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We the people of the United provinces of D'Hara, in Congress assembled, do declare that governments are justly created by the sovereign people to prevent the initiation of force and fraud. Thus, we do hereby ordain and decree the existence of the Republic in Arms. This national government shall be responsible only for defending the citizens against the initiation of force and fraud. Congress may pass laws and levy taxes and conclude treaties pursuant to this end and to this end only, and may compel the provinces and the citizens to obey such decrees. It shall be an Armed Republic, and the citizens, a Nation in Arms.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that mankind is able to perceive the world only through the faculty of reason; that all rational individuals are born equal in rights; that all rational individuals are born possessing the inalienable rights of liberty; that a supposed "right" that demands the compulsion of other rational individuals is by logic, not a right; that the exercise of reason is the highest virtue; that the initiation of coercion for any ends is unethical.
The following articles may not be amended, for any reason, by any majority. The Republic should die, and we with it, rather than perfidy infect it.
Article I
Congress shall make no law regulating the use a rational individual's private property, whether this be said individual's body, home, income, weaponry, acreage, factory, food, road, aircraft, communications equipment, or any other thing to which said individual has legally and ethically acquired title, provided that he or she does not attempt to either initiate force or fraud against any other rational individual. Thus, Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the media; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment II
The right of individuals to self-defense is inalienable, and thus, Congress shall make no law respecting the regulation of the access of adult, law-abiding, rational individuals to firearms.
Amendment III
No agent of the government shall, in time of peace or war have access to on any private property, without the consent of its owner.
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their private property against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the armed service, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use.
Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial, trained jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
Amendment VII
Congress shall make no law abridging the right of trial by jury.
Amendment VIII
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted, nor, given the fallibility of all rational individuals, shall the capital punishment be inflicted upon the condemned except in which cases that he or she has confessed. The condemned shall thereupon be hanged by the neck until dead on the steps of the Supreme Court.
Amendment IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the D'Haran National Government by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the provincial governments, are reserved to the provincial governments respectively, or to the people. This statement should not be regarded as a mere tautology.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that mankind is able to perceive the world only through the faculty of reason; that all rational individuals are born equal in rights; that all rational individuals are born possessing the inalienable rights of liberty; that a supposed "right" that demands the compulsion of other rational individuals is by logic, not a right; that the exercise of reason is the highest virtue; that the initiation of coercion for any ends is unethical.
The following articles may not be amended, for any reason, by any majority. The Republic should die, and we with it, rather than perfidy infect it.
Article I
Congress shall make no law regulating the use a rational individual's private property, whether this be said individual's body, home, income, weaponry, acreage, factory, food, road, aircraft, communications equipment, or any other thing to which said individual has legally and ethically acquired title, provided that he or she does not attempt to either initiate force or fraud against any other rational individual. Thus, Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the media; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment II
The right of individuals to self-defense is inalienable, and thus, Congress shall make no law respecting the regulation of the access of adult, law-abiding, rational individuals to firearms.
Amendment III
No agent of the government shall, in time of peace or war have access to on any private property, without the consent of its owner.
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their private property against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the armed service, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use.
Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial, trained jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
Amendment VII
Congress shall make no law abridging the right of trial by jury.
Amendment VIII
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted, nor, given the fallibility of all rational individuals, shall the capital punishment be inflicted upon the condemned except in which cases that he or she has confessed. The condemned shall thereupon be hanged by the neck until dead on the steps of the Supreme Court.
Amendment IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the D'Haran National Government by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the provincial governments, are reserved to the provincial governments respectively, or to the people. This statement should not be regarded as a mere tautology.