected Senators.
Section II
The Senate shall have the sole authority to create new laws; laws drafted by private citizens or executive officials must be sponsored by a Senator.
Section III
The Senate shall have the authority charge the President with impeachment. Impeachment can only be founded upon charges of treason, suspicion of NationStates rule-breaking, and contempt of the Law.
Section IV
Senators shall have a term of office spanning four months from the day of their election; they may serve as many terms as elected by the people.
Terms of Senate offices may be ended by a two-third majority vote by the people.
The Executive
Section I
The executive authority of the Republic of Libertatem shall be vested in the office of the President, whom shall be elected by a simple majority of the people for a term of four months beginning on the day of his election.
Section II
The President shall be Commander-in-Chief of the Libertatem Armed Forces.
Section III
The powers of this office will include: the ability to appoint Judicial officials; appoint a Cabinet consisting of Chancellor of War, Chancellor of State, Chancellor of the Interior, and Attorney General; declare war; make peace; create treaties; and implement policy.
Section IV
The Chancellor of War shall be the commander of Libertatem Armed Forces and shall be responsible for their upkeep. This Chancellor may appoint military officers under him if he so desires.
Section V
The Chancellor of State shall oversee Libertatem's foreign presence and the implementation of foreign policy.
Section VI
The Chancellor of the Interior shall administer citizenship and preside over domestic policy.
Section VII
The Attorney General shall serve as the official litigator on behalf of the government.
Section VIII
The members of the Cabinet will serve the same term as the President and will serve at his discretion. Seats of the Cabinet cannot be occupied by a person holding another office in Libertatem.
Section IX
Should the President be incapable of fulfilling his office, the Chancellor of State, then of War, then of the Interior, shall take the office.
Section X
Anyone who held the title of President under the previous Constitution will maintain their legacy title of ex-President.
Section XI
The region's Founder will retain all aforementioned powers at their own discretion.
The President shall hold any powers available to the Founder, at the Founder's discretion.
The Judiciary
Section I
The judicial authority of the region shall be vested in a single Regional Court Justice.
Section II
The Justice shall be appointed by the President and shall serve a twelve month term and shall have original jurisdiction on all matters criminal, civil, and constitutional.
Section III
The Justice shall appoint a Solicitor General that shall be the official litigator on the behalf of the People.
Section IV
The Justice may be removed by a 2/3 majority in the Senate and Executive Cabinet.
Section V
Judicial decisions may be appealed to the Senate, in cases in which the Senate or a Senator is not party to the litigation, and can only overturn a decision with unanimous consent.
Elections
Section I
All citizens will have a singular vote. States with the same owner may only vote with one state.
Section II
Elections shall last the span of three days before polls terminate. All votes will be public.
Section III
Election for Senators will be divided into three blocks. The first block's election will commence upon the first day of the first, fifth, and ninth months of the year; The second's upon the first day of the third, seventh and eleventh months; The third's upon the first day of the forth, eighth, and twelfth months.
Section IV
Election of the President will commence upon the first day of the second, sixth, and tenth months of the year.
Section V
In the event of a vacancy of a Senate seat an election, commencing immediately, will be held to fill the vacant seat for the remainder of the term.
Amendment
Section I
This document may be amended through either:
-Founder or Presidential approval, with the approval of 2/3 of the Senate
-By the votes of 2/3 of active Citizens
Section II
Citizens will be considered active if the account's last activity was ten days ago, or fifteen if the nation is in vacation mode.
Rights
Section I
All persons will have irrefutable right to speech; expression; privacy; religion; and petition of government, for a redress of grievance.
Section II
All citizens are free from banjection without due process of law
Section III
All persons are entitled to free movement in and out of the region
Section IV
All citizens are entitled to representation in judicial proceedings
Section V
All persons are entitled to the basic freedoms allowed to respected individuals
Institution
Section I
This Constitution shall be effective upon ratification by 2/3 of the active populace of Libertatem.
Section II
Upon this Constitution's ratification, the prior Constitution shall be struck down, and all laws and Supreme Court decisions made under it shall be rendered void. Existing Citizenship and Embassies will not be revoked.
In the place of the prior Constitution, this Constitution of the Second Libertatem Republic shall become the supreme law of the land.
Adjusted formatting
Restructured Preamble to avoid over use of comma and clarify the clauses. As well as change language to reflect formal writing
Removed "in the people" from A1§1 to clarify that the power rests with the body, rather than the senators
Switched A1§2 and A1§3
Separated sentence in A1§3
Changed "contempt of the Senate" to "contempt of the Law" in A1§3
Changed "of" to "spanning" in A1§4
Replaced "The terms of" to "Terms of Senate" in A1§4
Rearranged Sections in Article 2
Switch ",commander and chief of Libertatems armed forces.." with section 2 of the same article
Added "The powers of this office will include the ability to appoint..." to A2§3
Restructured A2§3
Added "Seats of the Cabinet cannot be occupied by a person holding another office in Libertatem." to A2§8
Shifted all articles after A3 down one to insert a new Article
Created article 4
Fixed Roman numerals
Fixed Grammar in A5
Added A5§2
Changed language in A6 to include non-citizens
Streamlined A6§1
Changed A7 to include non-citizens in ratification process as well as streamlined the language
And other minor grammar changes