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Greenway/Terranullius

of gaia/earth, descended old world apes, homo sapiens

2020CE

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The Draft Constitution of the Greenway and Sovereign Persons

By Ghost Liberty

Official Copy (Rev. b01.01.12.7)

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PREAMBLE

We the Individuals of our Greenway, in order to form a more perfect union, secure and advance the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, establish Justice, promote domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, []enhance the health as well as the safety of inhabitants,[] elevate the general welfare [of all of “the People”], protect the natural heritage for ourselves and our posterity, and protect “the People” from criminal transgressors including from the abuse of power by “the State”, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Greenway of sovereign Persons. We the People, who ordain and establish this Constitution, intend for the rights protected by this Constitution to be the rights of all natural Persons.

The authority of the Declaration of Independence recognizes that governments are instituted to secure the rights of People, and derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, through the Constitution.

Therefore, as all power of governance is inherent in the People, we the People of Greenway declare that all [People] when they form a social compact are equal in right; that all power is inherent in the People, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety, and happiness; and they have at all times a right to alter, reform, or abolish the government in such manner as they may think proper.

Furthermore, it should be understood that the sole object and only legitimate end of government is to protect the citizen in the enjoyment of Life, Liberty and Freedom, Self-security and Self-defense, Privacy, Property, and the pursuit of Happiness, and when the government assumes other functions this becomes unjust usurpation and oppression. The government of Greenway should aim to maximize the positive physical and emotional experience of the People while minimizing the negative, and in like kind, shall seek at all times to promote and defend [all of] the People’s Individual prosperity, equally, respecting them as Soveriegn, with an emphasis on building resilient and self-sufficient communities, as well as sharing knowledge.

ARTICLE I

SECTION. 0.

The constitution of Greenway represents a renewable or revocable social contract. []This exact document prescisely[], legally binds all on Greenwegian territory, or a serving official, to adhere to it, under the strong consensus of those ratifying it [initially and periodically], until it shall be amended or overturned by the People [who previously shall have collectively empowered it].

The Constitution of Greenway shall be the supreme law of Greenway, and as such, shall be directly enforceable before all Courts of Greenway; all forms of law and all contracts between any natural or legal entities, including all branches of the Public Administration, made under the jurisdiction of Greenway, or under its direction, shall comply with the Constitution.

The Constitution of Greenway shall lay the foundations of the legal system of Greenway, and shall determine the limits of power of the Public Administration. The Agents and Members of the Public Administration shall be answerable and held accountable to the Citizens of Greenway.

It shall be the sphere of the government to perform the duties required of it by the People under the guidance of this Constitution; and the government shall be vested with the power to perform them, and be limited to such performance.

The fundamental rights enshrined in this Constitution shall not exclude such other rights as may be laid down by law and in the applicable rules of international law.

The provisions of this Constitution and of laws concerning fundamental rights shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948CEy December 10th. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is binding in Greenway, except as how may be prescribed otherwise by this Constitution.

Greenway shall guarantee equality of rights, privileges and duties to all the States as States; to all the Citizens of each State as Individuals, and shall see to it that no State shall enforce any law which shall trespass upon individual rights as declared to be such by this Constitution.

All power is originally inherent in and consequently derived from the People, therefore, all officers of government, whether judicial, legislative or executive, are their trustees and servants; and at all times, in a legal way, are accountable to them.

All public officials are servants of the whole community and not of any group thereof.

Every person has the right to be treated equally by the state institutions without arbitrariness and in good faith.

Every citizen shall possess the right to be given objective clarifications about the actions of the State and of other public bodies and to be informed by the government and other authorities about the management of public affairs.

All power of suspending laws or the execution of laws by any authority, without the consent of the representatives of the People in the legislature is injurious to their rights, shall not be exercised.

This political system is based on the principles of [social] democracy and republicanism, consultation, individualism, citizenship (under which all citizens are equal in rights, privileges, immunities, and public duties), political and multi-party pluralism, the peaceful transfer of power, the separation and balance of powers, the rule of law, [mutual] non-aggression, maximizing individual liberty, respect for human rights and freedoms, honesty and truth, open-source governance, and transparency. The government of Greenway should be informed by science, reason, and evidence. All of the foregoing is as provided in this Constitution.

This political system actively supports the principle of Meritocracy, with an adherence to Scientism, and actively opposes Kakistocracy. Individuals appointed to non-elected positions in the public body shall be chosen based on their traits such as Merit/Ability, Intelligence, Education/Expertise, and Compassion.

Policies shall be determined through the use of Sociocracy which shall extend to Algorithmic Regulation, and shall be based on evidence; A major factor in relevant decisions is their environment impact and interest in environmental protection as well as an emphasis on fostering a more livable environment to benefit the general biome of the planet.

The international relations of Greenway are governed by the principles of national independence, prevalence of human rights, self-determination of peoples, non-intervention, equality among Nations, defense of peace, peaceful solution of conflicts, repudiation of terrorism and discrimination, cooperation among people for the progress of humanity, and concession of political asylum.

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It has been thoughtfully observed and affirmed that princples, properties, and rules of natural law, natural rights, and natural justice are essential to the very existence of a free people and a free state; In this regard, the government of Greenway shall, at all times, be sworn to observe and be held accountable to uphold them.

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This constitution guarantees an open and limited secular government (compared to a secretive and unlimited, as well as spiritualy/religiously motivated, one).

Articles regarding Greenway or the States, including this constitution, are open-source and shall be issued to citizens at request, and a dutiful amount of time shall be given for a Person to review a manuscript of rights and laws related to an offense at their request before legal action shall proceed.

The licensing of Greenway’s open-source nature are all of the following:

“CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0), Public Domain Dedication” or greater, for all governmental information available to the public, other than hardware or software; The “CERN Open Hardware Licence Version 1.2” or greater for hardware, and the “GNU General Public License version 3” or greater for software, for all technology developed exclusively by the government of Greenway.

SECTION. 1.

The National symbols shall be the {insert_voted_on_symbols}.

The National geometric shapes/objects of Greenway shall be the {insert_voted_on_shapes/objects}.

The National motto of Greenway shall be “One for all, and all for one” or “Uno para todos, todos para uno”.

The National anthem shall be {insert_voted_on_anthem}.

The National fungi shall be the {insert_voted_on_organism}.

The National plant shall be the {insert_voted_on_organism}.

The National animal shall be the {insert_voted_on_organism}.

English shall be the primary language of Greenway, and Spanish shall be the secondary language, however Greenway shall possess the capability to provide free translation services to the People.

The Decimal Metric System, Decimal Co-ordinated Universal Time, and Decimal Gregorian calendar shall be the primary standard, and the Dozenal Harmonic System, Dozenal Co-ordinated Universal Time, and Dozenal Solstice calendar shall be the secondary standard, in Weights and Measures throughout Greenway. The standard format for dates shall be yyyyERA/mm/dd, or XXXXERAy/YYm/ZZd for un-ambiguity, with either BCE or CE indicating era.

SECTION. 2.

All Institutions on the National, State, and Local government level shall provide natural organic food that has been grown on-site or has been locally grown, or when local food is not available, from the nearest available source, for feeding to staff and guests, pupils in public schools, patients in public medical and psychiatric facilities, inmates in jail or prison, and recipients of public food assistance.

All government institutions or facilities shall use renewable/sustainable environmentally friendly green materials, compounds, and products “to the maximum extent possible”.

All government issued and used textiles [except potentially for those intended for high durability or to be used as armor], including but not limited to clothing, bags, towels and cleaning rags, upholstered furnishings, window shades, carpet, tents, as well as sails and parachutes, shall be made of renewable and sustainable organic Greenwegian-made fibres, including but not limited to cannabis hemp, bamboo, coconut coir, nettle, flax, lyocell, cotton, wool, or un-bleached silk, as well as use renewable and sustainable non-toxic naturally based dye.

All government issued and used leathers/”hides” [except potentially for those used for survival purposes, or those intended for durability or to be used as armor], including but not limited to clothing, bags, and tents shall be made of renewable and sustainable organic Greenwegian-made leathers/”hides”, including but not limited to cannabis and bamboo leaves as well as paper and fiber-board, mushroom skin, latex rubber and biologically derived rubberized polymers which are renewable and sustainable as well as non-toxic, cork and timber bark, and agave and pineapple fiber, as well as use renewable and sustainable non-toxic naturally based dye.

All government agencies and departments as well as government hired contractors shall use cannabis, bamboo, or other renewable and sustainable naturally based paper, and soy, beet, fruit or berry, tea (such as green, black, or rooibos), coffee, henna, soot or activated charcoal, or other renewable and sustainable non-toxic naturally based ink when printing or providing printing services to units of National, State, and Local government or school districts unless the unit of government or school district determines that another type of paper or ink is required to assure high quality and reasonable pricing of the printed product.

All government institutions or facilities shall be built using green/bio-compatible engineering and technology, and use green, renewable, and sustainable energy, as well as environmentally friendly utilities or services and sustainable waste management practices, and use on-site facilities, “to the maximum extent possible”. The stipulation to use green, renewable, and sustainable energy sources, including but not limited to cannabis, bamboo, and algae, shall not preclude the use of nuclear power generation facilities or their generated power by the government for executing their constitutionally required responsibilities, if if their use would be considered appropriate for the circumstance, and they are the only feasible power source for a purpose, however, the nuclear technology and its implementation must be the safest and most stable as well as most efficient and least polluting available, which include but are not limited to molten-salt reactors, high-temperature gas-cooled reactors, sodium-cooled fast reactors, and dense plasma focus fusion reactors, and preferably using those which sequester or transmutate nuclear waste; The nuclear reactors’ anticipated spent fuels must have an environmentally sound disposal plan in place for them, otherwise their operation is prohibited. Each individual reactor’s purpose and use shall be relegated for approval by the People, and every subsequent twelve years thereafter.

All government vehicles/crafts shall use renewable and sustainable green energy sources, including but not limited to methane made from waste in a bio-decomposer, methanol made from cannabis or bamboo through bio-gasification and synthesis process, or electricity from crystal/solid-state battery, organic-cpacitor, radiant energy, or solar technology.

All Institutions on the National, State, and Local government level shall use open-source hardware, operating systems, and software, “to the maximum extent possible”, and their budgets shall allow for allocations of funding to open-source hardware, operating system, and software projects which are considered to be of public benefit. The open-source hardware designs and software code developed for government projects shall be available freely to the People. Open-source hardware shall always be used unless the unit of government determines that another type of hardware is required to assure high quality and reasonable pricing of the electronic device, but schematics and detail sheets will always be provided to the People whenever they are available.

All conventionally wired networks established for governmental use shall be implemented through an open-standard, being a [maximally connected] decentralized mesh, and be broadly compatible with equipment available and in general use by the general public. All “single-conductor” wired networks established for governmental use shall be implemented through an open-standard, being a [maximally connected] decentralized mesh, and be broadly compatible with equipment available and in general use by the general public. All additional and future wired communications and networking established for governmental use shall be implemented through globally compatible open-standard/s. When reasonable, each wired network type shall have overlap with another in both coverage area and have redundancy of nodes, to ensure complete coverage and operation during a partial interruption or failure of equipment. All “WiFi” wireless networks established for governmental use shall be implemented through an open-standard, being a decentralized ad-hoc mesh, and be broadly compatible with equipment available and in general use by the general public. All “WiMAX” wireless networks established for governmental use shall be implemented through an open-standard, being a decentralized_ad-hoc_mesh-capable WiMax[-Advanced] that is broadly compatible with equipment available and in general use by the general public, providing VoIP and general computer network capability. All “WiGig” wireless networks established for governmental use shall be implemented through an open-standard, being a decentralized ad-hoc mesh, and be broadly compatible with equipment available and in general use by the general public, providing general computer network capability. All “Cellular” wireless networks established for governmental use shall be implemented through an open-standard, being GSM-capable, 3GPP-compliant, as well as low-power long-range and mesh capable, along with broad compatibility with equipment available and in general use by the general public, providing both dedicated cellular voice calling and nG (number-Generation) computer network technology. All “radiant” wireless networks established for governmental use shall be implemented through an open-standard, being a [maximally connected] decentralized mesh, and be broadly compatible with equipment available and in general use by the general public. All additional and future wireless communications and networking established for governmental use shall be implemented through globally compatible open-standard/s. When reasonable, each wireless network type shall have overlap with another in both coverage area and have redundancy of nodes, to ensure cross-‘tower’ coverage and operation during a partial interruption or failure of equipment; Public networks shall retain emergency [serval] functionality whenever possible; Public networks shall not be limited solely to the characteristics and capabilitites outlined above in this provision, but may have additional attributes and capacities as may be decided by the People through the process of a Citizen’s Initiative, or likewise, to have any additional characteristics/attributes and/or capabilities/capacities struck down through Referendum.

All government used or consumed compounds and products, as well as their facilities, hardware or technology, fuel/energy producing and refining/conversion installations, vehicles/crafts, roads/highways, networks, and other infrastructure built or repaired in Greenway shall be developed and/or repaired in a sustainable fashion, as well as use green/bio-compatible engineering in their design.

All government used or consumed compounds and products, as well as their facilities, hardware or technology, fuel/energy producing and refining/conversion installations, vehicles/crafts, roads/highways, networks, and other infrastructure built or repaired in Greenway shall consist of or be constructed with Greenwegian-made materials, and be made within the territories of Greenway, “to the maximum extent possible”, where a priority is placed on production or construction within the region local to their use.

ARTICLE II

SECTION. 1.

To be put on the ballot for election, a Person must be a Greenwegian citizen meeting the age requirements set forth here or by the constitution of each State, and have signatures supporting the candidacy from one-twentieth of one percent of the population of the applicable territory, whether of their Locality, State, or Greenway, as determined from the most recent census. Signatures must be from registered voters. Party affiliations are not to be mentioned on ballots.

To be deemed eligible the qualifications of any candidate shall be reviewed and verified by a vote of at least eighteen of a randomly selected grand jury of twenty-four from citizens of Greenway who are not dependent on public funds for their support.

Every candidate for public office for Greenway, whether it is National, State, or Local, shall be required to take an advanced placement Greenway history, an advanced placement Greenway government exam, as well as a comprehensive psychological and intelligence test, with the results being released for public review. In addition, they shall be required to take a political quiz, which information collected will be available for voters to help them discover what political dimensions they correspond to, and what other candidates, issues, bills, or laws they support or oppose, with the results being released for public review.

It is prohibited to form a political party that discriminates between Citizens, whether on the basis of age, sex/gender, sexual orientation, color, race, ancestry, nationality or place of origin, language, relationship status such as being with a romantic partner as well as in a marriage or part of a family, spirituality/religion, political or ideological beliefs, intelligence, education, capability or disability, previous condition of servitude, property, economic situation, social origin, social circumstances, social condition/status or other characteristics, personal background, or other condition.

No Person who maintains membership in a secret society, or who takes an oath to protect themselves or another Person from due process of law, nor any Person who espouses a philosophy or spirituality/religion which undermines the secularity of government, or, undermines the separation of powers inherent to a limited government and a free People, shall be eligible for a position in the government.

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No business, firm, corporation, or other commercial entity shall be accepted in making contributions or expenditures in any election of any candidate for public office or to vote upon any ballot measure submitted to the People, so long as such restrictions are consistent with the powers of government and do not limit the freedom of speech or the press.

Campaigning and advertising for all general elections are limited to the period of six weeks before election day. Campaigning and advertising for all primary elections are limited to the six weeks before the general election period.

To advance democratic self-government and political equality, and to protect the integrity of government and the electoral process, Congress and the States may regulate and set reasonable limits on all election contributions and expenditures, including a candidate’s own spending, and to authorize the establishment of political committees to publicly finance qualified candidates for office, and receive, spend, and publicly disclose the sources of those contributions and expenditures, and for other purposes. All elections shall encourage grassroots participation in the funding of campaigns.

The elections of representatives in the legislature ought to be free and frequent, and all men having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with and attachment to the Community ought to have the right of suffrage; and no aid, charge, tax or fee can be set, rated, or levied upon the People without their own consent, or that of their representatives so elected, nor can they be bound by any law to which they have not in like manner assented for the public good.

SECTION. 2.

Serving as Members of the public body is a privilege and an honor bestowed by the votes of the Citizens of Greenway, not a career. Members of the public body must leave after their completed term in office and return to their common lifestyle and to the common work force as any other Greenwegian citizen. There shall be no lifetime “retirement” salaries, bonuses or benefits provided, except bonuses that may be approved by the votes of the citizens for outstanding accomplishments for the common good of all.

All members of the public body shall receive free publicly funded access to convenient public transportation or receive publicly funded partial re-imbursements for proved cost of fuel/energy for using their personally owned vehicle craft to get to and from work.

All members of the public body shall receive publicly funded partial re-imbursements to the cost of rent for their choice in a dwelling that serves to reasonably limit their travel time to work, given the person would otherwise require a great amount more travel time to remain at their previous dwelling.

All members of the public body shall receive the same quality of free publicly funded health care which is available to all the People of each State, and not be eligible for private health care plans or services while serving the public offices of Greenway.

No law shall introduce any quotas for any positions within any body of the Public Administration, whether based on age, sex/gender, sexual orientation, color, race, ancestry, nationality or place of origin, relationship status such as being with a romantic partner as well as in a marriage or part of a family, spirituality/religion, political or ideological beliefs, intelligence, education, capability or disability, previous condition of servitude, property, economic situation, social circumstances, social origin, social condition/status or other characteristics, or other personal background; all Persons applying for employment with the Public Administration shall be selected solely based on their merit and no other criteria shall be used; standards of all examinations conducted by any body of the Public Administration prior to offering employment shall equally apply to all Persons regardless of age, sex/gender, sexual orientation, color, race, ancestry, nationality or place of origin, relationship status such as being with a romantic partner as well as in a marriage or part of a family, spirituality/religion, political or ideological beliefs, intelligence, education, capability or disability, previous condition of servitude, property, economic situation, social circumstances, social origin, social condition/status or other characteristics, or other personal background.

Being an effective countermeasure of negative conduct, quality background investigations shall be conducted of individuals applying to become, appointed, or elected members of the public body, and a record will be kept of actions and productivity by members of the public body.

All members of the public body shall be subject to periodic randomized psychoactive substance tests and psychological evaluations around every two-to-four weeks; In addition, law enforcement must take thirty-six hours of mental health crisis intervention training every three months; Law enforcement as well as Members of the military and State militia must also take thirty-two hours of de-escalation and thirty-six hours of anger management classes every three months, in time of actual service. All members of the public body employed in a position of authority or power shall be taught the ethical perspective for every training topic as well as take state-of-the-art ethical dilemma and behavior simulation training. All members of Law enforcement as well as Members of the military and State militia must partake in specialized training for response deployment in various fields in which they operate through, and standardized equipment should be decided and deployed to responding agents and officers. The legislature may define penalties for failure to participate and engage in any of these stipulations, and to penalize use of psychoactive substances detected by results of a positive psychoactive substance test from a member of the public body.

No elected or appointed government official may accept a campaign contribution while in office.

SECTION. 3.

Except in an emergency in which recording is impossible, all legislative, judicial, and administrative proceedings, other than trial jury and grand jury meetings, shall be recorded with current State of the art audio and video technologies, archived, and released as Congress, for Federal proceedings, or a State legislature, for State proceedings, or a court of competent jurisdiction, shall direct. Persons present in a legislative conference or court shall not be barred from recording the proceedings except to forbid them from disclosing the members of the jury before the trial is concluded.

ARTICLE III

SECTION. 1.

All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of Greenway, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives that shall be responsible for evaluating any potential changes to legislation and submitting independent analysis on whether proposed alterations are in keeping with the standards and laws set forth herein, and in the People through national popular initiatives. The People, through initiative, shall have all lawmaking powers granted to Congress under this Constitution; In force of law and in susceptibility to review, including invalidation, by the Judiciary, initiative enactments shall be accorded an equal status to Congressional enactments.

No proposed initiative shall appear on a national ballot without certification by Congress, who shall specify the means for certification and for conducting a vote. Except as this provision otherwise provides, no initiative shall be certified without its drafters or their representatives having gathered supporting signatures from electors exceeding in number 5.555555555555 percent of the electorate from the most recent presidential election. But Congress may neither require signatures in excess of 11.111111111111 percent of such national electorate nor condition certification upon geographic apportionment of signatories. Initiative drafters or their representatives shall make a public notice of a proposed initiative, and upon certification, a second public notice.

If certified, initiatives shall be put to a vote in every second year, on the same day as members of Congress are chosen, and on ballots in every State or jurisdiction choosing said members. The People enact an initiative into law when the number of votes in the affirmative outnumbers the number of votes in the negative, these options being the only two afforded.

Neither Constitutional amendments nor declarations of war shall be made by initiative. The President may submit a treaty for ratification by initiative, the certification signature requirements in this article notwithstanding, but for ratification, the number of votes in the affirmative must account for at least two-thirds of the total votes cast. Congress shall prescribe the manner by which the President submits treaties to initiative and by which such initiatives are certified.

The Congressional elections shall be comprised of every elected political faction and the seats in Congress shall be awarded with respect to the percentage of the population that voted for that faction. Members of Congress shall be rated in consideration to how their vote/s correspond/s to their constituents and the general public. All members of Congress and those running or expecting to run for Congress shall make accountable predicts on the effects of legislation being voted on, with their score of accuracy in those predictions as public information made available voter’s brochures.

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

The Courts of Greenway and of the several States shall never, by any decision, including indirectly, decide who shall be a member of the National or State Legislature, Executive, or Courts.

Legislative districts and voting precincts shall be determined by mathematical algorithm. Each State shall appoint a non-partisan board shall determine the algorithms used.

Districts represented by members of Congress, or by members of any State legislative body, shall be compact and composed of contiguous territory. The State shall have the burden of justifying any departures from this requirement by reference to neutral criteria such as natural, political, or historical boundaries or demographic changes. The interest in enhancing or preserving the political power of the party in control of the State government is not such a neutral criterion.

Neither the House of Representatives nor the Senate may adopt a rule requiring a super-majority vote.

SECTION. 2.

The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, they shall each be limited to one term of six years.

No Person shall be a Representative who has not attained the Age of twenty-one Years, and after the first two congresses, been twelve Years a Citizen of Greenway, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which they shall be chosen.

Representatives shall be apportioned among each State which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of citizens and excluding the indigenous population under Sovereign jurisdiction. The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of Greenway, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State#1 shall be entitled to choose three, State#2 three, State#3 three, State#4 three, State#5 three, State#6 three, State#7 three, State#8 three, State#9 three, State#10 three, State#11 three, and State#12 three.

After the first enumeration required by this Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty-thousand, until the number shall amount to one-hundred, after which the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall be not less than one-hundred Representatives, nor less than one Representative for every forty-thousand Persons, until the number of Representatives shall amount to two-hundred; after which the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall not be less than two-hundred Representatives, nor more than one Representative for every fifty-thousand Persons.

When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies: Provided, that the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the People fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.

The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.

SECTION. 3.

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The Senate of Greenway shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the People thereof, for six years per term with a limit of one term; and each Senator shall have one vote; The ten States with the greatest population shall be entitled to two additional senators each, and the next fifteen most populated States one additional senator each.

The Senate shall be composed of Senators, who shall be apportioned among each State proportionally to their population.

When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the Executive Authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, that the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the People fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.

Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth year, so that one third may be chosen every second year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies.

No Person shall be a Senator who has not attained the Age of twenty-one Years, and after the first two congresses, been twelve Years a Citizen of Greenway, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which they shall be chosen.

The Senate shall choose their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice-President, or when he or she shall exercise the Office of President of Greenway.

The Vice-President of Greenway can bring up matters to vote on in the senate.

The Senate shall have the Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of Greenway is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside; In a trial on impeachment of the Vice-President they shall not preside over the Senate; No Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two-thirds of the Members present.

Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under Greenway: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.

SECTION. 4.

The Times, Places, and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, and the place and manner of holding Elections for President, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof and established by Greenway Elections Commission; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of choosing Senators. The commission shall receive adequate funding from Congress. It shall establish rules and regulations for uniform national elections consistent with the goal of ensuring that all eligible voters, and only eligible voters, shall be entitled to cast a vote which shall be accurately counted. The (three) commissioners shall be nominated by the president for twelve-year terms, subject to confirmation by a three-quarters vote of Greenway Senate. Commissioners shall hold their offices during good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office.

The Congress shall assemble at least once every day of the work week in the most sustainable manner possible, in full view of the public with every word said by every member scrupulously recorded, and using secure electronic means shall be broadcast publicly for all [of the People] to observe, until all items on the docket are resolved.

SECTION. 5.

Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide.

Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings by vote of a majority of the whole number of its members, provided that such Rules shall take effect three years following their enactment; punish its Members for disorderly Behavior; and with the Concurrence of two-thirds, expel a Member.

Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one-fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.

Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.

SECTION. 6.

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

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

SECTION. 7.

The term of the budget and authorization to raise or direct funds shall run from 00:00:00 in the Federal District State on January first of a calendar year to December thirty-first 23:59:59 in that same calendar year.

In the absence of a budget passed by a majority of both chambers of the Congress and signed by the President, or, following a Veto by the President, passed again by the appropriate margins in each chamber, the government shall have no authority to raise or spend funds, nor to compel labor from any person.

The budget for any year shall be passed by a majority of both chambers of the Congress and signed by the President, or, following a Veto by the President, passed again by the appropriate margins in each chamber before 12:00:00 in the District of New Atlantia on November 1st of the preceding calendar year.

Citizens can elect to have any portion of their Indivisual proportional control of Public funds which are under their direction, allocated to government department[s] and program[s] as they see fit/suitable, and optionally towards reducing the debt of the Nation and/or their State, if such debt exists, as they decide, without the possibility of divertion to non-Individual-specified alternative “absorbing deparment[s]/program[s]”. Each department and program shall have spending caps to be determined by the Legislative branch. Once a spending cap is met for any particular department or program, the Citizen’s Indivisual proportional control of Public funds which are under their direction can then be allocated to one of the other departments or programs that they the Individual Citizen may have chosen.

Greenway and each State shall provide for an internet connected budgetary drafting, commenting, and ratification system that is easy for Individuals and businesses to use for the purpose of appraising the amount of funds they control for disbursement to Greenway’s and each State’s government, and to facilitate the transfer of those funds into the Treasury of either. The People shall be free to use alternative forms of managing the governmental budgets, and to obstain from from using a specific implementation if their free conscience directs them to do so, though this shall not be construed as to absolve the manager of funds to provide payment of those said funds towards any applicable level of government within Greenway.

If a budget is not ratified by the appropriate process by 12:00:00 in the District of New Atlantia on November first of the preceding calendar year, every person, program, policy, or other activity funded by government money or engaged in the raising of revenue or the dispersal of funds, shall prioritize activities that ensure that compliance with Provision two of this section shall be accomplished in an orderly fashion while minimizing harm. This prioritization of activity shall continue until a budget is ratified by the appropriate process or the term of the current budget has expired.

If a budget is not ratified by the appropriate process by 12:00:00 in the District of New Atlantia on January 1 of the calendar year, the following shall occur:

(a) Every person, program, policy, or other activity funded by government money or engaged in the raising of revenue or the dispersal of funds, shall cease activity. No person apart from duly elected or appointed members of the Congress, the President and Vice President, and the Justices of the Supreme Court, or the People [as may be laid down by this consittution], shall have ability to act with the authority of the Federal Government. No funds shall be spent by any officer, agency, contract agent or other organ of the Federal Government. No revenue shall be raised or collected. These restrictions shall continue until a budget is ratified by the appropriate process.

(b) All persons holding elected or appointed office in the House of Representatives or the Senate shall be sequestered to the Place in which the two Houses shall be sitting. This section shall be enforced by the militia of the Several States in a manner determined by law. These restrictions shall continue until a budget is ratified by the appropriate process.

Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the Congress from supplementing or revising the ratified budget during the year in which it is in effect in order to address unforeseen circumstances.

The Congress shall have the power to enforce this section by appropriate legislation.

SECTION. 8.

Taxation by Greenway or on its behalf is hereby abolished.

SECTION. 9.

All bills must be written by elected members of Congress, not lobbyists.

All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills. The People may draft, propose, vet, and vote on the budget.

Each bill or joint resolution shall embrace no more than one subject; The subject of a bill or joint resolution shall be clearly and descriptively expressed in the title; An appropriations bill shall not contain any general legislation or change of existing law provision, the subject of which is not germane to the subject matter of each such appropriations bill provided however, that this section shall not be construed to prohibit any provision imposing limitations upon the expenditure of funds so appropriated.

Every Bill must be given adequate time to be read, and be read fully in every word, before which it shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, and shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of Greenway; If they are to read every word and approve they shall sign it, but if not they shall return it, with his or her Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two-thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by Yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to them, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if they had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law. Any Bill passed shall be subject to the general right of veto by the Citizens as expressed in the referendum; Any Bill vetoed by the Citizens in the referendum shall be considered void and shall not be revived.

No expenditure shall be made, or obligation incurred or committed, by or for the government or any activity under its supervision, except within appropriations enacted by Congress, which shall specify the amount and the department or activity it may support, and which shall not exceed six years.

The word “bills” shall include proposals within bills, and any proposal for raising or receiving

revenues or disbursing funds, including for borrowing or lending, shall originate in the House of Representatives, and shall specify rates, amounts, objects, and purposes.

The citizens of Greenway must approve all proposed legislation via referendum.

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

SECTION. 10.

Congress shall have power to seek [but not compell] council of qualified professionals in fields relevant to legislation they are drafting, proposing, and voting on for enactment.

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Congress shall have Power to raise revenue, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of Greenway and its citizens; []but []no revenue[] may be layed or increased without approval of two-thirds of both Houses;[]

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To establish a Department of Revenue, charged with administering the revenues of the Federal Department of Goods and Services;

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To establish a Department of Finance, to serve as the fiscal policy advisory and to promote long term economic sustainability and responsible resource allocation;

To establish a Department of Expenditures;

To establish a Department of Goods and Services, and shall have Power to establish facilities, as well as procure resources and labor for the manufacturing and retailing of goods or services desired by the public, to pay for Federal expenditures that would had otherwise been funded on collected taxes, which Public Sector busniesses shall be operated autonomously in like manner to that of a citizen-owned co-op council profit-for-the-public-good; but it shall not have the power to conscript the labor of any person; nor shall it use tax dollars to establish or maintain itself, meaning that the ‘Public sector’ businesses established must be operated on its own revenues at its own expense, with any profits not re-invested into them placed into the general fund of Greenway; The Congress are encouraged to accept donations from the People, designated by the People, for the purpose of funding the Department of Goods and Services; ‘Public sector’ business shall be subject to the same laws and regulations as Private business, and neither shall hold an exclusive monopoly to operate within Greenway.

Congress shall have the power to subsidize; They may grant subsidies to an organization, institution, business, company, firm, corporation, or other artificial entity for exemplary practices that serve the commonwealth and benefit the welfare of the environment and the general public;

Total outlays for any fiscal year shall not exceed total receipts for that fiscal year. Prior to each fiscal year, the Budget Officer shall transmit to the Congress a proposed budget for the Greenway Government for that fiscal year in which total outlays do not exceed total receipts; A Bill to increase revenue shall not become law unless citizens approve this Bill in a referendum;

The Congress and the President shall assemble at least once each year to balance the budget and manage the finances of Greenway;

To establish a Department of National Treasury. State Banks of the several States may elect to serve as partial-extensions of the treasury, in that they may hold deposits of Federal government money and legal tender and distribute its money and legal tender for it, and to freely exchange the legal tender for legal money, and vice versa, in accordance with this constitution and the laws in the legislature of Congress and of their State;

Power shall be vested in Exclusively in Congress for the production and management of natural currency in Greenway, administered to cover debts of Persons who exchange with Greenway; Congress shall have the power to produce natural currency from the wealth of the treasury through public mints, and control the quantity of such legal tender; The Treasury shall be fully reserved in Silver, Copper, Cannabis, and Greencash (An independent fork of Monero and Moneta Verde, merged into one, as an anonymous digital money); A set of treasury issued representative notes, or [fully backed] legal tender, called the Silverback, Copperback, Cannaback, and Greenback, shall be backed respectively in each of the treasury’s fully reserved commodities+cryptocurrency representative nores, through yearly managed floating, which shall be pegged to a fixed quantity of their commodity, where all Greenwegian dollars are worth the same overall value of each of the commodities+cryptocurrency moneys themselves equally, and through which the mean of all commodities+cryptocurrency values from the previous fiscal year are locked in from the beginning of the fiscal year until end of that fiscal year, where Greenwegian dollars are fixed to this value at any time they are minted within that fiscal year;

Congress shall have the power to define legal tender only on territory for which it has exclusive jurisdiction, and State legislatures only on exclusively State territory. Neither Congress nor the States may make anything legal tender that does not consist of, or is backed by Silver, Copper, Cannabis, Greencash, or combinations of them, nor use anything but legal tender or legal money to pay its debts, or accept anything but legal tender or legal money for all debts, public charges, and dues;

To coin Money, regulate the Value and quantity thereof, and of foreign Coin;

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[Exclusively] To emit National Bills of Credit, regulate the Value and quantity thereof, to provide payment for the national expenditures not raised through the other powers granted by the People to the Federal Government;

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The printing, management and emission, of the Greenwegian National Currency and Bills of Credit shall be vested exclusively within Congress, and they shall NOT be empowered to contract with entities external to the several levels of Greenway’s or the several State’s Public government/s to perform such duties.

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

To regulate banks and financial institutions, public exchanges, and private insurance;

To establish uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout Greenway;

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among each State, and with the Native Tribes;

To establish a Department of Internal Improvements;

To establish a Department of Commerce, concerned with promoting economic growth. Among its tasks are gathering economic and demographic data for business and government decision-making, and helping to set industrial standards. This organization’s main purpose is to create jobs, promote economic growth, encourage sustainable development and improve standards of living for all Greenwegians. The mission of the department is to “promote job creation and improved living standards for all Greenwegians by creating an infrastructure that promotes economic growth, technological competitiveness, and sustainable development, and to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce.”;

The power of Congress to make all laws that are necessary and proper to regulate Commerce among the several States, Native Tribes, or with foreign Nations, shall not be construed to include the power to regulate or prohibit any activity that is confined within a single State regardless of its effects outside the State, whether it employs instrumentalities therefrom, or whether its regulation or prohibition is part of a comprehensive regulatory scheme; The power of Congress to regulate commerce among the several states shall be limited to the regulation of the sale, shipment, transportation, or other movement of goods, articles, or persons, either interstate or internationally; Congress may not regulate activity solely because it affects commerce among the several states; but Congress shall have power to regulate harmful emissions between one State and another, and to define and provide for punishment of offenses constituting acts of war or violent insurrection against Greenway; The Legislatures of the States shall have standing to file any claim alleging violation of this provision; Nothing in this provision shall be construed to limit standing that may otherwise exist for a person;

To establish a Department of Customs and Border Protection, charged with regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, and enforcing Greenway regulations, including trade, customs, and immigration, as well as process all goods, vehicles/crafts, and people entering and exiting Greenway. The primary mission of the Department of Customs and Border Protection is to safeguard Greenway’s borders, thereby protecting the public from dangerous people and materials while enhancing the Greenwegian global economic competitiveness by enabling legitimate trade and travel;

To establish a Department of Statistics, to serve as the central statistical authority on primary data collection in Greenway, by conducting censuses and community surveys on different sectors of the Greenwegian economy, such as population, housing, agriculture, fisheries, and business. It shall collect, compile, analyze, and publish statistical information on economic, social, demographic, political affairs and general affairs of the people of Greenway;

To establish a Department of Standards, to fix the standard of weights, measures, languages, encryption of government classified and unclassified-but-sensitive communication, and operational security, to provide conversions and translations between these units and languages;

To establish Post Offices, Post Roads, Post Railroads, and Post Airports; and a Postal Money Order System to meet all the demands of exchange; and affix such Postal Rates for the same as shall be deemed necessary to maintain them; or to provide for their maintenance for the public benefit;

To inaugurate and provide for a system of National Highways, Railways, and Airports, based upon the proposition that whatever involves the direct interests of the public should be in the hands and under the control of the people, for the public welfare, and to that end may purchase existing highways, railways, and airports, at a price to be ascertained by law, but not greater than the same could be constructed for, or construct new roads and ports, as the circumstances shall seem to require; and the system shall be operated either at the cost of maintenance or for the public benefit from the public funds, as the people may direct by law;

To inaugurate and provide for a system of National electronic networks, based upon the proposition that whatever involves the direct interests of the public should be in the hands and under the control of the people, for the welfare of the general public; and the system shall be operated for the public benefit from the public funds, and for limited purposes may be leased access to commercial entities at cost or for a minimal markup, as defined in this constitution;

To establish a Communications and Public Access Network Commission, which will establish and manage public resources of [inter-state] government networks, and grant or deny commercial use licenses, upon request after review, and to lease their access to the network, at a [uniform] rate equal to their share of the construction, operation, and maintenance costs entailed in providing them service, as determined by the Congress, and at the discretion of the Legislature may be charged an additional uniform amount not exceeding 16.666666666666% of the base cost, with such licenses being issued and leases granted

for the conduction of regular business activities (not those activities which are subletting access to, or selling services based on core dependency to, the Public network).

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To inaugurate and provide for a National “Emergency Alert System” that will used to alert Persons within Greenway to National emergencies. The “Emergency Alert System” will be required by law to be integrated into all commercial radios, or other commercial communications devices or softwares, that which utilize wireless or wired network connections and are subsequently possible to be connected to the internet, but it shall be required that such “Emergency Alert System” will be possible for the end-use consumer to easily disable within the system’s configuration/settings at their own discression.

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To establish a National Intellectual Property Office, to provide for the promotion of the Sciences and useful Arts; and for that purpose may secure for limited times, not to exceed a total of twelve years, to Authors, Designers, and Inventors, the exclusive right to their respective writings, discoveries, designs, and inventions; or at their discretion to purchase the same for the general benefit of the people;

To establish a Department of Research and Development for Science, Engineering, and Technology, to organize and facilitate the governmental activities into laboratory programs that include but are not limited to: Nano-scale research as well as science and technology development, including chemicals/molecules, radioactive material research, as well as science and technology development; Hardware and software research, as well as engineering and technology development; Information research and technology development; Vehicle/craft and robotic/drone research, as well as engineering and technology development;

To establish a Department of Open-Source Projects and Information, to support, fund, manage, and maintain open-source projects of interest for use by the government and general public, and maintain a public repository of open-source informatio;

To enact a National Archive and Library of Congress to protect the information of the governing of Greenway, its citizens, and the knowledge of the world. This National archive and library shall be operated in a “non-profit” fashion;

To establish a uniform Rule of Immigration and Naturalization; Congress shall institute an open, easy, and efficient process for immigration into Greenway and procuring citizenship thereof; Congress shall implement a program, as part of the adjudication process for immigration benefits, to identify and bar Individuals seeking to enter Greenway on a fraudulent basis with the intent to cause harm, who are at risk of causing harm subsequent to their admission. Immigrants must have a means to care for themselves for at least 2 years financially and the skills nessesary to secure another job within six months; No person may immigrate to Greenway who are Likely or Liable to become a Public Charge. All immigrants entering Greenway shall be required to undergo screening for communicable diseases and checks into their possible criminal record for the equivalence to felony charges (in the least permissive jurisdiction within Greenway). A conviction of illegal immigration permanently disables the ability of that Person to legally immigrate at a later time, unless the controversy occured and was settled before their eighteenth birthday or foreign judgment of emancipation, in which case, upon their eighteenth birthday or such emancipation, and thereafter, they are restored the ability to apply for immigration to Greenway.

Congress shall define the status of political refugee by law and will establish a Refugee Resettlement Program to admit foreign nationals into Greenway. It is the policy of Greenway to protect its citizens from foreign nationals who intend to commit terrorist attacks in Greenway; and to prevent the admission of foreign nationals who intend to exploit Greenway immigration laws for malevolent purposes;

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

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water as well as determine the limits on emergency powers delegated to the president; Greenway shall not go to war except in self defense, and permanently renounces wars or acts of military aggression;

To ensure the military branch shall accept Persons of suitable condition to be received into the armed service of Greenway to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service;

To raise and support military peacekeeping efforts;

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

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Governing and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of Greenway, execpting governance in cases where the militia may engage in martial law against failures to ratify budgets or other criminal elements of the government in Congress, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress, and excepting governance in cases where the militia may engage in martial law against failures to ratify budgets or other criminal elements of the government in a specific State or States;

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

To establish a National Instant Criminal Background Check System, for the purposes of indicating whether an individual is ineligible to purchase a weapon, destructive device, or live ammunition, because of their status of ineligibility due to a specific lack of mental capacity or specific status of legal insanity, as legally determined by the courts. Congress shall commission and maintain through the Department of Open-Source Projects and Information a dealer/retailer or private seller point of sale background check system, as well as allow and enable access to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System database.

To establish a Department of Homeland Security to serve as a ministry of internal affairs;

Congress shall establish a Secret Service operating under the Department of Homeland Security; Congress shall appoint a Head of the Secret service for a non-renewable term of six years, which Head of the Secret Service shall appoint or remove Secret Service agents/officers operating beneath them in rank. The Head of Secret Service may remove agents/officers at any time; Congress may overturn appointments and removals of agents/officers in the Secret Service. The protective mission of the Secret Service is to ensure the safety of both Federal and State members of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches, their immediate families, former presidents, their spouses, and their minor children under the age of sixteen, major candidates and their spouses, and foreign heads of state; The protective mission includes protective operations to coordinate manpower and logistics with state and local law enforcement, protective advances to conduct site and venue assessments for protectees, and protective intelligence to investigate all manners of threats made against protectees; The investigative mission of the Secret Service is to safeguard the payment and financial systems of Greenway from a wide range of financial and electronic-based crimes. Financial investigations include counterfeit Greenway securities and currency or legal tender, bank & financial institution fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, illicit financing operations, and major conspiracies; Electronic investigations include cybercrime, network intrusions, identity theft, access device fraud, credit card fraud, and intellectual property crimes;

To establish a Department of National Intelligence;

To establish a Department of Home Relations;

To establish a Department of International Relations;

[]To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding an area consistent with the base of a square being twenty-four kilometers) as may, by Secession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of Greenway, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards and other needful Buildings. The [Federal] District shall be named New Atlantia;

Congress shall have power to prescribe the terms of removal of Individuals holding offices created by specific statute, and requiring the consent of the Senate for appointments, including standards of good behavior for judges, but the President or other executive officers shall have power to remove officers they have the exclusive authority to appoint for positions for which there is no specific term of service;

To secure the equal right to the exercise of all common rights;

To maintain the equality of all citizens before the laws;

To establish a general system of Criminal Jurisprudence and of Common Law, and Departments for each;

Congress may provide Courts for the several Territories;

To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper to secure to the citizens of each State all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States, and to all Persons in each State equal protection in the rights of Life, Liberty and Freedom, Self-security and Self-defense, Privacy, Property, and the pursuit of Happiness;

Congress shall have power to enact statutes to punish official misconduct, including the violation of the rights, privileges, or immunities of any Person, abuse of discretion, violation of any oath or affirmation, dereliction of duty, failure to supervise, or conduct unbecoming;

To establish a Department of Reformatory and Criminal Labor;

To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for rehabilitating criminal code offenders by the Government of Greenway or any Department or Officer thereof;

To recognize the Secession of States;-And

To make only those Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of Greenway, or in any Department or Officer thereof, but all laws passed by Congress shall expire within twelve years after being passed.

Congress shall have power, on territory under its exclusive jurisdiction, and State legislatures, on territory under their exclusive jurisdiction, to forbid weapons within penal facilities, courthouses, and government offices, provided that they provide for a secure system for checking in weapons on entry, and return on leaving, and guarantee the safety of Persons within against all injury they might be able to avoid by having the means to defend themselves or others.

Congress shall have the power of eminent domain only on territory for which it has exclusive jurisdiction, and State legislatures only on exclusively state territory. State legislatures must consent to Congress taking by eminent domain any parcels within their territory. No taking by either Congress or a State legislature shall be for any purpose other than public use for a period of at least eighteen years.

Congress may not enact a law unless it pertains to only one subject.

Congress shall have power to authorize officials of Greenway to execute court orders.

Congress has power to authorize itself or committees of itself to operate as a grand jury for the investigation of public matters, including the issuance of subpoenas, and to authorize courts to enforce its subpoenas and orders to provide information.

Congress shall have authority to criminally punish fraud only when committed on the territory of Greenway over which it has exclusive jurisdiction.

Congress shall have power to prescribe the penalty for contumacy, but no judge shall have power to punish by fine, imprisonment, or other penalty, other than by incarceration for a period not to exceed seven days per court session, without conviction by a jury in a trial in which another judge shall preside.

Congress shall establish a target population for Greenway for the purpose of assuring a high standard of living and quality of life for its citizens. The target population shall not be higher than can be continuously sustained by proven reserves of domestic natural resources utilizing existing technology, or by trading such excess resources for others not available domestically. Also, the target population of Greenway shall be below the level that, if applied globally, is determined by science to pose no threat to the global environment. The Congress shall establish immigration quotas consistent with achieving the target population. The Congress shall also enact policies that, while leaving People free to choose the size of their families, encourage the population to move toward and stabilize at the established target level. The target population shall be reviewed by Congress annually and shall be retained or adjusted as necessary.

The Department of Defense budget cannot exceed the total of all of the States’ public education funding.

The power to raise an army, navy, or other military force, and militia, is only to hire volunteers, not to conscript the unwilling. Congress shall make no law requiring service in the army, navy, the militia, or any civil service.

No soldier shall be enlisted for any longer term than four years, except in time of war, and then for no longer term than the continuance of the war. A soldier may re-enlist of their own conscience.

The People of Greenway shall enjoy the right of safety from terrorist attack. To enforce this provision, Congress shall have the power to establish special military courts solely for the prosecution of Persons accused of terrorist acts.

Congress shall have power to punish for disclosure of state secrets properly so designated by a court of competent jurisdiction, but it shall also have power to punish the concealment of official misconduct under the guise of state secrecy

That each year every member of Congress shall spend at least one consecutive day and night in a standard cell inside a randomly selected Federal prison that is located inside their State.

No State shall make any law that applies to the citizens in their State that does not apply equally to the Members of the government in their State.

Should any member of congress step down, a Supplementary Election shall be held within thirty days.

Congress shall have the power to regulate by law the filling of vacancies that may occur in the House of Representatives and Senate in the event that one-fourth or greater number of the members of either the House of Representatives or the Senate are killed or incapacitated. Congress shall allow the governor or the legislature of each state to appoint temporary replacement senators and representatives. Within ninety days of the event that one-fourth or greater number of the members of either the House of Representatives or the Senate are incapacitated or killed, a special election shall take place to replace them. A member that has been incapacitated may reclaim their office at any time after such member determines that they are no longer incapacitated. All appointments of both the House and Senate shall expire automatically after the special election is held.

Congress shall not alter, modify or interfere in the times, places, or manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives or either of them, except when the legislature of any State shall neglect, refuse, or be disabled by invasion, attack, or rebellion to prescribe the same.

Congress shall have the power to regulate matters that are in the national interest, but federal enactments shall pre-empt State law only in instances of direct conflict, or where the preemptive force of such enactment is made explicit by statute, or is based on a considered finding by an agency to whom Congress has delegated the authority to make such determination.

The Congress shall promote the welfare of the [whole] People by acting to secure equal economic opportunity for all.

Congress shall have power to regulate or prohibit substances or actions which are likely to cause resource degradation or depletion or injury to People across State, territorial, or national borders, but not those confined within the borders of a State or territory.

Congress may not require any State or Local official, or private Person, of Greenway, to expend any resources without providing such resources, or make the provision of resources conditional on performing actions Congress does not have the power to command, except for militia organization, training, and operations, or for specific performance on a voluntary contract.

Congress shall not have power within non-State territory in excess of powers provided by the constitutions of at least three-fourths of the states, being those that delegate the least power to their governments on the same subjects.

Congress shall have exclusive legislative jurisdiction over coastal waters from the low tide mark out to a distance of 4.848 kilometers, and over airspace at or above one-third of a kilometer above the highest terrain features, including the power to regulate the movement of vehicles/craft through such territory. States shall have jurisdiction for land above the low tide mark and airspace below one-third kilometer above the highest terrain features.

Congress shall have exclusive legislative jurisdiction over the allocation of broadcast bands for single-wire and wireless transmissions whose energy configuration and level are excessive enough to which they can potentially or will cause a measurable/demonstrable amount of damage to Persons, Animals, Property, or to the environment; The lawful purpose for regulations and licensing of equipment at levels beyond those which may potentially or will cause a measurable/demonstrable amount of damage to Persons, Animals, Property, or to the environment, shall enxtend only to those reasons, and NOT to seek the prevention of interference with, or inconvenience caused by, neighboring equipment; They shall have the power to designate specific and limited sections of the radio spectrum for transmission of emergency services, and punish transmitting violators operating in these restricted bands.

Congress shall not have power to disable a right or penalize any person on the basis of an administrative or due process proceeding in another jurisdiction, or lack thereof, or an administrative or due process proceeding in the same jurisdiction that does not explicitly disable the right as part of the final order of the court, upon conviction by a jury for a crime or a unanimous jury verdict finding dangerous incompetence.

Every bill enacted by Congress shall expire two years after enactment, unless re-enacted, or unless it is constitutionally mandated.

Those provisions which declare that Congress shall not exercise certain powers be not interpreted in any manner whatsoever to extend the powers of Congress. But that they may be construed either as making exceptions to the specified powers where this shall be the case, or otherwise as inserted merely for greater caution.

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Congress shall establish an Agency of Disease Control and Prevention, for developing national standards for diagnosing diseases; to serve as a diagnostic testing laboratory, and for providing research into eradicating infectious diseases; to co-ordinate operations with State Medical facilities for testing, quarantine, and treatment of infectious diseases;

The Agency for Disease Control and Prevention (ADC) collaborates to create the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health through health promotion, prevention of disease along with injury and disability caused by such disease, and preparedness for new health threats.

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To publish and disseminate scientifically rigorous public health information of international significance that enables policy-makers, researchers and practitioners to be more effective; it aims to improve health, particularly among disadvantaged populations.

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To act as a directing and coordinating authority on international work towards health through disease prevention and control, to promote research, along with ensure valid and productive technical cooperation towards developing cures for known and future diseases;

To act as the directing and coordinating authority on international health work;

To promote technical cooperation;

To assist State Governments, upon request, in strengthening health services;

To furnish appropriate technical assistance, and in emergencies, necessary aid, upon the request or acceptance of the State and Local Governments of Greenway;

To stimulate and advance work on the prevention and control of epidemic, endemic, and other diseases;

To promote and coordinate biomedical and health services research;

To promote improved standards of teaching and training in the health, medical, and related professions;

To establish and stimulate the establishment of international standards for biological, pharmaceutical, and similar products, and to standardize diagnostic procedures;

To work in conjuction with Public medical professionals of the several States upon their consent to propose conventions, agreements, and regulations, and make recommendations, about international nomenclature of diseases, [!?]causes of death[?!], and best public health practices.

To develop, establish, and promote international standards concerning disease reducing and treating: foods, as well as, biological, pharmaceutical, and similar substances.

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Preventing both commuicable as well as non-communicable diseases in all Citizens of, and visitors within, Greenway

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To direct and coordinate international health efforts between countries.

Our main areas of work are improving health systems; health throughought the course of life; noncommunicable and communicable diseases; preparedness, surveillance and response to outbreaks; and … services.

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Pandemic preparedness planning unit:

To establish protocols for dealing with natural outbreaks and biological weapon attacks

To provide suggestions to congress for regulations surrounding the development and deployment of vaccines by the Public instrument and Private market

To suggest to and draft biotech regulations for the Congress, for the purpose of preventing the proliferation of weaponizable [and already weaponized] gene sequences and organisms

To offer non-binding advise to the president and the governors in each state on the best course of action in the event of an national epidemic

To develop opensource diagnostic methods and tools, as well as treatments for diseases including but not limited to [scalable] vaccines and gene therapies

To aid in coordinating responses to outbreaks of contagious diseases

To develop and distribute testing kits for communicable diseases to the Public sector medical services of the several States, and, upon their discression, provide for at an equal exchange to the Private sector medical services of first the several States, and then to the world.

To quickly lab test mailed in and field collected samples for communicable diseases upon request from the Public sector medical services of the Several States, to determine the [whole] genteic sequence of identified positive test samples which were lawfully collected, with both the capacity to serve the entire country’s testing and sequencing needs in a national emergency, and to openly publish the results for such tests and sequences after anonymization (for privacy).

To provide free and timely testing on volunteering Persons residing within Greenway for communcable diseases, but to not force a single Person to submit to such a test for any reason.

To develop and distribute fast and easy testing self-testing kits for communicable diseases to the People of Greenway, and develop a [non-mandatory] self-reporting system to assist in the accurate statistic keeping for Greenway of the persons infected with communcable diseases.

To collect and publish data on outbreaks within greenway, through anonymiously compiled lists on the number of affected People and their general locations in the community, labeled with the name of the communicable disease.

stockpile the kinds of protective and treatment gear and supplies that Greenwegian medical professionals and the citizens of Greenway will need

To mobilize resources for those in quarantine and for those undergoing treatment at their homes and State hospitals within the several States, including but not limited to protective gear, Immune-boosting supplementation kits, virocidal as well as bacteriocidal and fungicidal selective agents, antiviral as well as antibiotic and anti-fungal medications, antibody plasma, vaccines, []etc…[]

To deploy medical services upon the individual request of each State

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To establish emergency medical treatment facilities for Pandemics (a variant of “FEMA camps”, but closer to the spanish swine flu treatment tent-fields) with surge capacity

[]To Nationally produce the required essential medical equipment, through the Federal Department of Goods and Services, and freely distribute that equipment to each State’s Public sector medical facilities proportionately according to population[]

incorporate national security agenda to protect the people from communicable disease

transparent containment of outbreaks as a policy

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[]sequencing of infections[]

[]Congress[] may provide non-binding advice to the People on how to prevent the spread of communcable diseases, and provide non-binding reccomendations to sectors of the population, industry, and commerce, which they believe may assist or acheive this end.

Congress shall have the power []To prevent, at times of declared National Emergency, the free flow of Persons into the National Borders of Greenway, during an outbreak of one or more highly contagious and injurious or deadly disease.[]

SECTION. 12.

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

No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time; a regular real-time Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published and constantly updated.

No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another; nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another.

The Immigration of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to eighteen years from the date of ratification of this constitution, but a fee may be imposed on such Immigration, not exceeding thirty-six Greenbacks OR seven-hundred-seventy-seven-point-six grams of silver for each Person, whichever is of greatest monetary value.

Participation in a Census or Community Survey is voluntary, but recommended. Citizenship is not required to participate in the Census, only residence within the boundaries of Greenway. Providing false information on a census form shall only be a civil infraction, punishable by a fine not to exceed eight-point-three-bar Greenbacks or one-hundred-and-eighty grams of silver, whichever is of greatest monetary value.

The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not in any case or under any circumstances be denied or suspended. If the government shall be unable to arrange or otherwise provide for a fair trial, such trial shall take place underneith the Citizen’s court.

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

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by Greenway; 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.

If any citizen of Greenway shall accept, claim, receive, or retain any title of nobility or honour, or shall without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office, or emolument of any kind whatever, from any emperor, king, prince, or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of Greenway, and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under them, or either of them.

SECTION. 13.

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

No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing other than Silver, Copper, Cannabis, Greencash, or Greenbacks for Tender in Payment of Debts, public Charges, and Dues; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts than as otherwise prescribed by this constitution, or grant any Title of Nobility.

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 another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.

ARTICLE IV

SECTION. 1.

The executive Power shall be vested in a President of Greenway. They shall hold their Office during the Term of two Years, and, together with the Vice-President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:

The President and Vice-President shall be elected jointly by the direct vote of the citizens of Greenway, without regard to whether the citizens are residents of a State.

Each citizen shall be an elector and cast a single vote jointly applicable to President and Vice-President. Names of candidates may be joined with no more than one other Person.

Each nominee for President shall identify a Vice Presidential nominee who is certified through the selection processes established by the party affiliated with that candidate and who will run as part of a joint ticket with that nominee.

Congress may determine the time, place, and manner of holding the election, the entitlement to inclusion on the ballot, and the manner in which the results of the election shall be ascertained and declared.

No Person shall be elected to the office of the President or Vice-President more than three times, and no Person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other Person was elected President shall be elected to the office of President more than once.

No Person except a natural born Citizen or a naturalized Citizen of Greenway, shall be eligible to the Office of President or Vice-President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-six Years, and after the first nine presidencies, been eighteen years a citizen of Greenway.

The Persons having the greatest number of votes for President and Vice-President shall be elected, so long as such Persons have a majority of the votes cast using a system of numbered ballots.

The Supreme Court shall never, by any decision, including indirectly, decide who shall be President or Vice-President.

Before they enter on the Execution of their Office, they shall take the following Oath or Affirmation: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President/Vice-President of Greenway, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of Greenway against all enemies, foreign or domestic.”

The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any candidate for President or Vice-President before the day on which the President-elect or Vice-President-elect has been chosen, and for the case of a tie in any election.

The terms of the President and the Vice-President shall end at noon on the twenty-first day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the third day of January, and the terms of their successors shall then begin.

SECTION. 2.

The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of Greenway, and of the armed forces, when called into the actual Service of Greenway; they 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 they shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against Greenway, except in Cases of Impeachment or against themselves.

Unless through invasion or under direct and immediate attack, Greenway shall not go to war, and the President cannot deploy troops for combat without an official declaration of war by Congress. Unless through invasion or under direct and immediate attack, the declaration of war by Congress must then be approved by a vote of the Greenwegian public within one week. Failure to get approval by the Greenwegian public overturns the declaration of war.

For all acts of war by Greenway, except in the event of an immediate invasion or attack, the authority of Congress to declare war must be established through a Congressional Declaration of War, as well as a majority cast thereon in a nation-wide referendum. In repelling immediate invasion or attack, the National government may only act within foreign countries for one week without an official Declaration of War, as well as a majority cast thereon in a nation-wide referendum; After six months, and every six months thereafter, both houses of Congress, by affirmative vote and without filibusters, have to approve any extension; If one house votes no on extending, all combat troops must be withdrawn within a year. At times of official peace, the decision to support, aid, assist, or oppose any foreign government or revolutionary movement will be reserved to the People, as Individuals.

Whenever war is declared the President shall immediately conscript and take for use by the government all the public war properties, yards, factories, and supplies, together with employees necessary for their operation.

The President is authorized to use the Armed Forces of Greenway as they determine is to be necessary and appropriate in order to defend the national security of Greenway. If the president and the armed forces determine they are compelled by a threat posed to Greenway who under further diplomatic or other peaceful means alone either will not adequately protect Greenway from the continuing threat posed by another nation, the resolution of war powers shall proceed through Congress through specific statutory authorization.

The President is authorized to declare such national emergency. Such proclamation shall immediately be transmitted to the Congress and published in the National Register. Any provisions of law conferring powers and authorities to be exercised during a national emergency shall be effective and remain in effect only when the President has been granted permission to proceed from Congress and such orders are found to be in accordance of the rights of People and resources insured to them.

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They shall at times of declared National Emergency, be capable of summoning the Armed Forces of Greenway to set up and enforce containment of areas infected with highly contagious and injurious or deadly disease/s, and to secure the borders of Greenway, for the purposes of reducing the further spread of highly contagious and injurious or deadly disease/s.

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In the event that emergency powers are declared, neither the president nor any other government official shall seek to circumvent any rights or protections offered under this constitution.

The president may not issue a command, nor shall any act of Congress or the legislation of each State, to confiscate the resources of any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, against parties of Greenway, its agencies, its officers, or any Person therein.

It is considered un-constitutional for a President to implement executive orders or presidential directives, unless the members of Congress examine, potentially rewrite them, and approve them beforehand with a simple majority. Then they shall be added to the federal statutes.

The President may approve any appropriation or provision and disapprove any other appropriation or provision in the same appropriation bill. In such case they shall, in signing the bill, designate the appropriations and provisions disapproved; and shall return a copy of such appropriations and provisions, with their objections, to the House in which the bill shall have originated; and the same proceedings shall then be had as in case of other bills disapproved by the President.

They shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur; and they shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of Greenway, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

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

Congress shall define executive privilege. The President, the Vice-President, and any other member of the executive branch may exercise this privilege.

Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice-President, the President shall nominate a Vice-President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.

In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of their Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice-President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation 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.

Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his or her written declaration that he or she are unable to discharge the powers and duties of his or her office, and until he 