Bill of Rights (PASSED)
Unconditional Surrender Truman:
Hear ye! Hear ye! Having seen the adoption of the Article establishing the judicial branch of this government, the Convention will now proceed to address the federal Bill of Rights. In the interests of timeliness, we will go about composing this particular Article in a highly streamlined manner, so listen up:
Beginning immediately, and continuing for exactly 48 hours, every delegate will be allowed to propose Rights that they believe should be included in the Constitution. At the end of said 48 hours, we will immediately proceed to a principle vote: all those rights endorsed by a majority of voting delegates will be included in the final document.
I now open the floor for debate.
Unconditional Surrender Truman:
My proposals:
• All persons born or naturalized in the Republic of Atlasia, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the Republic of Atlasia and of the Region in which they reside, and shall in all cases be afforded equal protection under the law.
• Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, nor of the press, nor withholding the freedom to peaceably assemble and to petition for the redress of grievances.
• Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, nor obstructing the freedom of worship.
• The right of citizens of the Republic of Atlasia to vote shall not be denied, except in regards to persons whose account is fewer than 168 hours old, or in consequence of failing to meet such requirements for activity as may be established by law.
• No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.
• Neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crimes of which the accused has been duly convicted, shall exist within the Republic of Atlasia, nor in any place under its jurisdiction.
• No citizen shall be subjected to warrantless search or seizure of the persons, homes, records, or possessions, and no warrants shall be issued without probable cause, supported by oath of affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
• No person accused of crimes under the laws of this Republic, or of the several Regions, shall be compelled to bear witness against himself, nor subjected to excessive bail, nor cruel or unusual punishment.
• In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall have right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of their peers in the Region wherein the crime shall have been committed, to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation, to be confronted with the witnesses against him, to have a compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel in his defense.
• 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 forces.
• In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the Republic of Atlasia.
• The enumeration of certain rights in this Constitution shall not be construed as to deny or disparage those natural rights and liberties herein unlisted.
(Keep in mind that the RL 10th Amendment has already been adopted as part of the Article on the Regions.)
Adam Griffin:
I've yet to comb through the current document, but how many of these are transferred over/how many are new proposals?
Classic Conservative:
I also would like something allowing the ownership of guns in the bill of rights and a admendment banning late term abortion. But I would be fine with the first and not the second
Kingpoleon:
This should be mostly procedural rather than structural. May I suggest we only vote on one right at a time? It will still go by pretty quickly.
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