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Proposed Constitution for the Newstates of Amerika
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Foreword by Lt. Col. Arch Roberts (Australia) retired. Director of the Committee to Restore the Constituion. P.O. Box 986 - Ft. Collins, Colorado 80522 - Ph: 970-484-2575
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"Through appropriate land use planning, it is his [the physical planner's]job to help this transfer of land to occur in an orderly fashion by reconciling the rights of the individual with the interests of the community." From Planning Metropolitan Areas and New Towns, United Nations - New York, 1967, U.N. Publications Sales No. 67.IV.5
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Published in October of 1995, Our Global Neighborhood - the United Nations Report of the Commission on Global Governance. (In celebration of its 50th Anniversary) it indicates the progress being made toward world regionalism.
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    "The development of regionalism cannot be isolated from global institutions. Affecting each other in many ways, these goals should be linked in a dynamic process of interaction. Regional arrangements have the potential to complement and contribute to Global Governance, but may not produce a positive outcome automatically." (In other words, they're 'experimenting' with world governance and the people of the world are their guinea pigs.)
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"The development of global governance is part of the evolution of human efforts to organize life on the planet... we are convinced that it is time for the world to move on from the designs evolved over the centuries and given new form in the establishment of the United Nations nearly fifty years ago."
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"The UN must prepare for a time when regionalism becomes more ascendant world-wide, and even help the process along. It is committed to doing so; the Secretary-General has called repeatedly for a strengthening of regionalism in global governance, in development no less than in peace and security."
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    From:Journal of State Government, Oct-Dec., 1991. The Council of State Government's publication for state legislators (now State Government News) article titled, "Foreign Relations at the State Level"...
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    "The globalizations of state governments is receiving a tremendous amount of publicity at the international, national, state and local levels."
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    "...and how the chief executive and the legislative leaders should promote the best interests of the public in the global market" [rank and file legislators are discounted in these plans because it is common practice for legislators in non-leadership positions to follow the instructions, commands and demands of their 'leaders'].
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"Several U.S. states are entering into regional blocs or pacts in order to optimize their resources and strengthen their position in the global economy..." "One of the most prominent and successful examples of such regional cooperation is the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) , which is comprised of Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and two Canadian provinces, Alberta and British Columbia."
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READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY -- The article continues...
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"State governments have an important role to play, not only in understanding where they fit in but also erecting what President George Bush has called the New World Order. This order - if implemented properly - will emphasize collective security [world Army under NATO-UN] international cooperation and a dependence on international law [no more Constitution for the United States of America] to resolve conflicts, promote economic and social development and create a respect for human rights... We must prudently, yet forcefully seize the opportunity and be constructive players".
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State legislators are implementing Regional governance by passing bills they don't read. They haven't the foggiest notion of what they're doing. It's criminal and a violation of their oath of office. Please copy this sheet freely; get the information to your state legislators and send it to five others not your own. The 'architects' of World Government are making their big push... in your state! Watch for bills 'reforming' tax codes, proposed amendments to state constitutions, more 'Regionalism' legislation, ie, city-county mergers, regional asset groups, any intergovernmental type bills and especially... watch your state for implementation of federal gun bills.
- Arch Roberts.
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Transcript of an article from: Phillip County News, Malta, Montana, January 4, 1934,
"Tugwell Predicts New Regulations for Land With Federal Control"
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Use of all land, public and private will be controlled by the federal government in the future, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Rexford Tugwell predicted this week.
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Land which cannot be operated effectively under private ownership will be held by the government as public forests, parks, game preserves, grazing ranges, recreation centers and the like, Tugwell asserted.
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Privately owned land will be controlled "to whatever extent is found necessary for maintaining continous productivity," he said. State Officials here were studying Tugwell's statement today to see how they might affect Montana.
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"We have depended too long on the hope that private ownership and control would operate somehow for the benefit of society as a whole. That hope has not been realized." Tugwell said present acreage reduction plans were only an emergency stop gap. "What is done is merely to keep a part of each field of each farm out of use," he said. "It seems to be obvious that this cannot be a characteristic feature of a permanent policy."
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As an alternative, Tugwell advocated controlling the total volume of farm products by limiting the area available for production, the government acquiring and devoting to other uses all land in excess of that needed for production.
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He envisioned "a commercial agriculture made up of the most efficient farmers operating the best of our lands." Contrary to the desired trend 2,000,000 persons have returned to farms during the depression," he said.
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"We already have too many farmers," Tugwell said. "We could probably raise all the farm products we need with half our present farmers, or 12 and 1/2% of our total working population.
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"Private control has failed to use wisely its control of the land," he concluded. "We are preparing a land program not merely for the benefit of those who held title to it but for the greater welfare of all the citizens of the country." [end of transcript]
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"Control of land is central to the objectives of Federal Regionalism. Regional government seeks to overthrow the constitution, merge 50 states into Ten Federal Regions; change government from elected to appointed system; seize control of all property, production, communication, transportation; revoke civil rights and reduce you to the status of 'human resource' subject to the dictates of centeral authority in Washington." - Arch Roberts.
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Proposed Constitution for the Newstates of America
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Foreword: This transcript of the Proposed Constitution of the Newstates of America was transferred from Col. Arch Roberts' website at www.committeetorestoretheconstitution. We give credit to the source in the event the website may be discontinued.
A CONSTITUTION FOR THE NEWSTATES OF AMERICA, is taken from the book, THE EMERGING CONSTITUTION, by Rexford G. Tugwell, published 1974 (Harper & Row: $20.00) illustrates with chilling clarity the final objective of regional governance conspirators. The goal is a corporate state concentrating economic, political and social power in the hands of a ruling elite. "A Constitution for the Newstates of America", is the 40th version of this revolutionary document prepared by a team of social experimenters at the CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, Fund for the Republic (Ford Foundation), Post Office Box 4068, Santa Barbara, California 93103.
The Center, its first objective accomplished, has appointed socialist-oriented University of Denver Chancellor Maurice G. Mitchell as its new head and may merge with the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, a Colorado-based world government policy promotion agency.
Aspen Institute Chairman is Robert O. Anderson, chief executive officer, Atlantic Richfield Company; member, Committee for Economic Development (laid groundwork for regional government), and advisory board member, Institute for International Education. Anderson is the principle figure in the campaign aimed at seizing control of the National Rifle Association.
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Constitution for the Newstates of America
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PREAMBLE: So that we may join in common endeavors, welcome the future in good order, and create an adequate and self-repairing government - we, the people, do establish the Newstates of America, herein provided to be our, and do ordain this Constitution whose supreme law it shall be until the time prescribed for it shall have run.
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ARTICLE 1
Rights and Responsibilities
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A. Rights
Section 1. Freedom of expression, of communication, of movement, of assembly, or of petition shall not be abridged except in declared emergency.
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Section 2. Access to information possessed by government agencies shall not be denied except in the interest of national security, but communications among officials necessary to decision making shall be privileged.
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Section 3. Public communicators may decline to reveal sources of information, but shall be responsible for hurtful disclosures.
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Section 4. The privacy of individuals shall be respected; searches and seizures shall be made only on judicial warrant; persons shall be pursued or questioned only for the prevention of crime or the apprehension of suspected criminals, and only according to rules established by law.
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Section 5. There shall be no discrimination because of race, creed, color, origin, or sex. The Court of Rights and Responsibilities may determine whether selection for various occupations has been discriminatory.
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Section 6. All persons shall have equal protection of the laws, and in all electoral procedures the vote of every eligible citizen shall count equally with others. what others?
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Section 7. It shall be public policy to promote discussion of public issues and to encourage peaceful public gatherings for this purpose.
Permission to hold such gatherings shall not be denied, nor shall they be interrupted, except in declared emergency or on a showing of imminent danger to public order and on judicial warrant.
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Section 8. The practice of religion shall be privileged; but no religion shall be imposed by some on others, and none shall have public support.
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Section 9. Any citizen may purchase, sell, lease, hold, convey, and inherit real and personal property, and shall benefit equally from all laws for security in such transactions.
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Section 10. Those who cannot contribute to productivity shall be entitled to a share of the national product; but distribution shall be fair and the total may not exceed the amount for this purpose held in the National Sharing fund. From each according to his ability and to each according to his need.
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Section 11. Education shall be provided at public expense for those who meet the appropriate tests of eligibility.
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Section 12. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. No property shall be taken without compensation.
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Section 13. All rights and responsibilities defined herein shall extend to such associations of citizens as may be authorized by law. what? No free association?
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ARCTICLE 2
The Newstates
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Section 1. There shall be Newstates each comprising no less than 5% of the whole population. Existing states may continue and may have the status of Newstates if the Boundary Commission, herinafter provided, shall so decide. The Commission shall be guided in its recommendations by the probability of accommodation to the conditions for effective government. States electing by referendum to continue if the Commission recommend otherwise shall nevertheless accept all Newstate obligations.
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Section 2. The Newstates shall have constitutions formulated and adopted by process hereinafter prescribed.
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Section 3. They shall have Governors, legislatures, and planning, administrative, and judicial systems. Planning is now a branch of government.
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Section 4. Their political procedures shall be organized and supervised by electoral Overseers; but their elections shall not be in years of presidential election. Big brother will watch over your elections instead of local authorities.
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Section 5. The electoral apparatus of the Newstates of America shall be available to them , and they may be allotted funds under rules agreed to by the national Overseer; but expenditures may not be made by or for any candidate except they be approved by the Overseer; and requirements of residence in a voting district shall be no longer than 30 days. You will not be able to donate to a candidate of your choice unless Big Brother approves.
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Section 6. They the Newstates may charter subsidiary governments, urban or rural, and may delegate to them powers appropriate to their responsibilities.
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Section 7. They the Newstates may lay, or may delegate the laying of, taxes; but these shall conform to the restraints stated herinafter for the Newstates of America.
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Section 8. They the Newstates may not tax exports, may not tax with intent to prevent imports, and may not impose any tax forbidden by laws of the Newstates of America; but the objects appropriate for taxation shall be clearly designated.
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Section 9. Taxes on land may be at higher rates than those on its improvements.
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Section 10. They the Newstates shall be responsible for the administration of public services not reserved to the government of the Newstates of America, such activities being concerted with those of corresponding national agencies, where these exist, under arrangements common to all.
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Section 11. The rights and responsibilities prescribed in this Constitution shall be effective in the Newstates and shall be suspended only in emergency when declared by Governors and not disapproved by the Senate of the Newstates of America.
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Section 12. Police powers of the Newstates shall extend to all matters not reserved to the Newstates of America; but pre-empted powers shall not be impaired. Federal government may pre-empt state police powers.
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Section 13. Newstates may not enter into any treaty, alliance, confederation or agreement unless approved by the Boundary Commission herinafter provided.
They the Newstates may not coin money, provide for the payment of debts in any legal tender, or make any charge for inter-Newstate services. They the Newstates may not enact ex post facto laws or ones imparing the obligation of contracts.
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Section 14. Newstates may not impose barriers to imports from other jurisdictions or impose any hinderance to citizens' freedom of movement.
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Section 15. If governments of the Newstates fail to carry out fully their constitutional duties, their officials shall be warned and may be required by the Senate, on the recommendation of the Watchkeeper, to forfeit revenues from the Newstates of America. Withholding of Federal monies from the states.
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ARTICLE 3
The Electoral Branch
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Section 1. To arrange for participation by the electorate in the determination of policies and the selection of officials, there shall be an Electoral Branch. We now have an Electoral Branch of Government.
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Section 2. An Overseer of electoral procedures shall be chosen by majority of the Senate and may be removed by a 2/3rds vote. It shall be the Overseer's duty to supervise the organization of national and district parties, arrange for discussion among them, and provide for the nomination and election of candidates for public office. While in office the Overseer shall belong to no political organization; and after each presidential election shall offer to resign.
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Section 3. A national party shall be one having had at least a 5% affiliation in the latest general election; but a new party shall be recognized when valid petitions have been signed by at least 2% of the voters in each of 30% of the districts drawn for the House of Representatives. Recognition shall be suspended upon failure to gain 5% of the votes at a second election, 10% at a third, or 15% at further elections.
District parties shall be recognized when at least 2% of the voters shall have signed petitions of affiliation; but recognition shall be withdrawn upon failure to attract the same percentages as are necessary for the continuance of national parties.
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Section 4. Recognition by the Overseer shall bring parties within established regulations and entitle them to common privileges.
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Section 5. The Overseer shall promulgate rules for party conduct and shall see that fair practices are maintained, and for this purpose shall appoint delegates in each district and shall supervise the choice, in district and national conventions, of party administrators. Regulations and appointments may be objected to by the Senate.
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Section 6. The Overseer, with the administrators and other officials, shall:
        a. Provide the means for discussion, in each party, of public issues, and, for this purpose, ensure that members have adequate facilities for participation.
        b. Arrange for discussion, in annual district meetings, of the President's views, of the findings of the Planning Branch, and such other information as may be pertinent for enlightened political discussion.
        c. Arrange, on the first Saturday in each month, for enrollment, valid for one year, of voters at convenient places.
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Section 7. The Overseer shall also:
        a. Assist the parties in nominating candidates for district members of the House of Representatives each 3 years; and for this purpose designate one hundred districts, each with a similar number of eligible voters, redrawing districts gerrymandering? after each election. In these there shall be party conventions having no more than 300 delegates, so distributed that representation of voters be approximately equal.
Candidates for delegate may becme eligible by presenting petitions signed by 200 registered voters. They shall be elected by party members on the first Tuesday in March, those having the largest number of votes being chosen until the 300 be complete. 10 alternatives shall be chosen by the same process.
District conventions shall be held on the first Tuesday in April. Delegates shall choose 3 candidates for membership in the House of Representatives, the 3 having the most votes becoming candidates.
        b. Arrange for the election of each 3 years of 3 members of the House of Representatives in each district from among the candidates chosen in party conventions, the 3 having the most votes to be elected.
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Section 8. The Overseer shall also:
        a. Arrange for national conventions to meet 9 years after previous presidential elections, with an equal number of delegates from each district, the whole number not to exceed 1,000.
Candidates for delegates shall be eligible when petitions signed by 500 registered voters have been filed.
Those with the most votes, together with 2 alternatives, being those next in number of votes, shall be chosen in each district.
        b. Approve procedures in these conventions for choosing 100 candidates to be members-at-large of the House of Representatives, whose terms shall be co-terminus with that of the President. For this purpose delegates shall file one choice with convention officials. Voting on submissions shall proceed until 100 achieve 10%, but not more than 3 candidates may be resident in any one district; if any district have more than 3, those with the fewest votes shall be eliminated, others being added from the districts having less than 3, until equality be reached. Of those added, those having the most votes shall be chosen first.
        c. Arrange procedures for the consideration and approval of party objectives by the convention.
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Section 9. The Overseer shall also:
        a. Arrange for the convening of the national legislative houses on the 4th Tuesday of July.
        b. Arrange for inauguration of the President and the Vice-Presidents on the 2nd Tuesday of August.
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Section 10. All costs of electoral procedures shall be paid from public funds, and there shall be no private contributions to parties or candidates; no contributions or expenditures for meetings, conventions, or campaigns shall be made; and no candidate for office may make any personal expenditures unless authorized by a uniform rule of the Overseer; and persons or groups making expenditures, directly or indirectly, in support of prospective candidates shall and shall conform to his regulations.
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Section 11. Expenses of the Electoral Branch shall be met by the addition of 1% to the net annual taxable income returns of taxpayers, this sum to be held by the Chancellor of Financial Affairs for disposition by the Overseer.
Funds shall be distributed to parties in proportion to the respective number of votes cast for the President and Governors at the last election, except that new parties, on being recognized, shall share in proportion to their number. Party administrators shall make allocations to legislative candidates in amounts proportional to the party vote at the last election.
Expenditures shall be audited by the Watchkeeper; and sums not expended within 4 years shall be returned to the Treasury.
It shall be a condition of every communications franchise that reasonable facilities shall be available for allocations by the Overseer.
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ARTICLE 4
The Planning Branch A Planning Branch of Federal Government.
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Section 1. There shall be a Planning Branch to formulate and administer plans and to prepare budgets for the uses of expected income in pursuit of policies formulated by the process provided herein.
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Section 2. There shall be a National Planning Board of 15 members appointed by the President; the first members shall have terms designated by the President of 1 to 15 years, thereafter one shall be appointed each year; the President shall appoint a Chairman who shall serve for 15 years unless removed by him.
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Section 3. The Chairman shall appoint, and shall supervise, a planning administrator, together with such deputies as may be agreed to by the Board.
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Section 4. The Chairman shall present to the Board 6 and 12 year development plans prepared by the planning staff. They shall be revised each year after public hearings, and finally in the year before they are to take effect. They shall be submitted to the President on the 4th Tuesday in July for transmission to the Senate on September 1st with his comments.
If members of the Board fail to approve the budget proposals by forwarding date, the Chairman shall nevertheless make submission to the President with notations of reservation by such members. The President shall transmit this proposal, with his comments to the House of Representatives on September 1st.
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Section 5. It shall be recognized that the 6 and 12 year development plans represent national intentions tempered by the appraisal of possibilities. The 12 year plan shall be a general estimate of probable progress, both governmental and private; the 6 year plan shall be more specific as to estimated income and expenditure and shall take account of necessary revisions.
The purpose shall be to advance, through every agency of government, the excellence of national life. It shall be the further purpose to anticipate innovations, to estimate their impact, to assimilate them into existing institutions, and to moderate deleterious effects on the environment and on society.
The 6 and 12 year plans shall be disseminated for discussion and the opinions expressed shall be considered in the formulation of plans for each succeeding year with special attention to detail in proposing the budget.
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Section 6. For both plans an extension of 1 year into the future shall be made each year and the estimates for all other years shall be revised accordingly. For non-governmental activities, the estimate of developments shall be calculated to indicate the need for enlargement or restriction. Isn't this called micro-management?
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Section 7. If there be objection by the President or the Senate to the 6 or 12 year plans, they shall be returned for re-study and re-submission. If there still be differences, and if the President and the Senate agree, they shall prevail. If they do not agree, the Senate shall prevail and the plan shall be revised accordingly.
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Section 8. The Newstates, on June 1st, shall submit proposals for development to be considered for inclusion in those for the Newstates of America. Researches and administration shall be delegated, when convenient, to planning agencies of the Newstates.
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Section 9. There shall be submissions from private individuals or from organized associations affected with a public interest, as defined by the Board. They shall report intentions to expand or contract, estimates of production and demand, probable uses of resources, numbers expected to be employed, and other essential information.
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Section 10. The Planning Branch shall make and have custody of official maps, and these shall be documents of reference for future developments both public and private; on them the location of facilities, with extension indicated, and the intended use of all areas shall be marked out.
Official maps shall also be maintained by the planning agencies of the Newstates, and in matters not exclusively national the National Planning Board may rely on these.
Undertakings in violation of official designation shall be at the risk of the veturer, and ther shall be no recourse; but losses from designations after acquisition shall be recoverable in actions before the Court of Claims.
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Section 11. The Planning branch shall have available to it funds equal to 1/2 of 1% of the approved national budget (not including debt services or payments from trust funds). They shall be held by the Chancellor of Financial Affairs and expended according to the rules approved by the Board; but funds not expended within 6 years shall be available for other uses.
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Section 12. Allocations may be made for the planning agencies of the Newstates; but only the maps and plans of the National Board, or those approved by them, shall have status at law.
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Section 13. In making plans, there shall be due regard to the interests of other nations and such co-operation with their intentions as may be approved by the Board.
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Section 14. There may also be co-operation with international agencies and such contributions to their work as are not disapproved by the President.
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ARTICLE 5
The Presidency
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Section 1. The President of the Newstates of America shall be the head of government, shaper of its commitments, expositor of its policies, and supreme commander of its protective forces; shall have one term of 9 years, unless rejected by 60% of the electorate after 3 years; shall take care that the nation's resources are estimated and are apportioned to its more exigent needs; shall recommend such plans, legislation, and action as may be necessary; and shall address the legislators each year on the state of the nation, calling upon them to do their part for the general good.
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Section 2. There shall be 2 Vice-Presidents elected with the President; at the time of taking office, the President shall designate 1 Vice-President to supervise internal affairs; and 1 to be deputy for general affairs. The deputy for general affairs shall succeed if the presidency be vacated; the Vice-President for internal affairs shall be second in succession. If either Vice-President shall die or be incapacitated, the President, with the consent of the Senate, shall appoint a successor. Vice-Presidents shall serve during and extended term with such assignments as the President may make.
If the presidency fall vacant through the disability of both Vice-Presidents, the Senate shall elect successors from among its members to serve until the next general election.
With the Vice-Presidents and other officials the President shall see to it that the laws are faithfully executed and shall pay attention to the findings and recommendations of the Planning Board, the National Regulatory Board, and the Watchkeeper in formulating national policies.
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Section 3. Responsible to the Vice-President for General Affairs shall be Chancellors of External, Financial, Legal, and Military Affairs.
The Chancellor of External Affairs shall assist in conducting regulations with other nations.
The Chancellor of Financial Affairs shall supervise the nation's financial and monetary systems, regulating its capital markets and credit-issuing institutions as they may be established by law; and this shall include lending institutions for operations in other nations or in co-operation with them, except that treaties may determine their purposes and standards.
The Chancellor of Legal Affairs shall act for the presidency in disposing all armed forces except militia commanded by governors, but these shall be available for national service at the President's convenience.
Except in declared emergency, the deployment of forces in far waters or in other nations without their consent shall be notified in advance to a national security committee of the Senate hereinafter provided.
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Section 4. Responsible to the Vice-President for Internal Affairs there shall be chancellors of such departments as the President may find necessary for performing the services of government and are not rejected by a 2/3rds vote when the succeeding budget is considered.
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Section 5. Candidates for the presidency and the vice-presidencies shall be natural-born citizens. Their suitability may be questioned by the Senate within 10 days of their nomination, and if 2/3rds of the whole agree, they shall be ineligible and a nominating convention shall be reconvened. At the time of his nomination no candidate shall be a member of the Senate and none shall be on active service in the armed forces or a senior civil servant.
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Section 6. The President may take leave because of illness or for an interval of relief, and the Vice-President in charge of General Affairs shall act. The President may resign if the Senate agree; and, if the term shall have more than 2 years to run, the Overseer shall arrange for a special election for President and Vice-President.
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Section 7. The Vice-President may be directed to perform such ministerial duties as the President may find convenient; but their instructions shall be of record, and their actions shall be taken as his deputy.
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Section 8. Incapacitation may be established without concurrence of the President by a 3/4 vote of the Senate, whereupon a successor shall become Acting President until the disability be declared, by a similar vote, to be ended or to have become permanent. Similarly the other Vice-President shall succees if a predecessor die or be disabled. Special elections, in these contingencies, may be required by the Senate.
Acting Presidents may appoint deputies, unless the Senate object, to assume their duties until the next election.
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Section 9. The Vice-Presidents, together with such other officials as the President may designate from tiem to time, may constitute a cabinet or council; but this shall not include officials of other branches.
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Section 10. Treaties or agreements with other nations, negotiated under the President's authority, shall be in effect unless objected to by a majority of the Senate within 90 days. If they are objected to, the President may resubmit and the Senate reconsider. If a majority still object, the Senate shall prevail.
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Section 11. All officers, except those of other branches, shall be appointed and may be removed by the President. A majority of the Senate may object to appointments within 60 days, and alternative candidates shall be offered until it agrees.
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Section 12. The President shall notify the Planning Board and the House of Representatives , on the 4th Tuesday in June, what the maximum allowable expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year shall be.
The President may determine to make expenditures less than provided in appropriations; but, except in declared emergency, none shall be made in excess of appropriations. Reduction shall be because of changes in requirements and shall not be such as to impair the integrity of budgetary procedures.
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Section 13. There shall be a Public Custodian, appointed by the President and removable by him, who shall have charge of properties belonging to the government, but not allocated to specific agencies, who shall administer common public services, shall have charge of building construction and rentals, and shall have other duties as may be designated by the President or the designated Vice-Presidents.
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Section 14. There shall be an Intendant, responsible to the President, who shall supervise Offices for Intelligence and Investigation; also and Office of Emergency Organization with the duty of providing plans and procedures for such contingencies as can be anticipated.
The Intendant shall also charter non-profit corporations (or foundations), unless the President shall object, determined by him to be for useful public purposes. Such corporations shall be exempt from taxation but shall conduct no profit making enterprises.
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Section 15. The Intendant shall also be a counselor for the co-ordination of scientific and cultural experiments, and for studies within the government and elsewhere, and for this purpose shall employ such assistance as may be found necessary.
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Section 16. Offices for other purposes may be established and may be discontinued by presidential order within the funds allocated in the procedures of appropriation.
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ARTICLE 6
The Legislative Branch, (The Senate and the House of Representatives)
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A. The Senate
Section 1. There shall be a Senate with membership as follows:
If they so desire, former Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Principal Justices, Overseers, Chairmen of the Planning and Regulatory Boards, Governors having had more than 7 years' service, and unsuccessful candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency who have received at least 30% of the vote.
To be appointed by the President, 3 persons who have been Chancellors, 2 officials from the civil services, 2 officials from the diplomatic services, 2 senior military officers, also 1 person from a panel of 3, elected in a process approved by the Overseer, by each of 12 such groups of associations as the President may recognize from time to time to be nationally representative, but none shall be a political or religious group, no individual selected shall have been paid by any private interest to influence government, and any association objected to by the Senate shall not be recognized.
Similarly, to be appointed by the Principal Justice, 2 persons distinguished in public law and 2 former members of the High Courts or the Judicial Council. Also, to be elected by the House of Representatives, 3 members who have served 6 or more years.
Vacancies to be filled as they occur.
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Section 2. Membership shall continue for life, except that absences not provided for by rule shall constitute retirement, and that Senators may retire voluntarily.
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Section 3. The Senate shall elect as presiding officer and Convener who shall serve for 2 years, when his further service may be discontinued by a majority vote. Other officers, including a Deputy, shall be appointed by the Convener unless the Senate shall object.
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Section 4. The Senate shall meet each year on the 2nd Tuesday in July and shall be in continuous session, but may adjourn to the call of the Convenor. A quorum shall be more than 3/5ths of the whole membership.
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Section 5. The Senate shall consider, and return within 30 days, all measures approved by the House of Representatives (except the annual budget). Approval or disapproval shall be by majority vote of those present. Objections shall stand unless the House of Representatives shall overcome it by a majority vote plus one; it no return be made, approval by the House of Representatives shall be final.
For consideration of laws passed by the House of Representatives or for other purposes, the Convenor may appoint appropriate committees.
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Section 6. The Senate may ask advice from the Principal Justice concerning the constitutionality of measures before it; and if this be done, the time for return to the House of Representatives may extend to 90 days.
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Section 7. If requested, the Senate may advise the President on matters of public interest; or, if not requested, by resolution approved by 2/3rds of those present. There shall be a special duty to note expressions of concern during party conventions and commitments made during campaigns; and if these be neglected, to remind the President and the House of Representatives that these undertakings are to be considered.
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Section 8. In time of present or prospective danger caused by cataclysm, by attack, or by insurrection, the Senate may declare a national emergency and may authorize the President to take appropriate action. If the Senate be dispersed, and no quorum available, the President may proclaim the emergency, and may terminate it unless the Senate shall have acted. If the President be not available, and the circumstances extreme, the senior serving member of the presidential succession may act until a quorum assembles.
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Section 9. The Senate may also define and declare a limited emergency in time of prospective danger, or of local or regional disaster, of if an extraordinary advantage be anticipated. It shall be considered by the House of Representatives within 3 days and, unless disapproved, may extend for a designated period and for a limited area before renewal.
Extraordinary expenditures during emergency may be approved, without reguard to usual budget procedures, by the House of Representatives with the concurrence of the President.
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Section 10. The Senate, at the beginning of each session, shall select 3 of its members to constitute a National Security Committee to be consulted by the President in emergencies requiring the deployment of the armed forces abroad. If the Committee dissent from the President's proposal, it shall report to the Senate, whose decision shall be final.
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Section 11. The Senate shall elect, or may remove, a National Watchkeeper, and shall oversee, through a standing committee, Watchkeeping Service conducted according to rules formulated for their approval. With the assistance of an appropriate staff the Watchkeeper shall gather and organize information concerning the adequacy, competence, and integrity of governmental agencies and their personnel, as well as their continued usefulness; and shall also suggest the need for new or expanded services, making report concerning any agency of the deleterious effect of its activities on citizens or on the environment.
The Watchkeeper shall entertain petitions for the redress of grievances and shall advise the appropriate agencies if there be need for action.
For all these purposes, personnel may be appointed, investigations made, witnesses examined, post audits made, and information required.
The Convener shall present the Watchkeeper's findings to the Senate, and if it be judged to be in the public interest, thay shall be made public or, without being made public, be sent to the appropriate agency for its guidance and such action as may be needed. On recommendation of the Watchkeeper the Senate may initiate corrective measures to be voted on by the House of Representatives within 30 days. When approved by a majority and not vetoed by the President, they shall become law.
For the Watchkeeping Service, 1/4 of 1% of individual net taxable incomes shall be held by the Chancellor of Financial Affairs; but amounts not expended in any fiscal year shall be available for general use.
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B. The House of Representatives
Section 1. The House of Representatives shall be the original lawmaking body of the Newstates of America.
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Section 2. It shall convene each year on the 2nd Tuesday in July and shall remain in continuous session except that it may adjourn to the call of a Speaker, elected by majority vote from among the Representatives-at-large, who shall be its presiding officer.
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Section 3. It shall be a duty to implement the provisions of this constitution and, in legislating, to be guided by them.
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Section 4. Party leaders and their deputies shall be chosen by caucus at the beginning of each session.
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Section 5. Standing and temporary committees shall be selected as follows:
Committees dealing with the calendaring and management of bills shall have a majority of members nominated to party caucuses by the Speaker; other members shall be nominated by minority leaders. Membership shall correspond to the parties' proportions at the last election. If nominations be not approved by a majority of the caucus, the Speaker of the minority leaders shall nominate others until a majority shall approve.
Members of other committees shall be chosen by party caucus in proportion to the results of the last election. Chairman shall be elected annually from among at-large members.
Bills referred to committees shall be returned to the house with recommendations within 60 days unless extension be voted by the House.
In all committee actions names of those voting for and against shall be recorded.
No committee chairman may serve longer than 6 years.
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Section 6. Approved legislation, not objected to by the Senate within the allotted time, shall be presented to the President for his approval or disapproval. If the President disapprove, and 3/4ths of the House membership still approve, it shall become law.
The names of those voting for and against shall be recorded. Bills not returned within 11 days shall become law.
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Section 7. The President may have 30 days to consider measures approved by the House unless they shall have been submitted 12 days previous to adjournment.
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Section 8. The House shall consider promptly the annual budget; if there be no objection, it shall be notified to the Planning Board; the Board shall then resubmit through the President; and, with his comments, it shall be returned to the House. If there still be objection by a 2/3rds majority, the House shall prevail. Objection must be by whole title; titles not objected to when voted on shall constitute appropriation.
The budget for the fiscal year shall be in effect on January 1st. Titles not yet acted on shall be as in the former budget until action be completed.
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Section 9. It shall be the duty of the House to make laws concerning taxes.
1. For their laying and collection:
    a. They shall be uniform, and shall not be retroactive.
    b. Except such as may be authorized by law to be laid by Authorities, or by the Newstates, all collections shall be made by a national revenue agency. This shall include collections for trust funds hereinafter authorized.     c. Except for corporate levies to be held in the National Sharing Fund, hereinafter authorized, taxes may be collected only from individuals and only from incomes; but there may be withholding from current incomes.
    d. To assist in the maintenance of economic stability, the President may be authorized to alter rates by executive order.
    e. They shall be imposed on profit making enterprises owned or conducted by religious establishments or other non-profit organizations.
    f. There shall be none on food, medicines, residential rentals, or commodities or services designated by law as necessities; and there shall be no double taxation.
    g. None shall be levied for registering ownership or transfer of property.
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2. For expenditures from revenues:
    a. For the purposes in the annual budget unless objection be made by the procedure prescribed herein.
    b. For such other purposes as the House may indicate and require the Planning Branch to include in revisions of the budget; but, except in declared emergency, the total may not exceed the President's estimate of available funds.
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3. For fixing the percentage of net corporate taxable incomes to be paid into a National Sharing Fund to be held in the custody of the Chancellor of Financial Affairs and made available for such welfare and environmental purposes as are authorized by law.
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4. To provide for the regulation of commerce with other nations and among the Newstates, Possessions, Territories; or, as shall be mutually agreed, with other organized governments; but exports shall not be taxed; and imports shall not be taxed except on recommendation of the President at rates whose allowable variation shall have been fixed by law. There shall be no quotas, and no nations favored by special rates, unless by special acts requiring 2/3rds majorities.
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5. To establish, or provide for the establishment of, institutions for the safekeeping of savings, for the gathering and distribution of capital, for the issuance of credit, for regulating the coinage of money, for controlling the media of exchange, and for stabilizing prices; but such institutions, when not public or semipublic, shall be regarded as affected with the public interest and shall be supervised by the Chancellor of Financial Affairs.
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6. To establish institutions for insurance against risks and liabilities, or to provide suitable agencies for the regulation of such as are not public.
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7. To ensure the maintenance, by ownership or regulation, of facilities for communication, transportation, and others commonly used and necessary for public convenience.
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8. To assist in the maintenance of world order, and, for this purpose, when the President shall recommend, to vest jurisdiction in international legislative, judicial, or administrative agencies.
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9. To develop with other peoples, and for the benefit of all, the resources of space, of other bodies in the universe, and of the seas beyond 12 miles from low-water shores unless treaties shall provide other limits.
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10. To assist other peoples who have not attained satisfactory levels of well-being; to delegate the administration of funds for assistance, whenever possible, to international agencies; and to invest in or contribute to the furthering of development in other parts of the world.
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11. To assure, or to assist in assuring, adequate and equal facilities for education; for training in occupations citizens may be fitted to pursue; and to re-educate or re-train those whose occupations may become obsolete.
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12. To establish or to assist institutions devoted to higher education, to research, or to technical training.
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13. To establish and maintain, or assist in maintaining, libraries, archives, monuments, and other places of historic interest.
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14. To assist in the advancement of sciences and technologies; and to encourage cultural activities.
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15. To conserve natural resources by purchase, by withdrawal from use, or by regulation; to provide, or to assist in providing, facilities for recreation; to establish and maintain parks, forests, wilderness areas, wetlands, and prairies; to improve streams and other waters; to ensure the purity of air and water; to control the erosion of soils, and to provide for all else necessary fo the protection and common use of the national heritage.
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16. To acquire property and improvements for public use at costs to be fixed, if necessary, by the Court of Claims.
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17. To prevent the stoppage or hindrance of governmental procedures, or of other activities affected with a public interest as defined by law, by reason of disputes between employers and employees, or for other reasons, and for this purpose to provide for conclusive arbitration if adequate provision for collective bargaining fail. From such finding there may be appeal to the Court of Arbitration Review; but such procedings may not stay the acceptance of findings.
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18. To support and adequate civil service for the performance of such duties as may be designated by administrators; and for this purpose to refrain from interference with the process of appointment or placement, asking advice of testimony bevore committees only with the consent of appropriate superiors.
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19. To provide for the maintenance of armed forces.
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20. To enact such measures as will assist families in making adjustment to future conditions, using estimates concerning population and resources made by the Planning Board.
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21. To vote within 90 days on such measures as the President may designate as urgent.
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ARTICLE 7
The Regulatory Branch
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Section 1. There shall be a Regulatory Branch, and there shall be a National Regulator chosen by a majority vote of the Senate and removable by 2/3rds vote of that body. His term shall be 7 years, and he shall preside over a National Regulatory Board.
Together they shall make and administer rules for the conduct of all economic enterprises.
The Regulatory Branch shall have such agencies as the Board may find necessary and are not disapproved by law.
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Section 2. The Regulatory Board shall consist of 17 members recommended to the Senate by the Regulator. Unless rejected by majority vote they shall act with the Regulator as a lawmaking body for industry. They shall initially have terms of 1 or 17 years, 1 being replaced each year and serving for 17 years. They shall be compensated and shall have no other occupaton.
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Section 3. Under procedures approved by the board, the Regulator shall charter all corporations or enterprises except those exempted because of size or other characteristics, or those supervised by the Chancellor of Financial Affairs, or by the Intendant, or those whose activities are confined to one Newstate. Charters shall describe proposed activities, and departure from these shall require amendment on penalty of revocation. For this purpose there shall be investigation and enforcement services under the direction of the Regulator.
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Section 4. Chartered enterprises in similar industries or occupations may organize joint Authorities. These may formulate among themselves codes to ensure fair competition, meet external costs, set standards for quality and service, expand trade, increase production, eliminate waste, and assist in standardization. Authorities may maintain for common use services for research and communication; but membership shall be open to all eligible enterprises. Non-members shall be required to maintain the same standards as those prescribed for members.
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Section 5. Authorities shall have governing committees of 5, two being appointed by the Regulator to represent the public. They shall serv as he may determine; they shall be compensated; and he shall take care that there be no conflicts of interest. The board may approve or prescribe rules for the distribution of profits to stockholders, allowable amounts of working capital, and reserves. Costing and all other practices affecting the public interest shall be monitored.
All codes shall be subject to review by the Regulator with his Board.
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Section 6. Member enterprises of an Authority shall be exempt from other regulation.
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Section 7. The Regulator, with his Board, shall fix standards and procedures for mergers of enterprises or the acquisition of some by others; and these shall be in effect unless rejected by the Court of Administrative Settlements. The purpose shall be to encourage adaptation to change and to further approve intentions for the nation.
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Section 8. The charters of enterprises may be revoked and Authorities may be dissolved by the Regulator, with the concurrence of the Board, if they restrict the production of goods and services, or controls of their prices; also if external costs are not assessed to their originators or if the ecological impacts of their operations are deleterious.
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Section 9. Operations extending abroad shall conform to policies notified to the Regulator by the President; and he shall restrict or control such activities as appear to injure the national interest.
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Section 10. The Regulator shall make rules for and shall supervise marketplaces for goods and services; but this shall not include security exchanges regulated by the Chancellor of Financial Affairs.
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Section 11. Designation of enterprises affected with a public interest, rules for conduct of enterprises and of their Authorities, and other actions of the Regulator or of the Board may be appealed to the Court of Administrative Settlements, whose judgements shall be informed by the intention to establish fairness to consumer and competitors and stability in economic affairs.
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Section 12. Responsible also to the Regulator, there shall be an Operations Comission appointed by the Regulator, unless the Senate object, for the supervision of enterprises owned in whole or in part by government. The commission shall choose its chairman, and he shall be the executive head of a supervisory staff. He may require reports, conduct investigations, and make rules and recommendations concerning surpluses or deficits, the absorbtion of external costs, standards of service, and rates or prices charged for services or goods.
Each enterprise shall have a director, chosen and removable by the Commission; and he shall conduct its affairs in accordance with standards fixed by the Commission.
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ARTICLE 8
The Judicial Branch
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Section 1. There shall be a Principal Justice of the Newstates of America; a Judicial Council; and a Judicial Assembly. There shall also be a Supreme Court and a High Court of Appeals; also Courts of Claims, Rights and Duties, Administrative Review, Arbitration Settlements, Tax Appeals, and Appeals from Watchkeeper's Findings. There shall be Circuit Courts to be of first resort in suits brought under national law; and they shall hear appeals from courts of the Newstates.
Other courts may be established by law on recommendation of the Principal Justice with the Judicial Council.
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Section 2. The Principal Justice shall preside over the judicial system, shall appoint the members of all national courts, and, unless the Judicial Council object, shall make its rules; also, through an Administrator, supervise its operations.
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Section 3. The Judicial Assembly shall consist of Circuit Court Judges, together with those of the High Courts of the Newstates of America and those of the highest courts of the Newstates. It shall meet annually, or at the call of the Principal Justice, to consider the state of the Judiciary and such other matters as may be laid before it.
It shall also meet at the call of the Convener to nominate 3 candidates for the Principal Justiceship whenever a vacancy shall occur. From these nominees the Senate shall choose the one having the most votes.
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Section 4. The Principal Justice, unless the Senate object to any, shall appoint a Judicial Council of 5 members to serve during his incumbency. He shall designate a senior member who shall preside in his absence.
It shall be the duty of the Council, under the direction of the Principal Justice, to study the courts in operation, to prepare codes of ethics to be observed by members, and to suggest changes in procedure. The Councils may ask the advice of the Judicial Assembly.
It shall also be a duty of the Council, as hereinafter provided, to suggest constitutional amendments when they appear to be necessary; and it shall also draft revisions if they shall be required. Further, it shall examine, and from time to time cause to be revised, civil and criminal codes; thes, when approved by the Judicial Assembly, shall be in effect throughout the nation.
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Section 5. The Principal Justice shall have a term of 11 years; but if at any time the incumbent resign to be disabled from continuing in office, as may be determined by the Senate, replacement shall be by the senior member of the Judicial Council until a new selection be made. After 6 years the Assembly may provide, by a 2/3rds vote, for discontinuance in office, and a successor shall then be chosen.
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Section 6. The Principal Justice may suspend members of any court for incapacity or violation of rules, and the separation shall be final if a majority of the Council agree.
For each court the Principal Justice shall, from time to time, appoint a member who shall preside.
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Section 7. A presiding judge may decide, with the concurrence of the senior judge, that there may be pretrial proceedings, that criminal trials shall be conducted by either investigatory or adversary proceedings, and whether there shall be a jury and what the number of jurors shall be; but investigatory proceedings shall require a bench of 3.
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Section 8. In deciding on the concordance of statutes with the Constitution, the Supreme Court shall return to the House of Representatives such as it cannot construe. If the House fail to make return within 90 days the Court may interpret.
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Section 9. The Principal Justice, or the President, may grant pardons or reprieves.
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Section 10. The High Courts shall have 13 members; but 9 members, chosen by their senior justices from time to time, shall constitute a court. The justices on leave shall be subject to recall.
Other courts shall have 9 members; but 7, chosen by their seniors, shall constitute a court.
All shall be in continuous session except for recesses approved by the Principal Justice.
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Section 11. The Principal Justice, with the Council, may advist the Senate, when requested, concerning the appropriateness of measures approved by the House of Representatives; and may also advise the President, when requested, on matters he may refer for consultation.
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Section 12. It shall be for other branches to accept and to enforce judicial decrees.
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Section 13. The High Court of Appeals may select applications for further consideration by the Supreme Court, of decisions reached by other courts, including those of Newstates. If it agree that there be a constitutional issue it may make preliminary judgement to be reviewed without hearing, and finally, by the Supreme Court.
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Section 14. The Supreme Court may decide:
a. Whether in litigation coming to it on appeal, constitutional provisions have been violated or standards have not been met.
b. On the application of constitutional provisions to suits involving the Newstates.
c. Whether international law, as recognized in treaties, United Nations agreements, or arrangements with other nations, has been ignored or violated.
What is the date of this document? When was it conceived? d. Other causes involving the interpretation of constitutional provisions; except that in holding any branch to have exceeded its powers the decision shall be suspended until the Judicial Council shall have determined wheter, in order to avoid confrontation, procedures for amendment of the Constitution are appropriate.
If amendatory proceedings are intituted, decision shall await the outcome.
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Section 15. The Courts of the Newstates shall have initial jurisdiction in cases arising under their laws except those involving the Newstate itself or those reserved for national courts by a rule of the Principal Justice with the Judicial Council.
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ARTICLE 9
General Provisions
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Section 1. Qualification for participation in democratic procedures as a citizen, and eligibility for office, shall be subject to repeated study and redefinition; but any change in qualifications of eligibility shall become effective only if not disapproved by the Congress.
For this purpose a permanent Citizenship and Qualifications Commission shall be constituted, 4 members to be appointed by the President, 3 by the Convenor of the Senate, 3 by the Speaker of the House, and 3 by the Principal Justice. Vacancies shall be filled as the occur. The members shall choose a chairman; they shall have suitable assistants and accomodations; and they may have other occupations. Recommendations of the commission shall be presented to the President and shall be transmitted to the House of Representatives with comments. They shall have a preferred place on the calendar and, if approved, shall be in effect.
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Section 2. Areas necessary for the uses of government may be acquired at its valuation and may be maintained as the public interest may require. Such areas shall have self-government in matters of local concern.
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Section 3. The President may negotiate for the acquisition of areas outside the Newstates of America, and, if the Senate approve, may provide for their organization as Possessions or Territories.
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Section 4. The President may make agreements with other organized peoples for a relation other than full membership in the Newstates of America. They may become citizens and may participate in the selection of officials. They may receive assistance for their development or from the National Sharing Fund if they conform to its requirements; and they may serve in civilian or military services, but only as volunteers. They shall be represented in the House of Representatives by members elected at large, their number proportional to their constituencies; but each shall have at least 1; and each shall in the same way choose 1 permanent member of the Senate.
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Section 5. The President, the Vice-Presidents, and members of the legislative houses shall in all cases except treason, felony, and breach of peace be exempt from penalty for anything they may say while pursuing public duties; but the Judicial Council may make restraining rules.
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Section 6. Except as otherwise provided by this Constitution, each legislative house shall establish its requirements for membership and may make rules for the conduct of members, including conflicts of interest, providing its own disciplines for their infraction.
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Section 7. No Newstate shall interfere with officials of the Newstates of America in the performance of their duties, and all shall give full faith and credit to the Acts of other Newstates and of the Newstates of America.
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Section8. Public funds shall be expended only as authorized in this Constituion.
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ARTICLE 10
Governmental Arrangements
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Section 1. Officers of the Newstates of America shall be those named in this Constituion, including those of the legislative houses and others authorized by law to be appointed; they shall be compensated, and none may have other paid occupations unless they be excepted by law; none shall occupy more than one position of government; and no gift or favor shall be accepted if an any way related to official duty.
No income from former employments or associations shall continue for their benefits; but their properties may be put in trust and managed without their intervention during continuance in office. Hardships under this rule may be considered by the Court of Rights and Duties, and execptions may be made with due regard to the general intention.
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Section 2. The President, the Vice-Presidents, and the Principal Justice shall have households appropriate to their duties. The President, the Vice-Presidents, the Principal Justice, the Chairman of the Planning Board, the Regulator, the Watchkeeper, and the Overseer shall have salaries fixed by law and continued for life; but if they become members of the Senate, they shall have senatorial compensation and shall conform to senatorial requirements.
Justices of the High Courts shall have no term; and their salaries shall be 2/3rds that of the Principal Justice; they, and members of the Judicial Council, unless they shall have become Senators, shall be permanent members of the Judiciary and shall be available for assignment by the Principal Justice.
Salaries for members of the Senate shall be the same as for Justices of the High Court of Appeals.
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Section 3. Unless otherwise provided herein, officials designated by the head of a branch as sharers in policymaking may be appointed by him Who him? with the President's concurrence and unless the Senate shall object.
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Section 4. There shall be administrators:
a. for executive offices and official households, appointed by authority of the President.
b. for the national courts, appointed by the Principal Justice.
c. for the Legislative Branch, selected by a committee of members from each house (chosen by the Convener and the Speaker), 3 from the House of Representatives and 4 from the Senate.
Appropriations shall be made to them; but those for the Presidency shall not be reduced during his term unless with his consent; and those for the Judicial Branch shall not be reduced during 5 years succeeding their dtermination, unless with the consent of the Principal Justice.
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Section 5. The fiscal year shall be the same as the calendar year, with new appropriations available at its beginning.
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Section 6. There shall be an Officials' Protective Service to guard the President, the Vice-Presidents, the Principal Justice, and other officials whose safety may be at hazard; and there shall be a Protector appointed by and responsible to a standing committe of the Senate. Protected officials shall be guided by procedures approved by the committee.
The service, at the request of the Political Overseer, may extend its protection to candidates for office; or to other officials, if the commitee so decide.
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Section 7. A suitable contingency fund shall be made available to the President for purposes defined by law.
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Section 8. The Senate shall try officers of government other than legislators when such officers are impeached by a 2/3rds vote of the House of Representatives for conduct prejudicial to the public interest. If Presidents or Vice-Presidents are to be tried, the Senate, as constituted, shall conduct the trial. Judgements shall not extend beyond removal from office and disqualification from holding further office; but the convicted official shall be liable to further prosecution.
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Section 9. Members of legislative houses may be impeached by the Judicial Council; but for trials it shall be enlarged to 17 by Justices of the High Courts appointed by the Principal Justice. If convicted, members shall be expelled and be ineligible for future public office; and they shall also be liable for trial as citizens.
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ARTICLE 11
Amendments
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Section 1. It being the special duty of the Judicial Council to formulate and suggest amendments to this Constitution, it shall, from time to time, make proposals, through the Principal Justice, to the Senate. The Senate, if it approve, and if the President agree, shall instruct the Overseer to arrange at the next national election for submission of the amendment to the electorate. If not disapproved by a majority, it shall become part of this Constituion. If rejected, it may be restudied and a new proposal submitted.
It shall be the purpose of the amending procedure to correct deficiencies in the Constitution, to extend it when new responsiblities require, and to make government responsible to the needs of the people, making use of advances in managerial competence and establishing security and stability; also to preclude changes in the Constitution resulting from interpretation.
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Section 2. When this Constitution shall have been effect for 25 years, the Overseer shall ask, by referendum, whether a new Constitution shall be prepared. If a majority so decide, the Council, making use of such advice as may be available, and consulting those who have made complaint, shall prepare a new draft for submission at the next election. If not disapproved by a majority, it shall be in effect. If disapproved it shall be redrafted and resubmitted with such changes as may be then appropriate to the circumstances, and it shall be submitted to the voters at the following election.
If not disapproved by a majority it shall be in effect. If disapproved it shall be restudied and resubmitted.
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ARTICLE 12
Transition
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Section 1. The President is authorized to assume such powers, make such appointments, and use such funds as are necessary to make this Constitution effective as soon as possible after aceptance by a referendum he may initiate.
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Section 2. Such members of the Senate as may be at once available shall convene and, if at least half, shall constitute sufficient membership while others are being added. They shall appoint an Overseer to arrange for electorial organization and elections for the offices of government; but the President and Vice-Presidents shall serve out their terms and then become members of the Senate. At that time the presidency shall be constituted as provided in this Constitution.
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Section 3. Until each indicated change in the government shall have been completed, the provisions of the existing Constitution and the organs of government shall be in effect.
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Section 4. All operations of the national government shall cease as they are replaced by those authorized under this Constitution.
The President shall determine when replacement is complete.
The President shall cause to be constituted an appropriate commission to designate existing laws inconsistent with this Constitution, and they shall be void; also the commission shall assist the President and the legislative houses in the formulation of such laws as may be consistent with the Constitution and necessary to its implementation.
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Section 5. For establishing Newstates boundaries a commission of 13, appointed by the President, shall make recommendations within 1 year. For this purpose the members may take adivce and commission studies concerning resources, population, transportation, communication, economic and social arrangements, and such other conditions as may be significant. The President shall transmit the commission's report to the Senate. After entertaining, if convenient, petitions for revision, the Senate shall report whether the recommendations are safisfactory but the President shall decide whether they shall be accepted or shall be returned for revision.
Existing states shall not be divided unless metropolitan areas extending over more than one state are to be included in one Newstate, or unless other compelling circumstances exist; and each Newstate shall possess harmonious regional characteristics.
The Commission shall continue while the Newstates make adjustments among themselves and shall have jurisdiction in disputes arising among them.
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Section 6. Constitutions of the Newstates shall be established as arranged by the Judicial Council and the Principal Justices. These procedures shall be as follows:
Constitutions shall be drafted by the highest courts of the Newstates. There shall then be a convention of 100 delegates chosen in special elections in a procedure approved by the Overseer. If the Constitution be not rejected it shall be in effect and the government shall be constituted. If it be rejected, the Principal Justice, advised by the Judicial Council, shall promulgate a Constituion and initiate revisions to be submitted for approval at a time he shall appoint. It it again be rejected he shall promulgate another, taking account of objections, and it shall be in effect. A Constitution, once in effect, shall be valid for 25 years as herein provided. The proposed Newstates constitution if rejected will be reworked by judges and resubmitted to the voters, if again rejected it will be reworked again and be in effect without approval of the voters. They are determined to destroy our present Constitution.
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Section 7. Until Governors and legislatures of the Newstates are seated, their governments shall continue, except that the President may appoint temporary Governors to act as executives until succeeded by those regularly elected. These Governors shall succeed to the executive function of the states as they become one of the Newstates of America.
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Section 8. The indicated appointments, elections, and other arrangements shall be made with all deliberate speed.
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Section 9. The first Judicial Assembly for selecting a register of candidates for the Principal Justiceship of the Newstates of America shall be called by the incumbent Chief Justice immediately upon ratification.
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Section 10. Newstates electing by referendum not to comply with recommendations of the Boundary Commission, as approved by the Senate, shall have deducted from taxes collected by the Newstates of America for transmission to them a percentage equal to the loss in efficiency from failure to comply.
Estimates shall be made by the Chancellor of Financial Affairs and approved by the President; but the deduction shall not be less than 7%. Of taxes collected nationally?
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Section 11. When this Constitution has been implemented the President may delete by proclamation appropriate parts of this article.
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