# The Constitution of the State of Quanahassit
>We, the people of Quanahassit, in order to establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the State of Quanahassit.

## ART. I. - THE DECLARATION OF RIGHTS

### SECTION 1. - The Equality of Rights and Persons.
All of us, despite race, color, religion, political persuasion, personal beliefs, sex, gender, or otherwise herein are free and are able to live their lives to the full extent of the laws of the State.

In the pursuit of utility and prosperity, no all of us shall be able restricted from enjoying life and liberty, except where punishment suitable to a crime committed by law.

Holding it to be self-evident that all person being created equal, endowed by their Creator, with inalienable rights that are naturally entitled to them, which shall be respected.

### SECTION 2. - A Fair Government.
The right to a government instituted for the common benefit, protection and prosperity of the state shall be promoted through free and fair elections on the local and county level; with the indefeasible right to establish, reform, alter and abolish government and the laws governing the State as shall be judged by the People, but otherwise shall be in accordance with the Constitution of the Union of Columbia.

### SECTION 3. - A Fair Justice.
Those charged by authorized persons with a crime, civil or criminal, shall be given the right to habeas corpus within a suitable time frame enacted through law, and speedy trial.

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against the accused; to have a compulsory process for obtaining witness in the accused’s favor, and to have counsel assistance for the accused’s defense.

No person shall be compelled to testify against themselves in a court of law, nor shall they be subject to the rulings of law without being afforded the duly established rights prescribed by this Constitution and law.

No person shall be subject for the same offence twice; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against themselves, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

No person shall be taxed or be deprived of property without proper representation in congress, nor bound by any law which the people have not, by proxy or referendum, assented to.

### SECTION 4. - The Seizures.
General warrants, in order to search property or documentation, shall not be granted when malicious, grievous or oppressive in its execution.

Seizures of private property shall be prohibited without a search warrant being obtained by a Court of Law, unless the authorized person has probable cause the property contains anything unlawful.

### SECTION 5. - The Freedom of Fair Elections.
Elections of all civil offices shall be held in free and regular elections; those with Residency, and sufficient evidence of common interest with the community, not barred from holding public office, have the right to run for public office.

All shall be inherited the right to suffrage, regardless of their gender, race, color, religion, political persuasion, personal beliefs, sex, gender, political barring, or otherwise.

### SECTION 5. - The Protection of National Security.
The security of the state shall be provided for the common benefit by the National Guard, to be strictly governed by the civil powers in peace and war and controlled stringently by law.

All shall be inherited the right to bear arms, which shall not be infringed, except through licensing and restrictions on open carry in areas regulated by local or state law.

### SECTION 6. - Prohibition of Secession.
The State of Quanahassit shall never ever secede, and ever remain a member of the Union of Columbia; the people thereof are part of the Union of Columbia.

There is no right on the part of this State to secede, and any attempts to dissolve or sever the Nation, shall be wholly resisted by the State.

### SECTION 7. - Allegiance to the Union of Columbia.
Every citizen of the State owes allegiance to the Constitution and government of the Union of Columbia, and no law or ordinance of this state shall contravene,subvert or actively defy any laws of the Union of Columbia, which shall not hold any binding force.

### SECTION 8. - The Separation of Powers.
The legislative, executive, and the judiciary of the government of this State shall be forever separate and distinct from one another.

### SECTION 9. - Treason and Conviction of Capital Crimes.
Treason against the State, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. They shall be convicted of the death penalty, or any other capital punishment appropriate.

The Congress shall have the power to declare the punishment of Treason, but no attainder of Treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attained.

### SECTION 10. - The Suspension and Execution of Laws.
All power and authority to suspend or execute any law, without the consent given by the elected representatives for the people, shall not be exercised, as it is injurious and conflicting to the rights of the people.

## ART. II. - THE BOUNDARIES
### SECTION 1.
The State shall comprise of six counties:
- Mercy County,
- Mayland County,
- Clover County,
- Fulton County,
- Camden County,
- Lawrence County

Each county’s boundaries will be defined by the
Legislature.

### SECTION 2.
The State House, housing the elected delegates to represent the people on the state level, and the Supreme Court, housing the highest judicial officers of the land, protecting the people and the Constitution, will reside in the City of Quanahassit – City of Quanahassit, Mercy County.

## ART. III. - THE FRAMEWORK OF GOVERNMENT
### SECTION 1.
The components of government shall be completely independent of one another, with a system of balance and checks being bestowed, and strictly applied on each branches of government in order to moderate and control the power of the other two branches of government.

Unless prescribed by law, the Legislature shall not have power over the Executive or Judicial branches; unless prescribed by law, the Executive shall not have power over the Legislative or Judicial branches; unless prescribed by law, the Judiciary shall not have power over the Legislative or Executive branches.

No Member of the Legislature shall be a Member of the Executive or the Judiciary. No Member of the Executive shall be a Member of the Legislature or Judiciary. No Member of the Judiciary shall be a Member of the Legislature or Executive.

### SECTION 2.
The sovereignty of the State Government and Municipal Government shall be wholly recognized and respected by each government, and in which one government disrespects the sovereignty of governments, shall be punished under the consequences prescribed by this Constitution and the general laws governing such matters.

All Charters, Constitutions, Seminal Provisions, and any other documents governing each government within the state shall be respected by the government(s) and the People, and in if a person violating such governing document shall not be held against their will in a court of law, nor shall be subjected to any criminal punishment, and shall only go as far as to being brought against in a Civil action, to which they shall respectively pay compensation, or relief as stated in the civil complaint brought against them, unless found guilty or suspected of Treason, to which a judge within the State shall find guilty or not guilty of with a panel of a petit jury of 6.

All offices that fall under this article shall be considered public offices, which shall be subjected to elections, with its term and renewals be prescribed by law. Those offices shall be; The Governor, The Lieutenant Governor, The Attorney General, The Secretary of State, The County Sheriff of the respective county it be Representing, The Legislature, The Mayor(s) of each Municipal Government, and The City Councils of each Municipal districts, outlined in this Constitution.

The ethical practices outlined in every office respectively, shall be exercised in such manner that does not conflict the practices, and if found to be unethical, shall be punished under the consequences prescribed by this Constitution and the general laws governing such matters.

There shall be oversight for all offices, elected or appointed, to ensure that the holders of the offices are exercising their duties in a manner in which it adheres to the laws of the State.

The Judiciary shall consist of people appointed to the benches of the courts, which shall be untouched by the Legislature and Executive to prevent influence of decisions on the law and cases brought before any Courts.

The Executive shall consist of people appointed by the Governor, upon confirmation of the Senate.

## ART. IV. - THE LEGISLATIVE
### SECTION 1.
All legislative powers of the State are herein vested to the Congress of Quanahassit, consisting of the Senate.

### SECTION 2.
The Senate shall be composed of 8 Senators elected by the people of Quanahassit, with each county having one Senator; and Mercy County having two Senators.

No person shall be a Senator who shall not have reached to the age of four months on ROBLOX and shall be a resident of Quanahassit for one month.

The Senate shall have the Lieutenant Governor as its President of the Senate but shall have no vote unless the Senate is divided on a question; he or she shall preside over the Senate and shall cast a tie-breaking vote.

The Senate shall elect a Speaker from their own Members to serve as their impartial Presiding Officer.

The Speaker and the President will not be inhibited from casting a vote if they so choose; and, including matters of quorum, shall be considered a Member.

The Senate shall have the sole power to initiate Articles of Impeachment, by simple majority, with the application of the prerequisite procedures regarding Impeachment.

The Senate shall be the grand jury in all Impeachment proceedings and bring Impeachment proceedings against any officials of the State but shall only be brought against an official on impeachable offences, and no other offences shall apply.

The Senate shall not exercise any unlawful acts and be held accountable for any offences in which a Senator commits, by conviction in court and suspension from the House.

### SECTION 3.
The Senate shall present bills before this House, and to the Governor upon passage from the House, but shall return to the Senate if unsigned for five days or vetoed by the Governor.

The Senate shall not be beholden to any laws previously created, and may make, edit, modify or abolish laws as they see fit, but shall take into account of the Peoples opinion.

## ART. V. - THE EXECUTIVE
### SECTION 1.
The Executive power of this State shall be vested in the Governor of the State of Quanahassit or, in his absence, the Lieutenant Governor.

No person shall be a Governor who shall not have reached to the age of on hundred and eighty days on Roblox and shall be resident of Quanahassit for one hundred and twenty days and who is not a convicted felon.

The Governor shall be chosen by the qualified voters of the State every one hundred and eight days. Election shall be filled by preferential voting, in a specific method prescribed by Central Authority.

The term of office of the Governor is one hundred and eighty days, beginning at the proclammation of Central Authority.

No person who has been elected Govornor for two successive terms shall be again eligible to hold that office until one full term has intervened.

The Governor shall have power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassador, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme, Circuit, District Courts, and all other Officers of the State of Quanahassit, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law; but the Congress may by law vest the appoint of such Inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the Governor alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

The Governor shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

The Governor shall communicate with others states, foreign powers, and accredits, remove, receive, expel ambassadors, and diplomats. He shall have power to grant or revoke a person’s residency, as regulated by the legislature; but such decisions shall be subject to review by a Court of Law.

The Governor shall control the makeup of their Cabinet and set policies for Executive Branch Departments.

The Governor shall have the right to restore voting rights and overturn other political penalties on individuals, issue Executive Orders, countersigned by the Lieutenant Governor as secondary legislation, sign bills into law, return to the Senate, leave unsigned for five days or veto.

The Governor shall submit recommendations to be considered by the Legislature and call special sessions when necessary.

In times when the Governor is outside the boundaries of the State or is otherwise incapacitated indefinitely or for whatever reason the Office is vacant, there shall be a line of succession established to determine the next capable public officer to fulfil the Office, and exercise its powers, until such time that elections may be suitably held, that being the Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, then the Chief Justice.

The Governor shall be the Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard, and its subsidiaries therein, when called into the actual Service of the State of Quanahassit; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the State of Quanahassit, except in Civil cases and in Cases of Impeachment.

### SECTION 2.
The Attorney General shall serve in the Cabinet of the State of Quanahassit, but independent of the Governor and the political atmosphere, serving as the State’s legal advisor, and chief of all matters relating to the prosecution originating from the State, he shall also be known as the head of the Department of Justice.

The Attorney General shall have oversight over all law enforcement agencies, to ensure ethical practices are maintained, and that investigation proceedings are properly done.

The Attorney General shall be an elected office, with no fixed time, but serving at the pleasure of the People, or by Impeachment.

### SECTION 3.
Those mentioned in the line of succession shall be afforded the safest and finest protection from State Police, or any available law enforcement officer in times of emergency, unless temporarily waived by the incumbent.

## ART. VI. - THE JUDICIARY
### SECTION 1.
The judicial power of Quanahassit, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, one Court of Appeals, one Superior Court, and several District Courts within the Circuit. The Judges, both of the Supreme and Inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good behavior.

### SECTION 2.

The judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of the State of Quanahassit, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority;—to all cases affecting ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;—to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction;—to controversies to which the State of Quanahassit shall be a party;—to controversies between two or more municipalities;—to controversies to which the State of Quanahassit shall be a party;—between citizens of different municipalities;—between citizens of the same municipality claiming lands under grants of different municipalities, and between a municipality, or the citizens thereof, and foreign municipalities, citizens or subjects.

In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which the state shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction and shall be protectors of this Constitution. In all the other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have final appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the Congress shall make.

In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which the state shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction and shall be protectors of this Constitution.

In all the other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have final appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the Congress shall make.

The Court of Appeals in the Circuit shall have appellant jurisdiction in all cases of appeal on civil and criminal matters, and expungements.

The Superior Court in the Circuit shall have original jurisdiction in all criminal cases that involve Felonies, and expungement cases.

The District Courts in the Circuit shall have original jurisdiction in all civil cases, and criminal cases that involves up to Misdemeanors, but shall have an exception to this limit if the Superior Court is unable to hear a case involving a Felony.

### SECTION 3.
The Supreme Court shall have four justices and a Chief Justice, the Court of Appeals shall have six judges and a Chief Judge, the Superior Courts shall have six judges and the District Courts shall have eight judges.

### SECTION 4.
The nominations of Judges, both of the Supreme and Inferior Courts, the Chief Justice, and the Chief Judge shall be reviewed by an independent commission, henceforth known as the “Judicial Standards Commission”, submit recommendations to the Supreme Court or any other Court that is the highest on the land at the time being, review and vote, and submit a nomination to the Governor, which shall be confirmed by the Senate once the Governor nominates.

### SECTION 5.
The Courts of the State shall have the ability to issue all Warrants and Writs and those who are served with one shall be obligated to follow them.

### SECTION 6.
The Supreme Court shall have the right to discipline any Judge in the Inferior Courts as it sees fit, by suspension from the bench for an indefinite number of days, until the Judge is Impeached.

### SECTION 7.
Judicial nullification shall be recognized by the State, and exercised in all Courts with proper jurisdiction.

### SECTION 8.
The Judicial Standards Commission shall have the powers to set rules of procedure for both criminal and civil, and evidence for the inferior courts, create rules of ethics for all Judges, and have any other powers set forth by Law.

### SECTION 9.
The State Bar of Quanahassit is a public corporation. Every person admitted and licensed to practice law in this State is and shall be a member of the State Bar except while holding office as a judge of a court of law.

## ART. VII. - THE INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM, AND RECALL
### SECTION 1.
The Residents of Quanahassit shall have the right to recall any official who holds public office, this being the exception of unelected offices, so as long as they have evidence of Incompetence, Misconduct, or abuse of Power. The right shall be subjected to a two-thirds majority in the Senate to recall a member of the State Cabinet, and the provisions of municipalities and counties shall not be overruled by this Constitution. Elections shall occur as expeditiously as possible after the recall and removal of an elected official.

### SECTION 2.
The Residents of Quanahassit shall have the right to call for a referendum on any matter to take place, with the signatures of 50 People and a sponsorship of a member of Central Authority. The outcome of the referendum shall be binding to the Senate to discuss, and take necessary action regarding the referendum, depending on the question.

## ART. VIII. - VOTING AND PUBLIC OFFICE
### SECTION 1.
All Residents shall have the right to run in any election
in Quanahassit, unless debarred from holding Public Office.

All Residents shall have the right to vote, unless
debarred by a court order.

## ART. IX. - IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST A PUBLIC OFFICIAL OF THE STATE
### SECTION 1.
All Impeachment proceedings shall begin in the Senate, with a report from a Committee handling House Rules gives its findings to the Senate in a report, with the consent and sponsorship of a Committee handling Judicial matters.

All Senators shall review the findings in the report, and one shall motion to move the House to begin drafting Articles of Impeachment against the accused, for Impeachable Offences, as shalt be Treason, High Crimes and Misdemeanors, and any other sort of Criminal Offences as prescribed by Law.

Once the Articles have been drafted, a member shall present the Articles before the House and initiate a vote on the Articles, which shall require a two-thirds majority to pass the Senate.

### SECTION 2.
The Supreme Court shall have the sole power to try all Impeachments, exercising its Original Jurisdiction, except those who are on the benches of the Court.

The Senate shall have the sole power to initiate Impeachment proceedings and exercise its power to try Impeachments if the accused is a Judge of the Supreme Court.

In case a Judge of the Supreme Court has an Impeachment proceeding brought before them, they shall be forbidden to sit on the benches of the Supreme Court during Impeachment proceedings of others and be tried in the Senate.

If convicted of the offences in said Articles, and within their respective jurisdictions, they shall be removed from Office.

## ART. X. - STATE POLICE.
The State Police shall be established at the seat of government and be a principal department in the Governor’s cabinet.

### SECTION 1.
The Governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate, a Colonel.

The Colonel shall be responsible for the management and control of the State Police. The Colonel shall make and adopt rules and regulations for the direction, control, discipline and conduct of the members of the State Police and such other rules for the government and operation of the State Police as he may deem necessary. He shall also designate the authority and responsibility for each rank of State troopers in the State Police. This section shall not be construed as limiting the legislature’s ability to regulate the State Police.

### SECTION 2.
The State Police’s main focus shall be the safety and security of the State’s highways but may enter and secure the safety of any local subdivision or unincorporated territory. The legislature shall broaden these authorities by law.

## ART. XI. - NATIONAL GUARD
### SECTION 1.
The National Guard shall be a force mobilized only in times of emergency or when the Governor deems the security of the State to be inadequate.

The Governor, the office incumbent is the Commander-in-chief and shall appoint an Adjutant General who holds the rank of Major General, with Senate Confirmation, to run the National Guard on their behalf.

### SECTION 2.

All Residents are entitled to serve on a part-time basis and are legally entitled to some time off of work in any profession to train and maintain standards.

In times of emergency, the Governor may authorize the use of the National Guard to deploy on domestic soil and protect life, property and to maintain civil rights.

Conscription shall only be employed through the introduction of a bill in the Senate, should the need arise.

### SECTION 3.
All Soldiers shall be prohibited from quartering in civil residences, enforcing civil law out of its respective jurisdiction, and enforcing any other law other than civil law during peacetime.

It shall be prohibited that a Soldier on duty, while in-team may leave its quarters without consent from its Superior, but shall be confined in military quarters at all times.

## ART. XII - CENTRAL AUTHORITY.
The Central Authority shall be vested in the owners and managers of the State Roblox group.

### SECTION 1.
The group owners, as designated by Raccoon_RBLX, shall hold their office for an indefinite time frame, serving above the Governor. The number of seats in the Central Authority shall be designed by Raccoon_RBLX but they shall not be elected.

### SECTION 2.
The Central Authority, with a three-fourths vote, may veto any act of the Legislature if such act proves damaging to the game, the game’s image, gameplay, or any other developmental aspect deemed fit. Any act that does not pertain directly to the development of the game and is deemed otherwise authoritative, unfair, unjust, or unlawful, committed by the owners and administrators of the State may be overturned by the State Congress with a three-fourths vote.

The Central Authority may, with a three-fourths vote, deny anyone’s bid for office or their citizenship if they believe it poses a threat to the status quo of the State.

This section shall not be construed or interpreted to restrict the powers of the Central Authority not herein stated. The Central Authority shall hold any power by virtue of their status as owners of the group.

### SECTION 3.
The Central Authority shall control and maintain a commission entitled the “Quanahassit Electoral Commission,” which shall have the duty of managing, in any sense, elections within the State of Quanahassit.

## ART. XII. - OATHS
### SECTION 1. - The Oath of the Governor.
Before a Governor on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation in-game:—“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of the Governor of Quanahassit, and will to the best of my ability, preserve and defend the People and the Constitution.”

### SECTION 2. - The Oath of the Lieutenant Governor.
Before a Lieutenant Governor on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation in-game:—“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Quanahassit, and will to the best of my ability, preserve and defend the People and the Constitution.”

### SECTION 3. - The Oath of the Attorney General.
Before an Attorney General on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation in-game:—“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of the Attorney General of Quanahassit, and will to the best of my ability assist the Governor, preserve and defend the People, the laws and the most honorable Constitution.”

### SECTION 4. - The Oath of a Legislator.
Before a Member of the Legislature on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation in-game:—”I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution; that I will bear true allegiance to the People that duly elected me; and that I take this obligation freely, ready to discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter.”

### SECTION 5. - The Oath of a Judge.
Before a Judge on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation in-game:—“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution and all laws of the State of Quanahassit; I shall hold no prejudice and administer justice irrespective of the persons before me; and that I take this obligation freely, ready to impartially discharge the duties of the office. So help me God.”

### SECTION 6. - The Oath of a Soilder.
Before a Soldier on Oath of Enlistment, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation in-game:—”I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the State of Quanahassit against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter.”

## ART. XIII - GENERAL PROVISIONS.
The Legislature, whenever two-thirds deem it so necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution with the PDF format and then seek the approval of a majority of the Supreme Court. All approved amendments must be ratified by the People, in a majority vote by referendum

No new Constitution shall supersede this Constitution without three-fourths of the Legislature, two-thirds of the Supreme Court, and a two-thirds vote by the People in a referendum.

No criminal charge shall take effect until it has been included into the game by the Central Authority.

No laws of the State of Quanahassit in operation at the time of ratification of this new Constitution shall become inoperable unless they conflict with this Constitution, and office holders of offices which are contained in both the prior and this Constitution shall remain in their office for the same length of time as would occur under the prior Constitution.