Article I: Governmental Powers:
Section 1: Executive and legislative power
Section 2. The Senate
Section 3: New Law/Amendments to this Document
Section 4: The Inner Council Section 5: The Emperor Section 6: Senatorial conduct Section 7: Order of action by the Senate Section 8: Senatorial powers Section 9: Council Powers Section 10: The ministries
Article II: Corollary powers:
Section 1: Religion
Section 2: Judicial power
Article III: Rights and freedoms:
Section 1: Rights
Section 2: Requirements to remain a citizen
Section 3: Equality
Article IV: New Law and Amendments to this Document:
A new law under consideration must be submitted to the Senate, where it will be voted upon.
Executive and legislative power will be held by the Senate.
The Senate is to be the high government of the Aerican Empire, above or in some cases overriding the constitutions of the members and colonies.
Clause 1: The Senate members are to be elected by the worlds/colonies/areas which they represent.
Clause 2: No worlds/colonies/areas will have more than 2 members in the Senate.
Clause 3:All members most be selected by over 50% of the population. These Senators will represent their people when called upon to do so before the Senate.
Clause 4: Members may be of any age or creed, but must have been elected knowingly by their constituents.
Clause 5: Seats are held for 4 years by Senators before a new election is called. If a colony does not have two seats full, it may call a vote to fill the empty seats.
Clause 6: An election may be called by either the Emperor or the Senate, at a time agreed upon by both parties, with three months notice. An election may be called with only one week's notice by the President to fill the empty seats in a colony.
Clause 7: If a senator transmits to the Emperor or Senate his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to the Emperor a written declaration to the contrary, theresponsibilities of his office shall be discharged by an Acting Senator, elected by Senate.
Clause 8: No member of of the Senate shall hold a position in the government of another micronation.
Clause 9: One Senator shall be elected by the Senate to act as President of the Senate. This member shall moderate discussion and manage activity and voting.
Clause 10: The Emperor shall act as Vice-President of the Senate, fulfilling the duties of the President when there is no President or the President cannot fulfill his duties.
A new law under consideration must be submitted to the Senate, where it will be voted upon.
Clause 1: Each Senator has one vote. In cases were there is no Senatorial representation, or an area has only one Senator, empty seats are counted as abstentions. In the event of a tie, the Emperor receives a second vote to break it.
Clause 2: A proposal is first voted on in the Senate. If it passes, it is then taken by the group which submitted it and narrowed, fixed, and repaired for loopholes. It is then re-voted by the Senate. If it passes again, it becomes law within a year.
Clause 3: The People may veto a law by petitioning the Senate. A petition of no less than 1/2 the total population must be presented to the Senate.
Clause 4: Any Senator who fails to vote during the assigned time shall be counted as an abstention.
Clause 5: A senator may delay bills from being presented to the Emperor or being passed by Senate no longer than 14 days, not including Sundays and Public Holidays for any reason; only 1 senator can delay its arrival to the Senate one time, after the stated time is up, the Senator must give his vote.
The function of the Inner Council is to be an advisory body to the Emperor, his ministers, and anyone seeking their guidance.
Clause 1: The Inner Council is to be chosen by the Emperor. It must be composed of imperial citizens.
Clause 2: In the event of the Emperor no longer holding power, the Council may stay in power for up to one standard year before yielding to a new Inner Council. The new Emperor may keep the old Council or form a new one.
The emperor will be the chief of state of the Aerican Empire.
Clause 1:The Emperor will be a Senator. He/she/it will be selected by a vote within the Senate. Once the Emperor has been chosen, they are no longer a Senator and their constituency may select another delegate.
Clause 2: The Emperor may be selected from outside the Senate in a vote of the Senators.
Clause 3: The position of Emperor will be held until death, abdication, or impeachment.
Clause 4: The Emperor will have powers no greater than any senator except:
Clause 5: The Emperor may be impeached by the Senate, if there is a 75% majority in favor.
Members acting in an improper manner will be forced to leave. Members showing Xenophobic tendencies will be forced to leave.
Clause 1:The Senate must look at all items in chronological order of being received.
Clause 2:Items involving war, disaster, and diplomacy must take precedence.
The powers of the Senate shall be as follows:
Clause 1: The Senate will have the power to: Coin money, control the military, control disaster relief, control intercolonial law, intercolonial travel regulation, control civilian ownership of armed vehicles and weapons, control taxes.
Clause 2: The Senate will assume new powers as the need arises.
The powers of the Inner Council shall be as follows:
Clause 1: The Inner Council will regulate ministries. The Council will have control over all matters of the ministers and ministries, subsequent to the decisions of the Emperor.
The ministries will be offices maintained by citizens appointed by the Emperor, which will fulfill standard government duties on behalf of the Emperor and Senate.
Clause 1: A minister shall be appointed by the Emperor for each ministry. This minister will have full control of the ministry, and is answerable to the Emperor and Senate.
Clause 2: The following ministries will exist:
Clause 3: The Emperor may form or remove ministries by calling a vote in the Senate.
The Church is to be controlled on the respective colonies. Only 3 members of a high rank of a given faith may sit in the Senate.
Clause 1: Any preacher, priest, rabbi [add infinitum] must hold a Preacher's License to preach outside of their respective places of worship.
Judicial power shall be held by each region, according to the wills of the citizens.
Clause 1: For cases where no court exists in a region, or a crime is deemed too high to be judged regionally, the case shall appear before the Supreme Court of the Empire.
Clause 2: The Supreme Court shall consist of members selected by the population of the Empire as a whole. The number of judges to sit on this court shall be no less than five, and as large as the population wishes to make it.
Citizens will have the rights to: Health care if not given by the respective government, funding for education if not given by the respective government, funding for science if not given by the respective government, the rights of freedom of speech, the right to gather in groups, the right to non-violent protest, the right to political satire, and all basic rights and freedoms recognized by the United Nations.
Citizens will be required to: be registered as a citizen of a registered world in the Empire, acknowledge the Senate and its power, and follow the dictates of their respective government unless otherwise dictated by the Senate.
All citizens are equal. No race, religion, gender, society, political group, economic group, or social group shall be treated better than another.
Clause 1: Each Senator has one vote. In cases were there is no Senatorial representation, or an area has only one Senator, empty seats are counted as abstentions. In the event of a tie, the Emperor may cast a second vote to break it.
Clause 2: For Senate votes, "majority" shall be considered to be a plurality, as defined as "an excess of votes over those cast for an opposing candidate." If the number of votes cast in favor of a motion exceeds the number cast in opposition, the motion will be considered to have passed by majority vote. A Senator who abstains in a vote is not counted towards the number who voted.
Clause 3: Any Senator may sponsor a motion. A second Senator must second this motion before it is considered for voting. If the Senate is not occupied with other business, the president of the Senate will call a vote on the motion within one month of seconding. If the Senate is occupied by other voting, the President may initiate a new vote or may delay voting on new motions until current votes are completed. All votes must last for a minimum of one week and a maximum of one month and may be concluded early if all Senators have cast their vote.
Clause 4: The People may veto a law by petitioning the Senate. A petition of no less than one half the total population of the Empire (rounded down) must be presented to the Senate to veto a motion which affects multiple colonies, and a petition of no less than one half the total population of a colony (rounded down) must be presented to the Senate to veto a motion affecting only a single colony.
Clause 5: Any Senator who fails to vote during the assigned time shall be counted as an abstention.
Clause 6: A Senator may request that an upcoming or ongoing voting period be delayed or extended for up to fourteen days, not including weekends and Public Holidays, for any reason. A Senator may request this delay once for a given motion, and after the stated time is up, the Senator must vote or abstain.
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