# JUNO - CONSTITUTION

The Juno Constitution sets unbendable standards (articles) for governance of the Juno distributed ledger.

This preamble serves as an introduction to the Juno Constitution & furthermore frames the constitutional genesis via articles 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5.

The Juno Constitution does not act retroactively. All past or unresolved on-chain governance disputes do not fall under the articles of the Constitution.

The Juno Community DAO (Juno Community) shall have the power to interpret this Constitution, apply such interpretations to particular circumstances, and adopt policies in furtherance of such interpretations, provided that all such actions are reasonable and consistent.

### Article 1.0: Ratification and Amendments
Juno on-chain governance shall make amendments or propose new articles to the Constitution if a supermajority (2/3 of present voting power) approves of given changes.

This Constitution shall only be valid if it passes by a supermajority.

### Article 2.0: Sanctity of Private Accounts
No private account on the Juno ledger shall be deprived of liberty or property, nor shall private property be taken from private accounts for public use.

A private account shall be defined as any account on the Juno blockchain that is not explicitly created and administered by Juno Community Governance. Private accounts can come in many different forms, including but not limited to: cryptographic keypairs, smart contracts, and cosmos-sdk modules.

#### Appendix 2.1
Accounts explicitly created by Juno on-chain governance as branches of Juno Community on-chain governance are subject to the controls decided upon at the time of creation.

#### Appendix 2.2
The vested multi-signature account maintaining the (Core Infrastructure Development Reserve) is a private account. However, a Juno governance supermajority vote maintains emergency powers to redirect un-vested funds allocated for the Juno Core Development Reserve to another private account.

### Article 3.0: Decision Making via On-chain Governance
Social consensus via on-chain governance shall be the unbendable standard for decision-making related to the Juno distributed ledger.

### Article 4.0: Official SubDAOs

Official Juno SubDAOs may be established to make decisions or operate various functions for and on behalf of the Juno Community. Each SubDAO shall be responsible for (i) making decisions within its respective subject area, and (ii) its own operation and maintenance.

Official SubDAOs are fully under the purview of the Juno Community. They do not share the same protections as private accounts as stated in Appendix 2.1. For a SubDAO to be an official SubDAO, full admin control must be given to the Juno Community.

The following principles apply:
- SubDAO members are appointees who may be added or removed by a Juno Community or SubDAO vote.
- Decisions made by SubDAOs may be overruled by a Juno Community vote.
- Funds assigned may be recalled with a Juno Community vote.
- SubDAOs can be created or dissolved at any time by a Juno Community vote.

### Article 5.0: Membership and Jurisdiction
Juno is open to all persons, without arbitrary discrimination on the basis of race, nationality, religion, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation, or otherwise. Anyone who holds Juno tokens, are valid Members of Juno Community. Members have equal rights, as outlined herein, and can contribute anonymously if they wish.

Given that anyone in the world can be a member, Juno does not recognize or consent to any particular jurisdiction. It is a wholly international, primarily online, organization that exists because of the contributions of its global membership. Juno views its true jurisdiction as the Internet, and thus maintains its jurisdictional independence unless otherwise amended in this Constitution.

*This draft is a collaborative effort from Lobo, Rarma, MaxJuno, Pupmos, Jake H., Jack Z., Kevin G, Nullmames, Dimi A. and Jacob G & an array of Juno Commonwealth contributors, with portions borrowed from the [DAO DAO Constitution](https://github.com/DA0-DA0/governance/blob/main/constitution.md).*

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By voting **YES** on proposal #??, you approve that the Juno Constitution should come into effect upon passing of this proposal with a supermajority as defined in Article 1.0.

By voting **NO** on proposal #??, you disapprove that the Juno Constitution should come into effect upon passing of this proposal.

By voting **ABSTAIN** on proposal #?? you ABSTAIN from making a ruling.

By voting **NO with VETO** on proposal #?? you express that you would like to see depositors penalized by revocation of their proposal deposit, and contributes towards an automatic 1/3 veto threshold.