Miencraft's Proposed Constitution

Article I
The Legislative
Section I
The Legislative power of the Republic of Libertatem shall be vested by the people in the Senate, which shall be composed of three elected Senators.
Section II
The Senate shall have the authority charge the President with impeachment only for charges of treason, suspicion of NationStates rule-breaking, and contempt of the Law.
Section III
The Senate shall have the sole authority to create new laws; laws drafted by private citizens or executive officials must be sponsored by a Senator.
Section IV
Senators shall have a term of office of four months from the day of their election; they may serve as many terms as elected by the people.
Each Senator shall be elected by a simple majority of citizens.
A Senator's term of office may be ended by a two-third majority vote of citizens.

Article II
The Executive
Section I
The executive authority of the Republic of Libertatem shall be vested in the office of the President, the Commander-in-Chief of the Libertatem Armed Forces. The powers of this office will include the ability to appoint Cabinet and Judicial officials, declare war, make peace, create and negotiate treaties and embassies, and implement policy.
Section II
The President shall be elected by a simple majority of citizens for a term of four months beginning on the day of his election.
He may be removed from office by a 2/3 majority vote of citizens.
Section III
The President shall appoint and a Cabinet of a Chancellor of War, Chancellor of State, Chancellor of the Interior, and an Attorney General.
Section IV
The Chancellor of War shall be the commander of Libertatem Armed Forces and shall be responsible for their upkeep. This Chancellor may appoint military officers under him if he so desires.
Section V
The Chancellor of State shall oversee Libertatem's foreign presence and the implementation of foreign policy, and shall have authority to negotiate embassies. This Chancellor may appoint diplomats under him if he so desires.
Section VI
The Chancellor of the Interior shall administer citizenship and preside over domestic policy, and shall have authority over the process by which citizenship is obtained.
Section VII
The Attorney General shall serve as the official litigator on behalf of the government.
Section VIII
The members of the Cabinet will serve the same term as the President and will serve at his discretion.
Section IX
Should the President be incapable of fulfilling his office, the Chancellor of State, then of War, then of the Interior, shall take the office.
If none of these offices are filled, there will be an emergency election to replace the President for the remainder of the term.
Section X
Anyone who held the title of President under the previous Constitution will maintain their legacy title of ex-President.
Section XI
The region's Founder will retain all aforementioned powers, to be used at his own discretion.
The President shall hold any powers available to the Founder, at the Founder's discretion.
Section XII
No member of the executive branch may hold any other position in the government of Libertatem.

Article III
The Judiciary
Section I
The judicial authority of the region shall be vested in a single Regional Court Justice.
Section II
The Justice shall be appointed by the President and shall serve a twelve month term and shall have original jurisdiction on all matters criminal, civil, and constitutional.
Section III
The Justice shall appoint a Solicitor General that shall be the official litigator on the behalf of the People.
Section IV
The Justice may be removed by a 2/3 majority in the Senate and Executive Cabinet.
If the Executive Cabinet is not filled, the Justice may be removed by a 2/3 majority in the Senate and a simple majority of Citizens.
Section V
Judicial decisions may be appealed to the Senate, in cases in which the Senate or a Senator is not party to the litigation, and can only overturn a decision with unanimous consent.
Section VI
The Justice may not hold any other position in the government of Libertatem.

Article IV
Alteration or Abolition of this Constitution
Section I
This document may be amended either:
-Through the approval of the Founder or President and of 2/3 of the Senate
-By the votes of 2/3 of active Citizens
Section II
Should it be deemed necessary, this Constitution may itself be abolished and replaced with another proposed to and ratified by the people of Libertatem through whatever process the proposed Constitution would require.

Article V
Elections and Voting
Section I
Elections for Senators shall begin on the first day of every fourth month, and each election shall last one day.
For the first term after ratification of this Constitution, these elections shall last three days.
Section II
Elections for President shall begin on Wednesday of the final full week of every fourth month, and shall last three days.
For these purposes, a full week is defined as the span of time between Monday and Friday, inclusive.
Section III
In the event of a vacancy in a Senatorial seat, a special election will be held immediately to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the term.
Section IV
The right to vote shall be held only by Citizens.
Section V
When an Amendment to this Constitution is proposed to or by the people, the polls regarding that Amendment shall last for three days.

Article VI
Rights
Section I
All nations will have an indisputable right to self-expression, of privacy, to practice religion, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Section II
All citizens are free from banjection without due process of law.
Section III
All nations have the privilege of free movement into and out of the region. This privilege may be revoked if a nation is deemed a threat to regional security or if a nation violates regional law.
Section IV
All citizens are entitled to representation in judicial proceedings.
Section V
All nations are entitled to the basic freedoms allowed to respected individuals.

Article VII
Institution
Section I
This Constitution shall be effective only when ratified by 2/3 of the active Citizens of Libertatem.
Upon this Constitution's ratification, the prior Constitution shall be struck down, and all laws passed and Supreme Court decisions made under it shall be rendered void.
Further, all legislation passed by executive order and regional bans instituted will also be rendered void.
Existing Citizenship and Embassies will not be revoked.
Unless changed later by the Chancellor of the Interior, the process by which Citizenship is acquired and the requirements therefor will not be altered by the ratification of this document.
In the place of the prior Constitution, this Constitution of the Second Republic of Libertatem shall become the law of the land.
Section II
For the purposes of ratification of this document and for all purposes thereafter until altered by Amendment, a Citizen is deemed active if their nation has been inactive for fewer than five consecutive days and their nation is located within Libertatem.
Section III
This document shall be ineffective until ratified. Until such point, the government of the First Republic shall remain.