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25-08-2004, 02:26
Preamble
We the People of New Jersey, in order to form a more Perfect Union, to promote the General Welfare, to insure Domestic Tranquility, to provide for the Common Defense, to establish Justice, and to secure the Blessings of Liberty for ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this the Constitution of the Democratic States of New Jersey.
Article I--The Executive Branch
1. The Duties of the Executive Branch
Section 1.--The President shall be the Chief Executive of New Jersey, and is required to uphold and fulfill the Constitution and Law.
Section 2.--The President shall be aided and assisted by a Vice-President.
Section 3.--The President shall be the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of New Jersey.
Section 4.--The President shall appoint the Justices of the Supreme Court(See Article III.)
Section 5.--A Cabinet of Secretaries shall advise and brief the President, and shall also administer the various executive Departments, which handle daily tasks of governance and enforce Laws.
Section 6.--The President and Vice President shall serve four years in a term.
Section 7.--The President may veto a bill passed by Congress, but can be overridden with a simple majority of Congress.
2. Requirements and Limits for the Executive Branch
Section 1.--In order to hold the Office of President, a candidate must be at least 35 years of age, a natural-born citizen of New Jersey, and have must have been a resident of New Jersey for 15 years prior to election.
Clause 1.--A person born in a New Jersey embassy or military base in a foreign nation shall be a natural-born citizen of New Jersey.
Section 2.--The same requirements apply for the Vice President.
Section 3.--A Cabinet Secretary shall only need to be an upstanding citizen of New Jersey.
Section 4.--The President and Vice President shall serve no more then two terms.
3. Presidential Succession, Disability, and Impeachment
Section 1.--Besides death or resignation, the President shall be considered disabled and eligible for removal if he/she is considered physically or mentally unfit by a consensus if physicians and psychiatrists.
Section 2.--The President may be impeached for crimes committed in office, abuse of power, or disregard for the Constitution. A motion for Impeachment may be brought by a two-thirds vote in the Senate or House of Representatives. A trial shall then be conducted in the Senate, presided over by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. A Senator shall be appointed Prosecutor.(and may be aided by other legal experts of attorneys.)Upon conclusion of the trial, the Chief Justice shall make a ruling of guilty or not guilty.
Section 3.--Should the President be incapacitated, impeached, etc., the Vice President shall assume the Office and Duties of the President. The line of succession afterwards is as follows: The Speaker of the House, The President of the Senate, and then the Secretaries of the Cabinet in order of establishment. Should the entire line be unable to undertake the Presidential duties, the Chief Justice shall be made Acting president and organize new elections for the president.
Article II--The Legislative Branch
1. Duties and Organization of the Legislative Branch
Section 1.--Legislative powers shall be vested in Congress, which is composed of two Houses.
Section 2.--The House of Representatives shall serve as the lower House. Counties directly elect one Representative for every 25,000 persons residing there. Counties with less then 25,000 people shall be granted one Representative. Representatives serve for two years in a term.
Section 3.--The Senate shall serve as the upper House. Counties directly elect two Senators each. Senators shall serve for six years in a term.
Section 4.—The District of Trenton shall also elect one Representative per 25,000 people, and two Senators.
Section 5.--The Senate shall conduct any impeachment trials, and a Senator shall be voted Prosecutor.
Section 6.--In order for a Declaration of War to be made, A. The President requests one of Congress, and a simple majority in each House shall achieve this, or B. A simple majority in either house may initiate a motion for War, and the vote shall be carried out as in the other case.
Section 7.--A Speaker shall be elected from the Representatives, and preside over sessions. A President of the Senate shall be elected form the Senators, and preside over sessions.
Section 8.--Congress may override the President’s veto with a simple majority.
Section 9.—Congress shall need to approve the President’s candidates for Justice with a three-fourths vote in each House.
2. Requirements and Limits for the Legislative Branch
Section 1.--In order to hold the Office of Representative, a candidate must be at least 25 years of age, a citizen of New Jersey for seven years prior to election, and reside in the county he represents.
Clause 1.--The Embassy-Military base clause for the President applies here as well.
Section 2.—In order to hold the Office of Senator, a candidate must be at least 30 years of age, a citizen of New Jersey for nine years prior to election, and reside in the county he represents.
Clause 1.--Same as above.
Section 3.--Representatives shall serve no more then two terms in total.
Section 4.—Senators shall serve no more then four terms.
3. Legislative Disability and Impeachment
Section 1.--Besides death or resignation, a Congress Member shall be considered disabled and eligible for removal if he/she is considered physically or mentally unfit by a consensus if physicians and psychiatrists.
Section 2.--A Congressman/woman may be impeached for the same reasons as the President, and shall have the same type of trial.
Section 3.--Should a Congressman/woman be incapacitated, impeached, etc., a special election shall be held as soon as possible to assume his Office and Term.
Article III—The Judical Branch
1. Duties and Organization of the Judicial Branch
Section 1.--The Federal Judicial Branch shall consist of the Supreme Court.
Section 2.--The Supreme Court shall be composed of nine Justice, one being elected Chief Justice. They will be chosen by the President, approved by Congress, and serve for life or retirement.
Section 3.--The Chief Justice shall preside over the Court, and preside over Impeachment trials.
Section 4.--The Supreme Court will hear cases appealed past the County Court, and vote on the outcome.
Section 5.-- The Justices will also appoint a group of ten Judicial Clerks, who will submit cases to the Justices they feel warrant their attention. The Justices will vote on whether to accept the cases, and shall then preside over and decide the outcome of them.
Section 6.—The Supreme Court shall also examine bills that Congress has passed, and will determine if they are constitutional.
Section 7.—The Supreme court shall be the highest Court in the land, and it’s decisions final.
To be continued. Feedback very welcome.
We the People of New Jersey, in order to form a more Perfect Union, to promote the General Welfare, to insure Domestic Tranquility, to provide for the Common Defense, to establish Justice, and to secure the Blessings of Liberty for ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this the Constitution of the Democratic States of New Jersey.
Article I--The Executive Branch
1. The Duties of the Executive Branch
Section 1.--The President shall be the Chief Executive of New Jersey, and is required to uphold and fulfill the Constitution and Law.
Section 2.--The President shall be aided and assisted by a Vice-President.
Section 3.--The President shall be the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of New Jersey.
Section 4.--The President shall appoint the Justices of the Supreme Court(See Article III.)
Section 5.--A Cabinet of Secretaries shall advise and brief the President, and shall also administer the various executive Departments, which handle daily tasks of governance and enforce Laws.
Section 6.--The President and Vice President shall serve four years in a term.
Section 7.--The President may veto a bill passed by Congress, but can be overridden with a simple majority of Congress.
2. Requirements and Limits for the Executive Branch
Section 1.--In order to hold the Office of President, a candidate must be at least 35 years of age, a natural-born citizen of New Jersey, and have must have been a resident of New Jersey for 15 years prior to election.
Clause 1.--A person born in a New Jersey embassy or military base in a foreign nation shall be a natural-born citizen of New Jersey.
Section 2.--The same requirements apply for the Vice President.
Section 3.--A Cabinet Secretary shall only need to be an upstanding citizen of New Jersey.
Section 4.--The President and Vice President shall serve no more then two terms.
3. Presidential Succession, Disability, and Impeachment
Section 1.--Besides death or resignation, the President shall be considered disabled and eligible for removal if he/she is considered physically or mentally unfit by a consensus if physicians and psychiatrists.
Section 2.--The President may be impeached for crimes committed in office, abuse of power, or disregard for the Constitution. A motion for Impeachment may be brought by a two-thirds vote in the Senate or House of Representatives. A trial shall then be conducted in the Senate, presided over by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. A Senator shall be appointed Prosecutor.(and may be aided by other legal experts of attorneys.)Upon conclusion of the trial, the Chief Justice shall make a ruling of guilty or not guilty.
Section 3.--Should the President be incapacitated, impeached, etc., the Vice President shall assume the Office and Duties of the President. The line of succession afterwards is as follows: The Speaker of the House, The President of the Senate, and then the Secretaries of the Cabinet in order of establishment. Should the entire line be unable to undertake the Presidential duties, the Chief Justice shall be made Acting president and organize new elections for the president.
Article II--The Legislative Branch
1. Duties and Organization of the Legislative Branch
Section 1.--Legislative powers shall be vested in Congress, which is composed of two Houses.
Section 2.--The House of Representatives shall serve as the lower House. Counties directly elect one Representative for every 25,000 persons residing there. Counties with less then 25,000 people shall be granted one Representative. Representatives serve for two years in a term.
Section 3.--The Senate shall serve as the upper House. Counties directly elect two Senators each. Senators shall serve for six years in a term.
Section 4.—The District of Trenton shall also elect one Representative per 25,000 people, and two Senators.
Section 5.--The Senate shall conduct any impeachment trials, and a Senator shall be voted Prosecutor.
Section 6.--In order for a Declaration of War to be made, A. The President requests one of Congress, and a simple majority in each House shall achieve this, or B. A simple majority in either house may initiate a motion for War, and the vote shall be carried out as in the other case.
Section 7.--A Speaker shall be elected from the Representatives, and preside over sessions. A President of the Senate shall be elected form the Senators, and preside over sessions.
Section 8.--Congress may override the President’s veto with a simple majority.
Section 9.—Congress shall need to approve the President’s candidates for Justice with a three-fourths vote in each House.
2. Requirements and Limits for the Legislative Branch
Section 1.--In order to hold the Office of Representative, a candidate must be at least 25 years of age, a citizen of New Jersey for seven years prior to election, and reside in the county he represents.
Clause 1.--The Embassy-Military base clause for the President applies here as well.
Section 2.—In order to hold the Office of Senator, a candidate must be at least 30 years of age, a citizen of New Jersey for nine years prior to election, and reside in the county he represents.
Clause 1.--Same as above.
Section 3.--Representatives shall serve no more then two terms in total.
Section 4.—Senators shall serve no more then four terms.
3. Legislative Disability and Impeachment
Section 1.--Besides death or resignation, a Congress Member shall be considered disabled and eligible for removal if he/she is considered physically or mentally unfit by a consensus if physicians and psychiatrists.
Section 2.--A Congressman/woman may be impeached for the same reasons as the President, and shall have the same type of trial.
Section 3.--Should a Congressman/woman be incapacitated, impeached, etc., a special election shall be held as soon as possible to assume his Office and Term.
Article III—The Judical Branch
1. Duties and Organization of the Judicial Branch
Section 1.--The Federal Judicial Branch shall consist of the Supreme Court.
Section 2.--The Supreme Court shall be composed of nine Justice, one being elected Chief Justice. They will be chosen by the President, approved by Congress, and serve for life or retirement.
Section 3.--The Chief Justice shall preside over the Court, and preside over Impeachment trials.
Section 4.--The Supreme Court will hear cases appealed past the County Court, and vote on the outcome.
Section 5.-- The Justices will also appoint a group of ten Judicial Clerks, who will submit cases to the Justices they feel warrant their attention. The Justices will vote on whether to accept the cases, and shall then preside over and decide the outcome of them.
Section 6.—The Supreme Court shall also examine bills that Congress has passed, and will determine if they are constitutional.
Section 7.—The Supreme court shall be the highest Court in the land, and it’s decisions final.
To be continued. Feedback very welcome.