# THE LAW OF THE LAND DELEGATION

> 19TH AUGUST 1785
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> IN THE CITY OF LANDER WITHIN THE STATE OF MAYFLOWER, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE-THOUSAND-SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE.
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> THE UNDERSIGNED DELEGATES OF THE COLUMBIAN GOVERNMENT HAVE RATIFIED THIS INTO PAPER AND DECLARE IT LEGALLY BINDING LEST A SUPERMAJORITY OF THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED LEGISLATURE DECLARE IT VOID OR DRAFT A SUPERSEDING DOCUMENT.

## SIGNATURES OF THE PRESIDING OFFICERS

A.M. Thomas

Presiding official of the Union of Columbia law of the land delegation

George F. Sachran
President of the Union of Columbia

J`LK. JAMISON
President of the Senate

John P. Carmichael
Speaker of the House of Representatives

Henry Patterson

President pro-tempore of the Senate

J-EZRAN

Secondary Presiding for the House of Representatives

## DELEGATES TO THE STATES COMPACT

XIX AUGUST MDCCLXXXV

FOR THE STATE OF MAYFLOWER

Thomas S. McCain
Nelson A. Thompson

FOR THE STATE OF HADDON

Joshua T. Madison
Victory A. Nora

FOR THE STATE OF WINSTON

George T. Leonard
Kane S. Richards

FOR THE STATE OF RARITAN

John A. Howard
Richard T. Summers

FOR THE STATE OF ABERDEEN

Bill Hamilton Alexi
Tom Dick Wilkinson

FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF REED

Ulysses A. Walker
Levi S. Miller

FOR THE EVERGREEN REPUBLIC OF QUANAHASSIT

Flanagan T. McDonald
Howard R. Jones

FOR THE FREE AND INDEPENDENT TERRITORY OF CARVER

Henry B. Hardiland
L.S. Bruce Johnson

FOR THE STATE OF HAVILAND

William X.E. Bradford
George K.T. Charles

AND LASTLY, FOR THE STATE OF CADENCE

Isaiah S. Patterson
Blaine P.E. Williams

## FOR ADMITTANCE AND LOYALTY AFTER THE FACT

Signed after the fact for admission to the Union and representation in the legislature on the day of their admittance, and also signed by the current leadership of the militias on the fourth of July, 1947 in order to have ensure knowledge and to form an affirmation of defense for this document.

B. L. KNEELS

GOVERNOR OF YELM

TS L. McCain

GOVERNOR OF TAMANEND

Blart S. Green

GOVERNOR OF MESHWAKI

Michael E. Leonard

GOVERNOR OF ACADIANA

Alfred S. McCoy

GOVERNOR OF NILES

Finnagen o’ Leary

GOVERNOR OF MINNEHAHA

James McBannon

GOVERNOR OF BELMONT

~~Thomas E. Jamison~~

~~GOVERNOR OF DESERET~~

L.S.M. Carright

GOVERNOR OF STANTON

Ezekiel S. Mercer

REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FREE REPUBLIC OF ALAMO

George Michael

GOVERNOR OF SARATOGA

James T. Leonard

GOVERNOR OF ASPEN

Abadiah T. Joseph

GOVERNOR OF EDEKIN

Manuel S. Canaan

GOVERNOR OF SAINT PAUL

Adam H. G.

GOVERNOR OF SEQUOIA

Obediah G.

GOVERNOR OF OSSIPPEE

Alexander James

GOVERNOR OF THE SANTA MODESTA REPUBLIC

Queen Amelias III

QUEEN OF THE KINGDOM OF SUNSETS

HARSH SNOW

CHIEFTAIN & GOVERNOR OF KODIAK

Alexander Thompson

REPRESENTATIVE OF THE U.C. FEDERAL DISTRICT, MADISON DC.

B.T. Jordan

REPRESENTATIVE OF THE U.C. LAMAN ISLANDS

General Andrew A. Michael

GENERAL OF THE ARMY

General Thomas Burwell McCain

COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS

Admiral William S. Harney

COMMODORE OF THE NAVY

Gen. Hyrum Joseph Lee

GENERAL OF THE AIR FORCE

# THE STATES COMPACT
WRITTEN IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST, ONE THOUSAND-SEVEN-HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE, IN THE CITY OF LANDER, BY DELEGATES OUTLINED ABOVE, FROM THE SPAN OF THE NINTH OF JUNE, ONTO TODAY, THE NINETEENTH OF AUGUST.

# PREAMBLE TO THE STATES COMPACT

We, being fellow citizens and people of this country, the Union of Columbia, in order to ensure the prosperity of our nation, to ensure domestic tranquility, and life, liberty, and the inalienable right to pursue happiness in all aspects to our citizens, do write and seal this compact on this day the nineteenth of August, in this year of our Lord, one
thousand-seven hundred and eighty-five. To all who may see these present greetings, that they may know the rights of our people, that they may follow in our footsteps, and be led to ensure liberty and justice for all across the world.

# ARTICLE I. OBLIGATIONS TO THE PEOPLE & THE GOVERNMENT

We declare that it is in the inherit responsibility of the government to protect the people, and the inherit responsibility of the people to choose, uphold, and observe the government, whenever possible.

## SEC. I. DEFENSE OF THE LAND OF THE UNION OF COLUMBIA

In this compact, the states may, and they shall be combined under the rule of the federal government, moreso the President and the authority of the government created by Congress originally and as defined in ART. II. However, with that authority comes the responsibility of the federal government to protect, uphold, and also consider each state’s territory as that of the nation and defend it wholeheartedly against invasion or otherwise means to conquer or take away that land from the Nation, lest the State legally succeed from the federal compact and strike their signature and indicate succession on this document. No state at any time may succeed without a supermajority of the legislature, direct approval from the President of the Union of Columbia, approval from a two-thirds majority of all the States, and a one-thirds majority of the territories of the Union of Columbia. Further, the State wishing to succeed must have a supermajority in whatever democratic or legislative body they form or choose, whether a council, house of representatives, or a voting of the people.

## SEC. II. DEFENSE OF THE STATES

As stated here, it is the obligation of the federal government to defend all state’s territories, and the obligation of the States to notify the federal government of any such invasions, or any other means to conquer or refute lands. Further, if any state wishes to sell land to another state, they must get approval from two-thirds of each state’s congress involved, and a one-thirds vote in the federal senate. Further, as the Union defends the states, insomuch the States must defend the Union, lest if this State’s compact fails and we are not compacted as a Union.

## SEC. III. FEDERAL & STATE MILITIAS.

Any state, and territory at any time may raise a militia for the defense of the Union and the defense of their state or territory, further, any militia formed by any state may be federalized by the Union of Columbia for a minimum period of nine months and a maximum period of thirty-six months. Further, if ordered by the federal government, they must raise a militia according to the exact wording of the Union’s mobilization order.

## SEC. IV THE UPKEEP OF ARMS

In order to ensure the common defense, any able bodied individual, regardless of age, creed, or sex, so long as they can handle such in a manner shall not be prohibited from the right to keep, sustain, and bear arms. Furthermore, any person of able body may be called up for state service for a period of up to six months and no more, any able bodied individual may be called up for federal service up to twelve months, and no more, unless conscription into active service is declared legal by explicit order of the President for the defense of the Union of Columbia only. It is the Union’s effort, and responsibility to protect all of its citizens from tyranny, and if we fail to do so, it is the responsibility of the people, not just the able bodied, to renew, or replace this government.
Further, no state or territory may at any time prohibit any weapon in which the trigger resets after firing once. Long arms shall be federally protected and treated as a weapon of the people’s militia, and any attempt to take them shall be treated as a violation of this law. States have the right to impose any form of restrictions on acquiring such weapons of the people, with explicit approval of the Union of Columbia’s Federal weapons commission or any board that may be granted similar or be a continuation of such authority. The federal government, nor that of any state, territory or lower jurisdiction may at any time procure a weapons number, owner and their location registry without the explicit approval of the ownership of such weapons, further the government may not restrict any citizen of the Union from exercising their rights given here to bear any weapon that can be handheld, nor any weapon that has the type of trigger reset after each discharge of the weapon.

The militias of the Union of Columbia shall be responsible for upkeep of all weapons issued to them, whether long arms or any handheld firearms. The militias of the Union’s states and territories shall bear the same type of responsibility under their respective states regulation and law.

A well regulated militia is necessary to the security of a free state and nation,whether the people, state, territorial or federal. The militias of any manner are responsible for the common defense of the Union and their own respective jurisdiction. It must be understood that the right of the people to keep and bear arms as stated in this section shall not be infringed under any circumstances, and all attempts to infringe or abridge citizens of these rights in any manner must be resisted wholeheartedly.

## SEC. V. THE UPKEEP OF FREEDOM

“We the aforementioned people of the Union of Columbia, declare independence from the realm of the Pax Britannian Empire, to form our own government, to ensure domestic freedoms for our people, to ensure the free practices of man, and within that, we make note of certain unalienable liberties, amongst those are life, prosperity of our own regard, and the right to choose the pursuit of happiness.” - Declaration of Independence, 4th July, one-thousand-seven hundred and seventy-six.

It shall be the right of the people to speak freely of their government, to voice their concerns and to openly protest against their representatives. There shall be no suppression of press from the federal, state, territorial, or local jurisdictions in the Union of Columbia, lest we enslave our own people to a lack of their liberties. The legislature shall make no laws prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, nor shall
the legislature declare any one state religion, lest they violate this compact. The legislature may however voice good morals, such as “loving thy neighbor.” and to “turn the other cheek.” in no other manners should religion and state become involved and we should wholeheartedly resist any such manners to integrate both.

# ARTICLE II. SEPARATION OF POWERS
To ensure the separation of the respective governmental sections, and to ensure their respective authorities and responsibilities.
## SEC. I. ESTABLISHMENT OF GOVERNMENT

As previously established, three branches of the federal government shall exist. The executive, legislative, and judicial. The legislature shall serve as the writers of laws, the judicial to interpret and thine interpretations to be binding, the executive to choose to sign into law and to uphold & enforce the laws. The executive shall comprise the Office of President, Vice President, who shall serve as President of the Senate, and his chief cabinet officers, those at minimum being the Secretary of War, the Secretary of Treasury, Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce, the Secretary of Labor, and lastly the Attorney General of the Union of Columbia. The legislature shall comprise of a single house, being named the Senate, which shall have two senators per state; henceforth, territories, and districts shall be permitted to have a seated member, which shall be entitled no vote, and shall be responsible for voicing their respective jurisdictions concerns and requests. The judiciary shall comprise the Chief Justice, which shall be appointed by the President of the Union of Columbia, and at minimum two judges, and at maximum nine other members, which shall be appointed by the Chief Justice. They shall serve for life or until retirement following the adminstration of their oaths. The executive shall be entitled to enforce the laws; the legislature entitled to create such laws, and the judiciary shall be entitled to interpret laws.

The senate shall create laws, in which the President shall be granted fourteen days from the bill being brought before him for it to be vetoed or signed into law. If the law is not signed within those fourteen days, it shall go into effect absque hoc. Further, if the President vetoes, or line-vetoes an act or law, the legislature shall have the ability to overturn such a veto with a three-fourths majority vote.

The federal legislature shall have the authority to do the following; declare war in the name of the Union of Columbia, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water, declare taxes on her nations citizens, to borrow money on the credit of an individual state or territory, or to borrow money on the credit of the name of the Union of Columbia, to regulate commerce within the several states and territories, and with foreign nations and to the native indigenous tribes, and to establish Post Offices and post Roads, they shall also have the authority to create a Library of Congress, to be housed near the federal capital, To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court, and to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Compact in the Government of this Union of the free nation of Columbia, or in any Department or Officer thereof. They shall also be granted the authority to commission officers of the militia, and to make them gentlemen of the Union of Columbia. They shall be allowed to grant the Order of the Buffalo to any citizen for service to the Union. Thus, is the powers of the legislature.

## SEC. II. OBLIGATIONS TO THE LAW OF THE LAND

To ensure the separation of powers, any violation of the laws of the land at the federal level from any section of government, cept the judicial, for they have the authority of interpretation will result in immediate expulsion from his office and being barred from public service. It must be the judicial authority and obligation to forward a report of this to the President of the Senate, which results in a binding expulsion.

## SEC. III. TERM LIMITS & RESTRICTIONS FOR OFFICE

The president and vice president of the Union of Columbia will serve a four year term, beginning on the 21st of January following their election; further will the Vice President. Senators shall serve six year terms. The Vice President shall serve as the President of the Senate. No person shall serve as a Senator in the federal legislature who has not reached the time of three hundred and sixty five days as a citizen of the Union of Columbia. No person shall serve as President, nor as Vice President in the executive
branch who has not reached the time of seven hundred and twenty days as a citizen in the Union of Columbia; further, no person may serve as President, nor Vice President if they were not born a citizen in the Union of Columbia.

The states may have the authority to structure their governments as they wish, so long as it is a democratic and possesses a legislative or judicial branch. The only form of government explicitly prohibited is ultimate rulership of a king or queen, further, if any state in the future wishes to structure their executive office in the form of such a manner, they must not be permanently in the position, with the maximum of a two non consecutive twenty year services of ten years each. No person who has held any executive office, whether federal, state, territory, or the Union’s lower jurisdictions may be appointed more than four times to such an office. No person whom has served the highest executive office past their term limits may at any time serve as the second highest executive position, if it may exist, nor may they assume any position on above fifth on the line of succession if the state, or republic may have any.

# ARTICLE III. SEAT OF GOVERNMENTS
The home of the federal government, and each state, territory, or lower jurisdiction shall be there-in described as their "seat", such as the federal legislature's hall being the "seat of congress."

## SEC. I. ESTABLISHMENT AND AUTHORITY REGARDING SEATS OF GOVERNMENT

The seat of the federal government shall be the location as prescribed and agreed upon with a supermajority of the Columbian legislative branch and amended into this Compact; further, during the establishment of any state, or when a seat is decided for a territory, the lower jurisdiction must propose a location and agree upon it with a two-thirds vote. Further, if their seat of government is moved after that vote, such as in the case of Reed, then the new location shall be the capital of the respective state, territory, or lower jurisdiction.

## SEC. II. CAPTURE OR OTHERWISE DESTRUCTION OF GOVERNMENT SEATS

In the case of capture of a seat of government, the seat of government shall be moved to the next convenient meeting center until a permanent location or recapture can occur of the seat of government.

# ARTICLE IV. PURCHASES & SPENDING OF THE UNION
The legislature shall have the authority to make purchases on behalf of the federal government for the Union of Columbia.

## SEC I. ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL BANKING

It shall be the responsibility of the Columbian federal legislature and those mentioned to do the following regarding purchases made from and to the federal government & the Union of Columbia.

1. Establish a federal checking system so that the Union may pay other nations, to lay federal funding onto members of the Union, and that the federal bank may withdraw funding as necessary whilst also being able to deposit any money received or coined.
2. Coordinate with the executive branch to establish a federal bank under the Secretary of Treasury, which shall be responsible for handling all monetary standards & printing such monetary means when the need arises.
3. Establish a gold standard of the Union of Columbia & give such an order to the Federal Bank.
4. Print paper standards that can be certified as genuine from the Union of
Columbia in the following increment, unless the President orders otherwise
with approval from the legislature; one dollar, two dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, likewise one-hundred dollars, fivehundred dollars, and one thousand dollars in any design or manner as
dictated by the President of the Union of Columbia, however each bill must possess an identifying stripe to be proven as genuine.
5. Print cent coinage in the following increments and materials in the same
manner and authority as the paper standard; Penny, copper circle, head has a cast indent of the Union’s flag waving, the tail possesses the image of a buffalo with the text “Blessed from Heaven.” and the words “One Cent.” and the penny shall be worth one cent and shall be one-fourth of an inch wide. A nickel worth five, and the depiction in the same manner yet silver, the centage to be “Five Cents.” and three-fourths of an inch wide. Further, a dime in the same manner as the nickel, yet “Ten Cents.” and two-fourths of an inch wide. A quarter in the same manner, yet the words “Ten Cents.” replaced with “Quarter Dollar.” and one-third of an inch rounder, and an inch wide. A half dollar shall be coined in the same manner of the quarter, yet with the head of the coin depicting the manner of President G.F. Sachran with the words rounding the rim stating “Columbia Forever.” around the top of his body. The tail side of the coin shall depict an eagle to symbolize the Union soaring above, with the same text “Blessed from Heaven” No non-commemorative federal coinage shall be depicted with any other animal than the buffalo besides the half dollar. A dollar coin shall be printed in the same manner of the quarter dollar, yet it shall be gold. All text on any coinage by any member of the Union of Columbia shall have it capitalized and only coins authorized by the federal government may be printed, however with approval, state’s may print coinage, and the federal government and the other members of the Union of Columbia must explicitly recognize the currency, due to this compact.
6. To maintain an official coinage record of all coins authorized by Congress, the Secretary of Treasury, the President of the Union, and the States if they may see fit to print coins.
7. To make a commemorative coin each one hundred years for the age of the
Union, beginning at eighteen-hundred and seventy-six, the manner in which shall state the year of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, one-thousand-seven hundred and seventy-six to the year in which it was coined.
8. It shall be the responsibility of the legislature and the Secretary of Treasury to ensure that the worth of these United Columbian states coinage, paper or gold standards shall not go under twenty percent in the global markets.
9. A maximum of ten percent of federal spending may be used on any federal
militia, and a maximum of five percent of federal funding towards state,
territorial or lower militia’s. The people’s militia shall be responsible for arming themselves and funding shall not concern this government.
10. The Secretary of the Navy, alongside the Commandant of the Union of
Columbia’s amphibious assault force shall be responsible for protecting and
maintaining the Union of Columbia’s trade interests at sea, or on land as
necessary and the federal government will fund a minimum of two percent
towards the trade interests of the Union.

## SEC II. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FEDERAL BANKING & THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT

It shall be established a permanent office in the executive branch, by appointment of the President of the Union of Columbia, head of the federal bank and responsible for all federal funding, the office of the Secretary of Treasury. He shall be delegated one deputy and shall maintain the Department of Treasury.

# ARTICLE V. SEAFARING SERVICE
The seafaring services shall be defined as any naval or amphibious service.
## SEC. I. THE UNION’S NAVY

The Union’s Navy at no time shall be dissolved, nor shall it go below a minimum of the following organization.

1. Two heavy frigates
2. Two light frigates
3. Five ships of war.
4. Four forty-fours and one twenty
5. Commodore of the Navy or any other rank that retains the head of the Navy, regardless of rank title or billet title.
6. An amphibious assault force, by integration of the Marine Corps into Fleet Marine commands.

# ARTICLE VI. REMARKS AND CLARIFICATION
To ensure that all business is covered, it shall be mentioned here.
## SEC I. UNMENTIONED ITEMS OF BUSINESS

If at any time the apparent rights of any individual residing within the Union is found unmentioned in this compact or any document which comes after with the same authority, it is the responsibility of the Supreme Court, which shall be the high court of the Union to interpret and decide whether a violation has been made. Further, anything unmentioned in this document shall not automatically become the free will of any individual to violate or argue against. This document may at any time be amended with a unanimous vote of the Columbian legislature, excepting items prohibited and noted as such.

## SEC. II. STATES RIGHTS

The states and lower jurisdictions may have any rights that are unmentioned to be explicit to the federal government, and at any time there is a confusion between federal or state authority, the question must be raised between the federal or high courts for interpretation.

# ARTICLE VII. SEALING MATTERS

Wherefore, we, the scribes for this delegation, do hereby signify that these are all correct to our nature, and have been recorded to the best of our abilities.

## SIGNATURES OF THE SCRIBES

Adam S. Bellevue

DELEGATIONS SENIOR CLERK AND SCRIBE

Madison S. Bellevue

ASSISTANT TO THE DELEGATES CLERK

Leonard S. James

CLERK AND SCRIBE

The scribes here with our signatures, do certify that such has been recorded by us, through deliberation from the fourth March to this day, nineteenth August, 1 7 8 5. We do hereby conclude these are correct according to our writings.

# AMENDMENTS TO THE STATES COMPACT
Whereby, the amendments to the States Compact are herein referred to as the Constitution.

# AMENDMENT I. FOREIGN AFFAIRS

## SEC. I. Ambassadors & Delegates
It shall be the responsibility of the Union of Columbia’s Secretary of State to appoint ambassadors and delegates to the necessary nations under the direct authority of the President of the Union of Columbia. Each ambassador appointed to the Union from any nation must have specific approval from the Secretary of State & the President.
# AMENDMENT II. REFERENCES TO UNITED STATES CODE
6 JUNE 1791

## SEC. I. AUTHORITY OF UNION CODE

It shall be permissible, due to the context of the Union of Columbia to use the United States of America case law and any other United States law, however; this document and any other such as the State’s Compact and any with the same supreme and highest binding authority shall supersede the United States code in all matters. The judicial branch of the federal, states, or judicial means of a territory or lower jurisdiction may interpret rights violations or any other means to authorize items according to cases of the United States supreme court, however, previously written code of those United States shall not supersede Columbian code and if there is an argument between them, it is the responsibility of the supreme court of the Union of Columbia to interpret such, not any court of a lower level.

# AMENDMENT III. CAPITAL OF THE UNION OF COLUMBIA
LAST AMENDED 1 MARCH 1800

## SEC. I. TRANSFER OF THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF COLUMBIA TO AMELIA, CARVER

The seat of power shall be peacefully transferred from Lander, Mayflower to Amelia,
Carver, the grounds of which being a more centered land to allow for the delegates of
the legislature to travel to meet as prescribed by the respective leaders of each branch
of legislature, to ensure such means be done, it shall be done in binding authority to-.
1. Peacefully transfer the seat of government from Lander, Mayflower to
Freedom Hall in Amelia, Carver, Union of Columbia.
2. The capital shall remain unless amended or otherwise moved legally.

## SEC. II. TRANSFER OF THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF COLUMBIA TO BUFFALO HALL

Further, at the beginning of the new century, due to Buffalo Hall, specifically major points such as the Executive building, the halls of the legislature, and the judicial buildings finishing construction two months ago, it is proposed that the Union of Columbia move the capital of the Union of Columbia to Madison D.C, federal District of Columbia, Buffalo Hall and possess the seat of the legislature and other branches of government in the respective areas. Herein it shall possess binding authority to-.
1. Peacefully transfer the seat of government from Amelia, Carver to Buffalo Hall, Madison District of Columbia, District of Columbia, federal district.
2. The capital shall remain unless another section shall be added to this
Constitution changing the capital.
# AMENDMENT IV. JUDICIAL RIGHTS TO PERSONS LIVING IN UNION TERRITORY
9 OCTOBER 1798

## SEC. I. PROSECUTION RIGHTS

The right of any person being prosecuted by any jurisdiction, and being subject within the Union of Columbia shall have the right to a speedy trial, further, all evidence of a person's own testimony gathered during an interview must be notified of the fact that their words may be used in prosecution.
## SEC. II. EVIDENCE WITHIN THE COURTS

All evidence must be admitted with consent of either side, defense and prosecution, if they both object to whichever side is admitting the evidence, the judge must decide to admit or to sustain the objection.

## SEC. III. JUDICIAL OATHS

Any judge of lower jurisdiction must be sworn in by a judge of higher authority, further any members of the Supreme Court may swear in federal judges, except the Chief Justice of the Union of Columbia. The Chief Justice must be sworn in explicitly by the President of the Union of Columbia. A council of all three branches of this federal government shall elect a new Chief Justice, and all members of the Supreme Court shall serve for life or retirement.

# AMENDMENT V. MILITIA’S OF THE UNION OF COLUMBIA
17 AUGUST 1812

## SEC I. COMMANDER IN CHIEF

The supreme commander-in-chief of the Union of Columbia militias shall be the President of the Union of Columbia, who shall be in charge of all federal, state, territorial, or local militias. The commander-in-chief, and the chain of command of the lower militias shall extend only to their state or territorial jurisdiction unless called for federal service, whilst all federal militias shall extend directly to the President of the Union.
## SEC. II. STANDING ARMIES

The armies of the Union of Columbia shall consist of the Marine Corps, Navy, and Army and the Army’s lower beneficiaries. Each army shall hold a reserve of no more than five hundred thousand individuals, and each army no more than an active of twenty-million individuals at any time. The Marine Corps shall maintain Fleet personnel with the Union’s Navy, further, the Union Navy shall have one worldwide fleet, three for the Sea of Peace, and two for the Sea of Atlas. No more fleets may be created without the explicit approval of the legislature with written consent to the Secretary of the Navy. Further, no more armies of the Union of Columbia may be created without explicit approval of the Union’s legislature. All members of the standing armies shall swear an oath to the State’s Compact and the Constitution of the Union of Columbia, which may be considered this document, which shall be defined as its respective name, and the amendments herein as the Constitution.

The oath shall read as follows:

"I, state your name, do solemnly swear (or affirm) to uphold the State's Compact and the Constitution contained within of the Union of Columbia, that I shall always remember it, and keep its words, and do defend what it stands for; I creed to obey all lawful orders of the President of the Union, as well as all officers and seniors above me; that I would defend the Union from her enemies, whether foreign or domestic, that I will, in wisdom, obey this oath, and that I take it with full allegiance and trust in the same, that I take the obligations of this oath freely, with no sense of evasion or mental reservations; I mind that I must, and shall discharge all duties of this authority and swear to faithfully and dutifully do so. (So, Help me God)."

## SEC. III. MILITIA’S OF THE STATES

The militias of the states may number a maximum of one million personnel, across any form of militia, whether naval or land based. They shall be bound in the same manners of the federal militia, except they must swear to obey their own state’s respective authority and leadership if that be included in their oath. Further, all members of the state’s respective militia shall be under the state’s authority unless federalized.
## SEC. IV. PEOPLE’S MILITIA

It shall be the right of the people to congregate together in a “well regulated militia.”, for further clarification, a people’s militia may consist of any number of people, with any organized chain of command. Any militia may at no time “wreak havoc” or wrongfully attempt to “disband the government”. Two-thirds of the state’s government must declare the federal government as destructive before any such means may be taken; further, if a state government becomes destructive, the same with her lower jurisdictions must declare it destructive.

# AMENDMENT VI. OATHS OF PUBLIC OFFICE
7 DECEMBER 1834
## SEC. I. FEDERAL OFFICES

The president of the Union of Columbia, before taking office on the twenty-first January of the year he is to take office, or at the time he is sworn in must swear the following oath.

“I, state your name, do solemnly swear to support and defend the law of the land, that I shall faithfully discharge the office in which I am to be appointed. I swear to employ in all my morals true loyalty to the Union and her causes. I swear to faithfully lead the armies of the Union of Columbia, and to refrain from tyranny. I swear to employ in all nature, total defense for the Union of Columbia according to the laws that have been written. I swear to act not in my own interests, but that of the people and this nation, so that it may prosper. (so help me God).”

The vice president of the Union of Columbia, and other cabinet or executive branch members shall take before taking office on the 21st January of the year he is to take office, or when he takes office must swear the following oath.

“I, state your name, do solemnly swear to support and defend the law of the land, that I shall faithfully discharge the office in which I am to be appointed. I swear to refrain from tyranny, and if the need arises, succeed the President in his office. I swear to employ in all my morals true loyalty to the Union and her cause. I swear to act not in my own interests, but that of the people. (so help me God).”

All members of the legislature shall swear the following oath before they assume office.

“I, state your name, do solemnly swear to uphold the law of the land, that I shall represent those I have been elected to do so in a manner of their wishes, that I would write laws to benefit the people, not myself, that I would make life not better for myself, but for those who could stand to benefit from such policies of this government. (So help me God).”

The supreme court members of the Union of Columbia shall swear the following oath before they assume their judicial seat.

“I, about to be appointed to the highest interpretive power of the Union, being state your name, do solemnly swear to faithfully and dutifully discharge the interpretive authority of such an office, that I shall resolve matters between local governments, states, and the federal government in manners outlined by the law, and in such I shall interpret those laws. It is my position to be a deciding factor if the judicial seats are tied, and shall come to a carefully thought decision in all matters, lest our nation fail to uphold its responsibilities, (So help me God).”

Members of the federal, state, or lower jurisdictions shall swear any written oath, so long as they swear to uphold the State’s Compact and these amendments, referred to as the Constitution.

## SEC. II. STATE OFFICES

The states may at any time swear an oath of any time, however they must swear to obey and uphold the State’s Compact and this Constitution.
# AMENDMENT VII. BINDING AUTHORITY
LAST UPDATED 14 FEBRUARY 1882
## SEC. I. COURT'S AUTHORITY

At no time may any other branch of government disregard the judicial branches binding words, any such attempt shall result in a removal from office.
## SEC. II. HABEAS CORPUS

At no time may citizens, or anyone being detained or freedom abridged by a federal, state, county, district or any other lower jurisdiction of the Union of Columbia be held without the immediate justification of such a detention from the officials holding them. No person may be detained upwards of six months without a trial that is set to occur a month from the start of their detention that notifies them of all accusatory offenses from the prosecuting officials. No foreign prisoner of war at any time may be held beyond the end of the war, except for direct violations of the conduct of war to be prosecuted. Columbian violators of the conduct of war shall maintain the same abridged rights of Habeas Corpus and all other manners of Columbian judicial law. Despite previous amendments, or even sections of the Constitution and the State’s Compact, AMENDMENT VII. BINDING AUTHORITY, SEC. II. HABEAS CORPUS may not be suspended, nor removed from this Compact at any time, for lack of justice & stress upon any individuals whose very freedom depends on such protections. At no time will these rights be abridged regardless of rebellion, invasion, or other imminent threats of the Union, whether trials are done in recess, the accused individual must be told of offenses and be allowed to read the court record.

## SEC. III. INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE IN THE UNION OF COLUMBIA

Wherefore, no member of any race, sex, creed, or allegiance may be led to serve against their will as an apprentice, sharecropper, slave, or to work under a master except for punishment of a crime, declared by a jury of their peers under the hand of a magistrate. Nor shall they serve as a member of any militia unless conscripted under the direct authority of the executive of the respective jurisdiction.

## SEC. IV. WAR & THE RELATION OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE LOWER JURISDICTIONS AND IN RELATION TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Being as the Union is that thereof, a Union, it is hereby ratified before the federal legislature that each state, territory, district, or lower jurisdiction, when legally done in the government they so choose, or done by manner of people’s consent. A war with any state, territory, or lower jurisdiction must be recognized as a State of War with the whole Union thereof, therefore, allowing a Governor, Secretary of State (if such office exists within the jurisdiction's government), or a legislature to ratify war on behalf a State. They may declare war on any foreign nation, but states may not declare war on each other, nor may lower jurisdictions declare on each other, excepting when the entire territory or state has found a lower jurisdiction to be destructive to its people. Further, in this Amendment’s addition, we clarify the rights and authority of the President of the Union of Columbia regarding the militias of the federal government, and of the states. The President shall herein be referred to as the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, and all lower jurisdictions shall be the Commander-in-Chief of their respective militias, however, the President shall have supreme authority, hence his title. The President of these United Columbian States may, and shall have supreme authority of the employment of the Navy & Marine Corps for defense of the homeland, and may deploy them on soil, at no time, excepting invasion by a foreign power may he deploy the Army of the Union of Columbia. He may deploy, pursuant to his authority as the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, order the States, or lower militias to deploy for disaster relief, regular training, or other such matters that may be decided by his office. The President may immediately declare war ONLY if the Union is directly invaded on the homeland, being in either the lower 25 states, and the 3 non-continental states, or any such territory or protectorate of the Union. At no other time may the President declare war, and the right to declare war is exclusively held by the legislature.

# AMENDMENT VIII. DUAL CITIZENSHIP
14 NOVEMBER 1917
## SEC. I. VOTING RIGHTS OF DUAL CITIZENS

Any individual of the Union of Columbia may possess dual citizenship, however no primary Union citizen may vote in any foreign election, nor foreign citizen in a domestic election. For any person to vote in a domestic election, they must refute their right to vote in foreign elections; lest they make it appear that the Union of Columbia is unrightfully attempting to structure foreign governments according to our wishes.
# AMENDMENT IX. DISASTER RELIEF IN THE UNION OF COLUMBIA
9 JULY 1964

## SEC I. CIVIL DISASTERS AND THE MILITIAS

Civil disasters may be defined as any natural disaster within any Union territory, whether a federal district, state, territory, local jurisdiction, or a Union protectorate. In such a manner, the Army of the Union of Columbia, and the many armies of this nation, shall be named the Union of Columbia’s federal militias. Lower jurisdictions may deploy to assist in disaster relief. At no other time may the Union federalized armies deploy on home territory in full deployment without explicit order of the President of the Union of Columbia, nor without any order of the lower militia’s highest chain of command. At no time may any militia of any other state, territory, or lower jurisdiction deploy from their assigned location without the approval of such state, territory, or lower jurisdiction. As per the Navy & Marine Corps act of one-thousand nine-hundred and one, the Marines may “be deployed at any time so long as it is in the nation’s interest for purposes of defenses or defensive posture. Further, with the Secretary of State, and also with Senate leaders approval, the Marine Corps may be deployed for any offensive action so long as it is crucial or necessary to the posture of the Union of Columbia; in other cases, a resolution or declaration of conflict or war must be declared in the Legislative chambers.” In so much that the Marine Corps shall consider the well-being of the civil population as crucial to the defense of the Union of Columbia, and shall as such meet the requirement of “nations interest for defense.” By any order of the Commandant or his chain of command, the Marine Corps may deploy within thirty-six hours for disaster relief within the Continental Union and forty-eight hours for disaster relief around the world.

## SEC II. A BUREAU OF CIVIL DEFENSE

A bureau of Civil Defense shall be created, with its chief and his deputy being responsible for upkeep of the following.
1. A national weather system, with the usage of the best available technology to alert citizens of incoming weather.
2. A national weather alert system, with the usage of the best immediate and available technology to alert citizens of imminent deadly weather, such as tornadoes, hail, severe thunderstorms, hurricanes, or tropical storms; further, in the instance of fire or severe drought, the national weather system shall alert citizens to conserve water for such efforts on fighting fire or droughts.
3. Several locations so that citizens may be protected during severe storms if they lack means of their own protection.
4. That citizens may be alerted days, or at the minimum five minutes ahead of severe weather.

The bureau of Civil Defense shall be any agency responsible for such, whether with a different name or with the same responsibilities as outlined in this Amendment. Further, the same manner the militias shall be responsible for disaster relief, so too shall the Civil Defense bureau be responsible.