Space Union Constitution

The Space Union Constitution passed on November 12th, 2005, is the national constitution of Space Union. It is the product of mostly President Harsimran Mann along with the Space Union House. It defines the government and its powers, the unalienable rights of the citizens of Space Union, the process of passing bills, the process of creating states, and more. The constitution is created in Articles with a total of 14 articles. Further subdivision is paragraphs and clauses within the constitution, though, not used in the original document. This document also establishes the first Federative-Republican System as the nation's government-type, another brainchild of President Harsimran Mann.

Preamble

We the people of Space Union promise to uphold this document as sacred as our own religion. It is the this document that upholds truth, justice, and our rights to liberty. The Constitution of Space Union hereby is considered the law of the land and the highest judge in Space Union. It is through this document that our government, our rights, our liberty, and our welfare are derived from. Any citizen of Space Union is obligated to follow and uphold the constitution wherever he/she may go. We the people hereby establish the Constitution of Space Union in order to form a more perfect society and state, where all men, women, race, religion’s rights are guaranteed and protected.

Article I: Federate

The Head of the Nation will be the Federate. The Federate will have control over the entire government as the leader. He/she will not be a part of any of the 3 branches of the government. This ensures no power game is started amongst the branches. The Federate will have the authority to enforce, create, and run the nation. But his/her powers will be balanced out by the Leaders of each Branch. The Federate will serve a maximum of 4 terms of 4 years each.

A Prime Minister will be established to take the place of the Federate if he/she is removed of office, unable to carry out the job temporarily, or on notice. When not on duty, the Prime Minister will head the Executive Branch.

Article II: Branches of the Government

The government will be established with 3 branches of government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. Each branch will elect a leader to lead the branch. The Leader of each branch will represent the branch to the Federate and make up his council called the Council of Branches. Each branch will have checks-and-balances against each other to prevent either branch from gaining too much power. All will be equal to the Federate.

Article III: Executive Branch

The Executive Branch will be headed by the Prime Minister. Within the Executive Branch will be all the Ministers of the Government. These are the Minister of State, Defense, Agriculture, Economics, Transportation, Health and Welfare, Education, and Science & Technology. The Ministers will elect one of them to be the Prime Minister.

The Executive Branch will be responsible for enforcing all laws created by the Legislative Branch. They will also carry out all the policies of the nation and play the leading role of representing the nation. It has the power to veto any bills passed by the Legislative Branch, appoint judicial members, other ministers, and draft the policies of the nation.

The Prime Minister main responsibility is to lead the Executive Branch. The Prime Minister is elected out of the ranks of the ministers. The Prime Minister has the power to rule over the other ministers, veto any of their suggestions, make sure that the Executive Branch enforces all laws, create a budget draft and suggestions for the Federate, and act as the Vice Federate to the Federate along with acting as a representative for the country on diplomatic tours.

Article IV: Legislative Branch

The Legislative Branch will be headed by the Representative of the Chamber (ROC). The Legislative Branch will be composed of one house with representation based on population from each province/state. The body will start all bills that will become law. The Legislative Branch has the power to impeach any executive branch leaders, ministers, reject nominee selections, override vetoes by a 2/3rd majority, create agencies, committees, investigations, amend the constitution, and provide all funding.

The Legislative Branch's head will be the Representative of Chamber or the ROC. The ROC will be in charge of leading the Chamber and running the Legislative Branch. It is his/her responsibility to ensure that the Legislative Branch operates correctly, fairly, and cleanly. Each member of the Electorate will be able to serve a maximum of 2 terms of 4 years. Same applies for the ROP.

Within the Legislative Branch are the two components, the Chamber of Electorates and the Board of Bills. The Chamber of Electorates is composed of 2 Electorates from each state/province. It is the law-making body of the government. The Board of Bills is a separate entity from the Chamber of Electorates that is composed of 8 Electorates. The Board of Bills determines if applicative bills will either be forwarded for a vote in the Chamber of Electorates or be nullified and destroyed. A rare third option allows for storage of certain bills that might be used in the future. This third option applies mostly to bills that are vetoed.

The Chamber of Electorates is also composed represenatives from the top 20 corporations, in-terms of size. Each corporation gets two represenatives to the Chamber of Electorates. These represenatives, that are called Corporate Electorates, hold all the same powers of regular Electorates. Each represenative may serve as long as the corporation deems so.

Article V: Judicial Branch

The Judicial Branch will be headed by the Supreme Justice of the Command Court. The Judicial Branch will be composed of the Command Court, as the highest court, then the Provincial Courts, as state courts, District Courts, as city courts, and Neighborhood Court, as small sections of large cities court. All of these subordinate courts will be founded by the members of the Command Court.

The Command Court will have 12 Justices with one Supreme Justice. The Court's responsibility is to make sure that every bill passed does not conflict with the constitution or previous laws that haven't been repealed. The Court will also be in charge of making sure that all political members are clean of corruptions with a small committee of 4 Justices to work on these types of cases. Further committees may be made by the Justices.

Each Justice serves a lifetime as the Justice and finishes when they either pass away, retire, or unable to serve. A new Justice will be appointed by the Executive Branch and ratified by the Legislative Branch.

Article VI: Bill-to-Law Process

A bill will be created in several methods to ensure quick and streamlined capability of the government. A bill is either proposed by having either the Federate propose, electorates propose, or citizens propose a bill. Once this is done it will be forwarded to the Board of Bills, which will sort the bills out. The bills that are accepted by the bill will be forwarded to the Chamber. A necessary 3/4ths vote is necessary to pass the bill. If a bill fails it is dumped back to the Board of Bills, which will either store it for later use or destroy it. If a bill passes in the Chamber, it will go to the Federate. The Federate will take the input of the Prime Minister to either accept the bill or veto it. If accepted, the bill will become a law. If vetoed the bill will be redirected to the Bill of Boards, which will determine if a bill is to be passed again to the Chamber of Electorates or disposed of. If the first option is done, then it will need a 3/4ths vote to override the veto and become law.

Article VII: Ratification of the Constitution

This constitution will be passed and instated upon a vote of at least 8 states for it. Each state will have its Legislative Branches vote upon it. If it gains a simple majority in the Legislative Branches, it will be passed in that state. Upon 8 states passing the new constitution, it will become the new "law of the land". Upon that all states will have to adhere to the new constitution and make necessary changes to their structure to incorporate it.

Article VIII: Amending and Reconstitutionalizing

If needed in the future the constitution may be amended in a process called "Reconstitutionalizing". In this process, for an amendment to pass, a 3/4ths majority in the Chamber of Electorates is needed. If passed by the Chamber of Electorates, the Amendment will be passed on to the Council of Ministers. If 3/4ths of the Ministers vote for it, the amendment will be passed on to the Command Court. The Command Court's Justices will need to have an "all-vote" to amend the constitution. If an "all-vote" occurs in the Command Court, the amendment will finally go to the Council of Branches which will have to have an "all-vote to pass it. If it completes all these requirements and it reaches the Federate, he/she will make the final decision to accept it or veto it. If in any part of Reconstitutionalizing, the amendment fails to meet the requirements, it is deemed dead for the next 4 years or incapable of being brought up for another try for 4 more years.

Article IX: Officeholders and Representatives

Any representative of the people of any office must meet certain guidelines to ensure that only qualified personal make it into the offices. These qualifications follow: the person must have at least a PhD in his/her expertise/office, the person must have experience in that role, the person must have at least 200 hours of Community Service, pass a Intelligence Test, and finally must be trustworthy, loyal, and obedient to the citizens of Space Union.

For all positions in the government, each person can serve a maximum of 4 terms those last 4 years each. After each term or 4 years, an election will be held to either reelect the officeholder or elect a new officer. Upon being selected, the person must pledge an Oath of Obedience, stating that he/she will serve the public and the only the public.

The only positions exempt from this rule are the Command Court Justices and Corporate Electorates. The former all serve Life Terms meaning that they will serve until they either pass away, retire, or are impeached. The later serve as long as the company deems so.

Article X: Impeachment Process

To impeach any official a investigation board will be drafted by the Chamber of Electorates to conduct an investigation on the charges listed by the excuser. Upon conducting the investigation, the Chamber of Electorates will vote on whether to impeach the official from that office or position.

If impeached by the Chamber, the person may never hold public office again and will be sent to jail for his crimes and fulfill his sentence there.

Command Court Justices may also be impeached in a similar process as other officials.

Article XI: Election Process

Elections of official will be held by popular voting. The people will directly vote on their representatives, officials, and even the Federate. A simple majority is needed to win an election for each office/seat/position. If a tie occurs, the election will be sent to the local/state Legislative Branch, if it is in local or state elections. If it is a national election, the tie will go the Chamber of Electorates, which will then proceed to break the tie with a simple majority vote. If a tie occurs in the Legislative Branch, the election will be transferred to the Command Court for the tie-break.

Corporate Electorates are elected by the individual corporations they represent.

Article XII: Statehood Process

States and Provinces will be founded in a process called Statehood. In this process, any territory or land that wishes to apply for statehood must meet specific requirements: have a population of at least 10 million residents, belong to the nation for at least 10 years, have the status of territory of the Union, have a majority vote in the Territorial Legislative Branch, and finally meet specific economic, infrastructural, and educational requirements.

If a territory meets these requirements, the Chamber of Electorates will open up a Panel to deal with this. After a review of the territory's application, the Panel will decide whether or not to forward its application to the Chamber of Electorates. If it fails to gain the approval of the Panel, the territory may not apply for statehood for another 5 years. If it passes the Panel, the Chamber of Electorates must make a 3/4ths vote for its admittance into the nation. If it gains the necessary votes, it will go directly to the Federate who will decide on the final decision. If he/she passes the application, the territory will become a state in 10 days. If in any part of the statehood process, it fails to achieve its requirements/goals, its application will become void for 5 years before becoming possible to apply the application again.

Article XIII: Citizenship and Naturalization

To become a citizen of Space Union or naturalization, a contender must meet a couple of requirements: he/she must know basic Conabi, must have lived in the nation for 5 years, have a valid passport/visa, have a clean criminal record, know some information on the nation, and know part of its culture and laws. The Chamber of Electorate may form a government agency to oversee the assimilation of aliens into citizens and review individual applications.

A citizen is required to fulfill all duties and commit to do its responsibilities. All citizens in return will be guaranteed their universal rights along with services from the government and protection anywhere in the world.

Article XIV: Rights of Citizens

Every citizen of Union is guaranteed specific rights that no one is capable of taking away or violating. These five rights are the freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition. The people's basic rights are hereby protected by the Constitution and no law by any government(s) may take them away.

Other rights guaranteed to the citizens, are the rights to fair treatment, equal representation, and to conduct anything that doesn't go against the constitution or laws.