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Bill: Bill of Rights

Details

Submitted by[?]: Neo-Imperial Peoples Vanguard Party (IA)

Status[?]: passed

Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.

Voting deadline: April 2616

Description[?]:

The purpose of this JOINT Resolution is to amend the national constitution, thus 2/3 majority will be required to ratify it.

The following shall be known as the Bill of Rights:

Freedom of Speech, Press, Assembly and Petition

The Parliament shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Right to Bear Arms

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, shall be maintained by the People. While, unless having a recorded felony or other lesser criminal charge, the right of the People to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Search and Seizure

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, 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. The right to privacy is also secured, when there is no probable cause and no Warrant issued.

Trial and Punishment, Compensation for Takings

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, or any crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; 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, without just compensation.

Right to Speedy Trial, Confrontation of Witnesses

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial 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 defence.

Trial by Jury in Civil Cases

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 United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Powers of the Duchies and People

The powers not delegated to the Parliament by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the Duchies, are reserved to the Duchies respectively, or to the People.

CONCLUSION it is the purpose of this amendment to protect the inherent freedoms that come with the many rights and advantages of a free nation.

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Debate

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Voting

Vote Seats
yes
  

Total Seats: 86

no
   

Total Seats: 64

abstain
  

Total Seats: 25


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