Vanguard Night Watchmen Constitution

1.1 We, the People, in order to establish and preserve the rights and freedoms enumerated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights establish a government by means of this constitution.

1.2 Citizenship shall be granted to all natural born persons within the Union on the 21st year of their birth. Citizenship may not be revoked, but may be renounced.

2. This constitution shall be the supreme law of the land; and the Judges of every court of the Union shall be bound thereby.

3.1 The executive power shall be vested in the General Assembly.

3.2.1 The General Assembly shall consist of all citizens.

3.2.2 Each citizen shall have the right to vote in any matter before the General Assembly, to raise an issue for a vote, and to send a delegate in their stead.

3.2.3 The General Assembly shall meet for votes at an interval to be defined by referendum, not to exceed 50 days, at the Summit of Mons Huygens, The Moon unless defined by referendum.

3.2.4 Attendance by the citizen or their delegate to each meeting of the General Assembly is mandatory, punishable by fine or imprisonment to be defined by referendum.

3.2.5 A supermajority, to be defined by referendum, will be required to pass any issue.

3.3 The General Assembly may only but shall have the exclusive power

3.3.1 To Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the Union, except in Cases of Impeachment; 3.3.2 To declare War; 3.3.3 To grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; 3.3.4 To raise, support and maintain the Armed Forces; 3.3.5 To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the Armed Forces; 3.3.6 To fix the Salaries and Allowances of Civil and other Officers of the Union;

3.3.7 To develop and maintain penitentiaries;

3.3.8 To appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and all other Officers of the Union;

4.1 There shall be no legislative power, except for that of the people for referendum.

4.2 There shall be a National Referendum Day at an interval to be defined by referendum, not to exceed 200 days.

4.3 No referendum may degrade any right or freedom enumerated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights or in this constitution.

4.4.1 Any legislation that has been endorsed by 2.5% of the population shall be on the ballot for all referendums, within the following 600 days, unless it has passed.

4.4.2 Legislation shall be considered passed if a 4/5ths of the citizens affirm their consent.

4.5.1 All legislation passed by referendum shall expire no later than 2000 days after passage.

4.5.2 Any legislation that has passed and expired shall be on the ballot for all referendum within the following 200 days, unless it has passed.

5.1 The judicial Power of the Union, shall be vested in one supreme Court.

5.2.1 Judges shall gain Office once they receive endorsements from 1% of the citizens.

5.2.2 Each citizen shall have one endorsement and it may not be revoked.

5.2.3 Endorsements shall be null if the Judge does not attain or no longer holds their Office.

5.3 Judges shall hold their Office during good behavior.

5.4.1 In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which the Union shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction.

5.4.2 In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact.

6.1 The auditory Power of the Union shall be vested in the People.

6.2 All speeches, directives, exchanges, documentation, and any document or media created by or given to the Union shall be recorded and distributed pro bono to any citizen unless deemed by the Supreme Court to be a national security risk.

7.1.1 There shall be two taxes;

7.1.2 A national sales tax;

7.1.3 Uniform throughout the union;

7.1.4 the rate to be determined by referendum;

7.2.1 and an internationally coordinated tax on currency transactions;

7.3.1 to pay for the debts of the Union;

7.3.2 should there be a deficit, credit shall be created by the national bank;

7.3.3 should there be a surplus, the proceeds shall be distributed equally to each citizen.

7.4 The union shall have the exclusive power to issue Currency and Coinage, Paper Money, and Legal Tender.

8.1 Treason against the Union, shall consist only in levying War against it, or in adhering to its Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.

8.2 No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

9.1 Anyone whose rights or freedoms, as guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, have been infringed or denied may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to obtain such remedy as the court considers appropriate and just in the circumstances.

9.2 If a court concludes that evidence was obtained in a manner that infringed or denied any rights or freedoms guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the evidence shall be excluded if it is established that, having regard to all the circumstances, the admission of it in the proceedings would bring the administration of justice into disrepute.

PREAMBLE
Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,

Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,

Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,

Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations,

Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,

Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge,

as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.

[http:// ]Article 1.

 * All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

[http:// ]Article 2.

 * Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

[http:// ]Article 3.

 * Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

[http:// ]Article 4.

 * No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.

[http:// ]Article 5.

 * No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

[http:// ]Article 6.

 * Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.

[http:// ]Article 7.

 * All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.

[http:// ]Article 8.

 * Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.

[http:// ]Article 9.

 * No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

[http:// ]Article 10.

 * Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.

[http:// ]Article 11.

 * (1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
 * (2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.

[http:// ]Article 12.

 * No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

[http:// ]Article 13.

 * (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
 * (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.

[http:// ]Article 14.

 * (1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
 * (2) This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

[http:// ]Article 15.

 * (1) Everyone has the right to a nationality.
 * (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.

[http:// ]Article 16.

 * (1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.
 * (2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
 * (3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.

[http:// ]Article 17.

 * (1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
 * (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.

[http:// ]Article 18.

 * Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

[http:// ]Article 19.

 * Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

[http:// ]Article 20.

 * (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
 * (2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association.

[http:// ]Article 21.

 * (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.
 * (2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country.
 * (3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.

[http:// ]Article 22.

 * Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.

[http:// ]Article 23.

 * (1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.
 * (2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.
 * (3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.
 * (4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.

[http:// ]Article 24.

 * Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.

[http:// ]Article 25.

 * (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
 * (2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.

[http:// ]Article 26.

 * (1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
 * (2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
 * (3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

[http:// ]Article 27.

 * (1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.
 * (2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.

[http:// ]Article 28.

 * Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.

[http:// ]Article 29.

 * (1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible.
 * (2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.
 * (3) These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

[http:// ]Article 30.

 * Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.