Constitution of the Confederated Peoples

The Constitution of the Confederated Peoples is that nation's highest law. Any laws passed in violation of the constitution or anything in the laws or constitutions of the Confederal Members which contradicts the Constitution is automatically void. Amendments to the Constitution require the assent of a majority of voters in at least two thirds of the Members provided that such a majority also constitutes a majority of the total voters.

Jurisdiction

The Constitution is the highest law in the Confederated Peoples and it takes precedence over all other Confederal laws, Member constitutions, Member laws and even international laws and covenants. The first three, if they violate the Constitution, are void the instant they are proclaimed and the latter, if they contradict the Confederal Constitution, are not valid in the Confederated Peoples. The Confederal Supreme Court has a power of judicial review to lend practical strength to this principle.

History

The Confederal Constitution was originally written by the Commonwealth Interministerial Council in early 2007 when, on behalf of their formerly separate nations, they created the Confederated Peoples. However, the original constitution was seen to be too weak, too ambiguous and too undemocratic to be sustainable and, after a widespread breakdown in public order, a number of amendments were pushed through later in 2007 which fundamentally altered the constitution and created the current system which has, since then, remained unchanged in essentials.