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The Constitution of the Cool Kids

The Constitution of The Cool Kids

Article I - The Executive Branch
Section I - The Executive branch of government, also known as the Cabinet, shall be comprised of the President, the Minister for Home Affairs, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Justice Minister, the Cultural Minister, and their deputies.
Section II - The President shall preside over all other ministries. The President reserved the right to hire and fire any minister. The President shall also have all regional government powers: Appearance, Border Control, Communications, Embassies, and Polls. They shall be able to veto legislation which has not received three-quarters of Congress' support and has not been enshrined in law for thirty days. The president shall have the power of the elections following their term.

Section II - The Ministries shall have authority over the following: The Ministry of Home Affairs has responsibility for recruitment and communications; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for inter-regional diplomacy; The Ministry of Justice is responsible for all matters relating to the High Court; The Cultural/Entertainment Minister is responsible for culture and the organization and moderation of regional leisure events.

Sub-section I - The Ministers shall be given the following powers: the Home Affairs Minister will be given authority over Communications, Border Control, and Appearance; the Foreign Affairs Minister will be given authority over Embassies; The Justice Minister shall be given authority over Border Control; The Cultural/Entertainment Minister shall be given authority over Communications.

Section III - The Founder shall serve as WA Delegate.

Article II - The Legislative Branch

Section I - The Legislative branch of government, also known as Congress, shall be a bicameral legislature. The lower chamber shall be called the House of Representatives and shall consist of one member of parliament (MPs) for every 3* citizens of the region. *If the number of citizens in the region is not divisible by 3 then the number is rounded up. The number of representatives will increase by 1 for every twenty new citizens, after the original 20. The upper chamber shall be called the Senate and shall consist of 7 senators.

Section II - Any bill drafted and proposed to the House must achieve 50% of the chamber's support. If it meets this threshold, it shall be passed to the Senate where it also must achieve 50% or higher support. If it fails to reach 50% or higher support in the Senate, it may be sent back to the Commons to be amended or scrapped. If it does command half of the Senate's support, it will be sent to the president, who may veto the bill, unless it has received three-quarters of Congress' support and has not been enshrined in law for thirty days. The same process will be applied for bills originating in the Senate, which will be sent to the House upon passage.

Section III - The House and Senate shall be led by the Speaker of the House and the Chairman of the Senate. The Speaker of the House and the Chairman of the Senate shall have the power to determine their chamber's agenda.

Section IV - All ministers except for the President must be confirmed by the House with 50% of the chamber's support. If the House rejects the minister, the Prime Minister must choose another to head the ministry.

Section V - A motion of no confidence in the leadership of their chamber can be initiated by any member of Congress. If this motion received three-fourths of the chamber's support, the members of the chamber shall select a new leader for that chamber. If there is no alternative, a new election for that chamber should be called. Motions of no-confidence shall be capped at one every 90 days.

Article III - The Judicial Branch

Section I - The Judicial Branch will be composed of the High Court, which itself will be composed of five justices: the chief justice and four associate justices.

Sub-section I - One of the justices will be chosen by the President to be the Chief Justice.

Sub-section II - The court is under no obligation to accept every case which is filed before it.

Sub-section III - The court can review criminal charges - where a law has been violated, civil lawsuits - where one resident sues another or constitutional challenges - where a law violates a portion of this document or any of its amendments.

Sub-section IV - The justices on the court shall give their opinions on a case, and the opinion (for example, whether a bill is constitutional or not) with the most votes from the justices shall be the ruling. The opinion considered of the highest quality by the justices will be the majority opinion, and the justices which support it will be listed as assenting justices; the justices who disagree shall be listed as dissenting justices.

Sub-section V - Justices have no term limits and their tenures end when they are impeached, resign, or are removed from office by the President and two-thirds of the legislative chambers.

Sub-section VI - Justices will be nominated by the President and will take their seats on the court if/when they are confirmed by half of the Senate's members.

Article IV - Constitutional Amendments
Section I - The Constitution can be amended by a bill originating in the Senate or the House, and it shall be treated as a normal bill, with one exception. The legislation must receive two-thirds of both chambers' support. After this, the amendment shall go to a regional vote, if the President approves of it. The amendment can bypass the President if it receives three-quarters of support in both chambers. At the regional vote, the bill must receive two-thirds approval as well.

Article V - Supremacy
Section I - The Constitution bears the greatest legal authority in the region - all legislation, treaties, et cetera shall be considered less powerful and if they violate this constitution, they should be struck down by the High Court.

Article VI - Citizenship
To be a citizen, residents must be in the World Assembly (WA). This requirement may be bypassed by sending the President or Home Affairs Minister a telegram from a nation in the WA in another region confirming the non-WA resident is a puppet nation of the WA nation elsewhere. One person may have no more than 1 nation as a citizen in this region.

Article VII - Rights
Section I - All residents are guaranteed the following liberties without government interference:

The right to speak their mind provided this does not breach NS rules.

The right to form or join a political party.

The right to run for public office provided that they are citizens as well as residents.

The right to challenge the government, by means such as no-confidence votes and court cases.

The right to a due process and a fair and free trial.

The right to be a part of regional media.

Followed by the right of the media to cover whatever it wants to.

The right to vote in elections provided that they are citizens as well as residents.

Article VIII - Succession
Section I - If any government official resigns or ceases to exist, their deputy or the next highest member of that organization shall succeed them.

If there is no clear successor (e.g. a deputy), a snap election shall be held for elected posts.

Article IX - Elections
Section I - Elections shall be held for the Senate, the House, and the Presidency.

Section II - Elections for the House shall be every two months; elections for the Senate shall be scheduled for every four months; elections for the presidency shall be held every six months, regardless of if a snap election takes place.

Section III - The Senate shall have the authority to call a snap election, with three-quarters of the chamber's support.

Notes:1. This constitution was adapted from the constitution of the region Thaecia

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