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Vice President Speaker (of Council) An executive parliament managed by the Council. An executive parliament managed by the Judiciary. An interim president elected by emergency election. Section X) The president, by an executive order, can pass or overrule legislation during a crisis and/or emergency. However, they cannot change their own powers, the constitution, or the laws governing the server/sub. Council has the right to strike down the president’s decision in a 50% \+ 1 vote. Section XI) The President may not hold any other government position, nor a government position in any other subreddit. This will be considered treason. Section XII) The president must publicly address the council, describing the condition of the nation, on the fifteenth of the month which their term lands on. In the case of the President being incapable of doing so, for a valid reason (i.e: Sickness, incapability to do so, in real life commitments, or other reasons), the duty falls to the Vice President, who must uphold the speech. Section XIII) The president may pardon an individual of a crime, as long as they can prove sufficient reasoning which would imply necessity for the individual to be pardoned. Presidents may pardon 3 different people per term. In case an individual reoffends several times over two or more terms, the president may not give them consecutive pardons multiple terms in a row. Pardons may only be distributed to the same person, for a reoffense of a violation, every other term. A pardon must be publicly announced, and requires approval from the Vice President and Ombudsman to be enshrined. The president may not pardon any of their own crimes. # Article III (Of the Council) The Council shall be the legislative branch of r/TeenGovernment. This branch shall pass laws, acts, bills, motions, and constitutional amendments. The Council shall recognize popular sovereignty and be voted in by democratic process every election cycle. The following sections will define the powers of the Council. Section I) The Council shall be elected by the citizens of Teen Government every one month, by democratic election process. Election seasons will begin on the 20th of every month and end of the 27th, giving voters a 72-hour period to submit their votes. Section II) All candidates for council must be considered a TG citizen, complying with Article I, Section II. Section III) Any and all citizens of TG may not serve more than three consecutive council terms, but are granted indefinite terms overall. Section IV) The number of members in the Council shall be equal to 10% of the registered population, by census, rounded to the nearest odd number. Section V) The council, whose decision will be public, shall be obliged to pass, reject, or abstain on the following kinds of texts: Laws, bills, or acts. Motions, which are defined as a formal request for a legal issue. Constitutional Amendments (Which will require a ⅔ approval vote) No-Confidence votes (To relieve a government official from their duty) Section VI) In order for council to pass one of the texts noted above, half plus one of council members must vote “Aye”. If a bill does not receive this amount, it cannot be considered “passed” until it does. Once a bill is proposed, a waiting period will be induced before any council member can vote on the bill, except in cases of emergency. Constitutional amendments will require a supermajority. Section VII) The “Speaker” shall be appointed by democratic ranked election, which will only count votes within the Council. The Speaker will be obliged to observe the status of the Council, keep track of bills, and ensure the Council is fulfilling their duty by whichever method they see fit. Section VII) The Minister of Press shall be obligated to facilitate transparency by posting official screenshots of the current Council activities. Section VIII) A council member will lose their position in council if they inherit the role of president, commit a criminal and/or political offense, or if they resign. Section IX) The council may declare a crisis and/or war, yet both require a supermajority vote. The Vice President is permitted to vote only in cases of a tie. # Article IV (Of the Judiciary) The Courts, including all Justices, will be the deciding factor on punishments for violators of the law. Furthermore, they must interpret laws. The judiciary must decide if a law is considered unconstitutional or illegal, if brought to them by a citizen. The following sections will define the powers of the Courts. Section I) The court will consist of 5 nominated judges, who must be approved by council super majority, or a 60% approval. New appointments may not happen unless there is an occurrence leaving the courts with less than 5 nominated judges. Section II) There are 4 types of cases. Ban Appeals: A ban of at least 72 hours (or more) can be appealed by the court. Appeals may only be rewarded if the individual can explain that their sentence is unjustified. The moderator who distributed the ban may defend their choice. Lawsuits: Individuals, who are victims of a crime, can file lawsuits against another individual. This will result in a trial. An assigned jury will decide whether the defendant is guilty or not. The presiding judge will decide on the punishment. Constitutional clarifications: If a user finds an issue within the constitution, they can bring it to the Courts. Any action deemed unconstitutional by the court must be reversed. Law Challenges: All citizens can challenge a law. Section III) A jury, consisting of citizen jurors, will be selected via random “wheel process”. They must swear to deliver a verdict based on presented evidence within the trial. A wheel will be spun, with citizens who registered for jury duty, to serve on a jury. Section IV) Judicial members may not hold any other government position, nor a government position in any other subreddit. This will be considered treason. Section V) Justices accused of violating the law will be tried in the same way as an ordinary citizen. If convicted, they will be removed from the position. Section VI) A jury assigned to a trial will consist of 5 jurors. The following articles, if they involve an individual's name for the law, is from it being a law based on their concepts, hence were credited. People’s positions, definitions. Presiding Judge: The Judge assigned to oversee a specific trial, holds full judicial authority as stated within VI. Acting Judge: A temporary Judge who holds the same powers as a presiding Judge, yet only for the duration in which the Presiding Judge is unavailable. Their authority is revoked the moment the Presiding Judge is available. Plaintiff: The user bringing the charge or accusation to court against an individual. Defendant: The user standing accused for a crime or violation. They retain all rights described in this document, no matter the nature of their crime. Plaintiff counsel: The lawyer representing the Plaintiff. Also called as Prosecution Counsel. Defense Counsel: Lawyer representing the defendant. Juror: A citizen selected via the wheel processes described in Article I. Sworn to deliver a verdict based on presented evidence. Witness: A user called upon by either counsel to provide a testimony connected to the trial. Must have a submitted affidavit before trial. Ombudsman: Investigation officer. Their interactions with the court are described within this document. Minister of Documentation: Officer responsible for enforcing Zeedith’s law. Justice: Member of the Judiciary, holding powers described within this document. They do not hold the powers of a Judge unless they are currently presiding. Observer: A user present throughout the trial, who holds no previously stated positions. Press: A user or group acting to journal, document, or make an article covering the trial. Must abide by Alexandrite’s law, Article VI, 6.5. Terminology used within this document means the following Eligibility: The set conditions a user must meet to qualify for Jury. Outlined within Article I. Sound Mind, Body, and Thought: A user who meets the following: Is active within the community in the last 48 hours, not currently facing disciplinary action after an official court punishment, is capable of responding to direct messages in a reasonable time, and is not prevented by in real life issues. Affidavit: A written sworn statement of facts provided by a witness before a trial. Further outlined within Gaggle’s law. Verdict: The official decision of guilty or innocent done as conclusion of a trial, done by the Jury, or in emergency circumstances the public poll process. Mistrial: A trial is considered invalid by an error within the Judiciary, legal violation, or other event leading to it being null. Mistrial means the trial must be redone entirely. Retrial: A trial being done again post mistrial or an appeal. Contempt: Behavior during court proceedings that disrupts, disrespects, or obstructs the court processes. This is up to the Judge’s discretion, further elaboration of contempt is seen in the following Contempt of court bill : r/TeenGovernment Coercion: The act of forcing or pressuring someone into a decision out of their own free will. Any action taken under this is considered null and void. Reasonable Doubt: Uncertainty based on guilt, based on the evidence. If this occurs, the jurors aren’t certain on a crime being committed, a not guilty verdict should follow Statute of Limitations as outlined in: Statute of limitations : r/TeenGovernment Perjury: The act of knowingly providing misinformation in court while under oath. Hearay: A statement made by someone who didn’t directly see the event, stating secondhand information, may be objected as stated later on. Null and void: Having no effect. Plea deal: An agreement in which a defendant pleads guilty in exchange for an agreed upon sentence. Must be approved via the Presiding Judge. Class action: A suit in which multiple plaintiffs sue the same defendant, simultaneously, for the same crimes. Must fit the later stated conditions. Appeal: A formal request to recheck a previous court verdict, disagreement of the verdict is not ground for appeals, terms for an appeal is stated within this document. Jury Nullification: The legal right of a juror to vote innocent regardless of evidence without facing punishment. Article I: The jury. 1.1: Henceforth, all trials are required to have randomly selected jurors. Once a trial is declared, every user, who is of sound mind, body, thought, and availability, will be placed onto a wheel. This fair wheel shall be spun 7 times. Post spinning both of the lawyers are to speak, in a public Court voice call, where they shall remove a total of 4 jurors, and be left with 3\. 1.15: Sound Mind, Body, and thought is to mean the following: (a) A user is present in the community in the last 48 hours (b)The user is not currently timed out, muted, banned, or otherwise facing disciplinary action. (c) The user is capable of responding to direct messages in a reasonable timeframe, as determined via the presiding judge. (d)The user is not currently in a state, from In real life issues, that would prevent them from making time. 1.2: If the lawyers remove a user from eligibility , they must explain their reasoning. This reasoning must be typed into chat for proper documentation, this documentation shall be pinned in the court server until a new trial occurs. Minimum of 2 sentences are required or the reasoning is considered null and void. 1.3: eligibility is to be defined as the following: (a) The ability to make decisions based on one's own unbiased experiences. (b) The mental capacity to make logical decisions. (c) The ability to ignore past experiences with a criminal. (d) The ability to make harsh decisions based on the provided evidence. 1.4: Henceforth, an Admin or lawyer selecting a juror, outside of previously stated proper process, is illegal, doing so shall lead to a mandatory mistrial. 1.5: Once a juror is selected, they may choose to excuse themselves. They must reason their leaving with one of the following. (a) Inability to meet the eligibility requirements. (b) Real life concerns. (c) Being the defendant or plaintiff. Their reasoning must also be posted, Justices are permitted the same act. 1.6: Under the circumstance less than 3 jurors are available, for any of the previously described removal reasons, the wheel shall be spun once more, repeating the previously outlined processes. This must repeat until three jurors are available. Under the circumstance it is a Justice unavailable, then an extra juror seat shall be made available. After three occurrences of this 1.16 shall occur. 1.7: Once a juror serves a trial, their name is to be crossed off of the list to remove repeated jurors. The juror list shall be refreshed (placing the names of every user on once more) after the third day of every odd numbered month. 1.8: If all selected jurors are of the same party, coalition, position (council), or general ideologies not held by a clear and vast majority of the community, the lawyers must decide to remove certain members. There may only be a maximum of one juror of each political party, two for every electoral coalition, failure to remove invalid jurors by this clause shall lead to a retrial. 1.9: Once a juror is sworn into a court they are to declare any previous experiences with the defendant, plaintiff, or judge once requested. This request is to be requested via the opposing counsel. 1.10: If a juror is of the same political party as the defendant, they are immediately removed from juror status. This is considered null and void under the circumstance no other options are available. 1.11: Once the wheel for juror selection is spun, a recording of the spinning must be had and posted onto the official servers main page. Failure to do so shall result in a mistrial. The website used must be clearly stated in the recording. The spin is to be done via the acting judge of the trial. 1.11.5: Before this spin may occur, the names currently on the list must be provided to the Ombudsman. The Ombudsman is to check these names to ensure no one is unfairly added, no one should be added, and no unfair immunity is given. 1.12: Under the circumstance a user believes the wheel was rigged, they may request for the exact site, wheel settings, and all set statuses on the wheel. The Ombudsman may request this at any moment, and if the Ombudsman finds evidence of a rigged wheel they may declare a mistrial. This shall also lead to the Judge being brought to council for whether they are to be impeached or not. 1.13: For a juror to be selected, they must fulfill the following conditions (a) Fits eligibility. (b) Do not share a political party as the defendant nor plaintiff. (c) Or a court Admin. 1.14: Screening must be done on all jurors. If jurors have a criminal record involving fraud, corruption, bribery, or 5 individual contempt charges they are immediately removed. 1.15: If there is a circumstance where not a singular juror will be available, by the previously stated restrictions, then an emergency trial shall take place. 1.16: This emergency trial shall take place as the following. (1) The Minister of documentation shall begin recording the trial. Opening statements, cross examination, questioning of witnesses, closing statements and all evidence must be within this. (2) Then the footage shall be given to the public (3) a PIPA complaint poll shall be created by the acting judge, post trial. The poll must include the following options: “Guilty without a shadow of a doubt”, “Guilty”, “Unsure”, “Innocent”, “Innocent without a shadow of a doubt”. All votes stating “Guilty without a shadow of a doubt” or “Guilty” count towards a guilty verdict. All “Innocent without a shadow of a doubt” and “Innocent” shall count towards an innocent verdict. This poll is to take 48 hours, with a reminder to vote being posted at the half way mark. (4): Whichever has the higher vote ratio shall be considered the results, where the Justice voted punishment will be taken into effect if guilty. (5) Under the circumstance of a tie, the Justices are to vote, if the Justices have a 50%+1 ratio on Guilty, a Guilty verdict is given, if the Justices have a 50% ratio voting Innocent, then an innocent vote shall be given. (6) This verdict is to be given to the Council. Council may overrule the verdict with a supermajority. (7) The Justices may overrule this ruling via a unanimous vote. (8) Council may once more overrule this decision via a unanimous council vote, alongside both Presidential and Vice President approval. (9) Steps 5 through 8 must occur within 48 hours of the original verdict poll being created. (10) There must be a minimum of 20 votes provided within the Emergency Trial, if that amount is not reached then the end date is to be delayed until the proper amount is found. 1.17: The jurors must be present throughout the entire trial. Hence, they are to be consulted for scheduling to ensure this occurs. 1.18: Lawyers may only remove a maximum of 2 jurors per jury selection process. 1.19: The jury may not speak to either lawyer, the judge, a witness, or the defendant while the trial is occurring. If they do, they are to be immediately removed and replaced via another wheel. 1.20: A Judge may refuse the removal of a juror, they must provide reasoning, and the reasoning must fit under the following or it is considered null. (a)Lack of proper reasoning. (b)Attempting to keep, specifically, biased individuals. 1.21: Under the circumstance an individual has another legal obligation, which may not be circumvented, they are considered excused, and shall not be forced into jury duty. Article II: Transparency//Zeedith’s law 2.1: All court proceedings, henceforth, must be recorded, the entirety of the recorded process must then be posted onto the subreddit. This is to be known as Zeedith’s law throughout all proceedings. 2.2: Under the circumstance the trial occurs entirely in text, Zeedith’s law is considered null and void. 2.3: All court proceedings must be done in a public channel in the Teen Government official court server. Failure to do so shall be considered as breaking transparency and an illegal trial. 2.4: Article 2.3 may be considered null under the circumstance a defendant or plaintiff wishes to have a private trial. For a trial to occur, reasoning must be provided- (a): The evidence in the trial may reveal private information. (b): The trial, if public, could ruin a user's career or occupational status. (c) The trial covers sensitive topics (example, suicide or mental health) in which a user may not wish to share the contents of the trial. This clause is optional and acts only under request. The three reasons stated shall always be considered valid, yet a user may request a private trial under a different reason as long as the presiding judge consents. 2.5: A private trial shall occur in the following operations (a) A separate, new, server is created. (b) Lawyers, the judge, the defendant, plaintiff, and witnesses shall be added. (c) There will be a maximum of three witnesses for each lawyer to request. (d) Zeedith’s law may not take into effect in this scenario with the exception of sections directly intended for private trials. (e) The trial shall continue as normal. (f) Those who participated in the court hearings are prohibited from revealing information on the trial, revealing who took part in the trial, or the results (g) The results of the trial are to be told to those who participated in the trial. And, if guilty, a moderator may be told who to ban and for how long, no other information may be given, as well as a screenshot proving what they stated. All of these actions are to be done by the presiding judge. Article III: D.I.D. // Suki’s and Katzechka’s law. 3.1: Henceforth, all users who have Dissociative Identity Disorder are to be treated, under Teen Government governance, as follows. (a): They are to be treated as a “D.I.D individual”, which grants them the rights outlined in this segment, yet they may not lose any other basic human rights gifted to them, nor may the title of a “D.I.D individual be used in future documents to restrict their legal rights on only the grounds of their status.. (b) They may only enter one party, hold one office, and their age is considered as the age since their birth, not alter’s specific age. (c): If a citizen of Teen Government with D.I.D commits a crime or offense, then only the alter(s) who did the crime shall be held accountable for any punishment a court gives. (d) if (c) is violated, via the entirety of the user being banned, then the sentence is considered to break this document, which shall lead to a mistrial. (f) If a user with D.I.D fails to keep the punished user from the server 3 separate times, then the entire user shall face the punishment. (g): Under the circumstances, (f) is violated because of reasons beyond the individual's control (forced fronting, forgetting, or any reasoning) then the count shall not be added to the count described in (f). (h): All of Article III is to be known as Suki’s and Katzechka’s law. Article IV: Gaggle’s law//Affidavit reform. 4.1:Only evidence submitted into a shared evidence area may be used in court. This area must be available to all parties until the trial concludes. 4.2: Any evidence not present inside of the shared evidence channel before the trial officially begins shall be considered null. To ensure this is successfully enforced the time stamp of the trial beginning must be recorded via the Minister of Documentation. 4.3: All evidence explicitly referenced and identified within an affidavit is presumed to be true. This may be challenged via the opposing lawyer, and if they provide proper evidence the Judge may rule to consider an affidavit null. 4.4: Both lawyers will confer together with witnesses, pre-trial, to construct affidavits. 4.5: All questioning must be reasonably connected to the affidavit. If the questioning falls outside of proper scope then the opposing council may object based on this clause. If the presiding judge sustains the objection then the question asked is considered null and void. 4.6: The opposing lawyer may not contact a witness, for purposes related to the trial, without their lawyer's approval. 4.7: If an affidavit is changed then all parties connected to the trial must be made aware. Failure to ensure this shall lead to the newer affidavit being null and void. 4.8: All affidavits must state the following “I, {Name}, being sound of mind and acting under no coercion, do hereby declare the following.”. As well as “I affirm, under the penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct.”. It is the lawyers responsibility to ensure their witnesses' affidavits fulfill these conditions. 4.9: All of Article IV is to be considered as “Gaggle’s law”’ 4.10: If the processes of “Gaggle’s law” are followed incorrectly, then the witness shall be prohibited from being questioned, and all provided evidence is considered null and void. Article V:Schrodinger’s law. 5.1: Once court begins, the time it begins must be set. 5.1.5: The one who sets the time is to be decided via the acting judge. 5.2: After 60 minutes a mandatory recess must occur. The amount of time the recess lasts is the choice of the presiding Judge. 5.3: If questioning, an objection, discussion, deliberation, or a Judges ruling is being made, then this time it is delayed until it concludes. 5.4: A Judge may rule to overrule Schrodinger’s law, yet it requires reasoning. 5.5: Henceforth, a user, who is not the defendant, judge, jury or lawyer, may play any game they wish (including discord apps) while the trial is occurring. As a witness or general observer has no need to pay attention to the trial proceedings 5.6: 5.5 may be restricted upon the condition it becomes a distraction. This is to be decided via the Judge. Article VI: Alexandrites law. 6.1: Court positions are to be labeled as the following. (a)Presiding Judge (b)Acting Judge (c)Plaintiff counsel (d)Plaintiff (e)Defense counsel (f)Defense. 6.2: Definitions. (a) A presiding Judge has the following authority: (a) Authority over proceedings (decides who speaks, when they speak, why they speak, and may hold people in contempt for failure to speak properly). (b) The ability to give a verdict (henceforth it is to be the presiding Judge who announces the results of the case they looked over, as well as a punishment.) (c) The power to approve or deny evidence and witnesses (b) An acting Judge holds the exact powers as a regular Judge, yet their powers are to be temporary and immediately revoked if the original Judge returns, post-trial, or if recused. (c) Counsel holds the power to question witnesses, approved via a Judge, the power to object based on “Hearsay” (defined as stating information you didn’t directly witness, or cannot directly attest to/Being told to say something you did not experience). Relevance (Information the witness states that is not directly tied to the trial, nor information found in their affidavit.) Speculation (when a witness guesses, assumes, or offers opinions beyond their personal knowledge, rather than stating known facts.) Privilege (When information asked would infringe on privacy, a conversation that would be considered private (places with expected privacy). All conversations considered private fall under this). Leading questions (Where it seems as if the lawyer is coaching the witness to state information, example “Did you see the defendant steal the bag?”. Under this circumstance objecting Leading may occur.) Compound questions (Asking 2 simultaneous questions within one sentence, example “Did you see the defendant steal and run from the police?”. These questions are considered Compound questions and may be objected to). Any objection must be approved via a Judge. (d)A defendant has the legal power to request a lawyer, and must be provided one if asked. A defendant also has the legal right to remain within their trial, removal is considered unlawful. Yet, under the circumstance the defendant is being a disruption (spam, contempt, or other charges), they may be timed out until their moment to speak arrives. This is the responsibility of the Judge to enforce. (d)1: Once a defendant requests a lawyer, all lawyers available are to be pinged, this is to be done within the public court server. A lawyer is to volunteer for this position, if no lawyer does then the defendant is to do one of the following (a): Self-representation. (b): Request an extension to the trial, this may delay the trial until a lawyer may represent them. This may only last for a maximum of 24 hours while the client searches for a lawyer. (c) They may request an individual to represent them, this individual does not need to be a part of a legal firm. (d): Under the circumstance (b) and (c) occurred, and no lawyer is available, than (a) is forced to occur. 6.3: Declarations. Once court begins, to ensure all witnesses understand who does what, the following must be stated by the corresponding positions. (a) The Judge looking over the case must state/type the following “Under Alexandrite’s law, I declare myself to act as Judge for the (Plaintiff) vs (Defendant) trial, on (Date). I oath to remain unbiased, fair, and composed under the threat of recusal. And I oath that, if I do become biased, to recuse myself”. (b) The plaintiff counsel must state/type the following, “Under Alexandrite’s law, I declare myself to be the counsel of the prosecution. I am representing (Plaintiff) for the charges of (Charges the defendant stands accused of)” (c) The defense counsel must state/type the following, “Under Alexandrite’s law, I declare myself to be the counsel of the defence. I am representing (The defendant\\)\\ for the charges of (Charges the defendant stands accused of) Failure to clearly either type or properly state these declarations means those specific positions lose the powers listed in 6.2. Yet, for this clause to come into effect, it must be pointed out during the trial, if it occurs after a verdict is declared this is considered void. Any segment which uses parentheses means that the person who holds the title stated, in that specific trial, must have their username placed upon that spot. Likewise for the date, yet instead the specific date the trial takes place in must be stated. 6.4: Obligation of clarity. The following rules must always be followed, no matter what the circumstance is. (a): If an observer requests clarity for something a counsel, witness, or Judge stated, they may request it. This request may not violate previous contempt legislation. Once requested, the one who made the statement must simplify what they meant. A Judge may restrict this right under the circumstance it was being used for spam/disruption. (b): For a jurors vote towards guilty or innocent to be counted, the following must occur, 1: They must state the following messages with the blanks filled in “I, (Username), believe (defendant) is (guilty without reasonable doubt/ more likely guilty than not/innocent) on (charge)”. Failure to do so properly, have the correct information stated, or general refusal leads to their vote being invalid. 2: They must add a sentence giving their reasoning. This sentence has no requirements on how it is written or done. 3: All of this information is to be posted onto the official main page. The usernames may be removed, by opt out, yet their verdict and reasoning has to be provided to the general public. 4: It is the responsibility of the Judge to post the information, as well as to officially declare the verdict in both the discord and reddit. Sentences must be posted likewise. 5: An Ombudsman may request access into the voting server, the lawsuit server, the defense server, and any servers connected to the case, as long as they do it under an investigation. They must be able to see all evidence, affidavits, and general information. In the circumstance this is done, the Ombudsman may not post affidavits, evidence, or information related to the case until the case concludes. Yet, they may post findings of fraud, illegal conduct, or general questionable actions. (c) All opening statements and closing statements must be pre-written and posted publicly post trial, or must have a summarized version of their statements available. The judge must be provided this information a minimum of 20 minutes before the trial officially begins. (d) All objections, admitted and approved evidence, and witness testimonies must be either written down or recorded, and provided to the jury. This may be done via the footage captured by Zeedith’s law. 6.5: The press. The press must abide by the following. (a) They may not question or interview members of the jury during a trial. (b) They may not leak sensitive information in their documentation (ex: Personal information, evidence which may cause reputational or mental harm, or general sensitive information). (c) Once a recess is declared, the press shall hold the power to ask questions or interview any acting member of the trial. (d) Article 6.5(c) is not forced upon a user, and may be rejected via the one asked, having 0 obligation for answering. (e) The press has the freedom of mistakes, they shall not, and can not, be charged for misinformation, failure to cover properly, nor for misrepresentation of a case unless it violates (b) by causing reputational or mental harm or is clearly and provably intentional. (f) The press may still be sued for defamation, libel, or fraud. (g) The press shall retain entire freedom to cover, to state, or to claim any fact without punishment as long as it doesn’t fall under (f). (h) The previous is only applicable in the sense of court. 6.6: All of Article VI is to be known as Alexandrite’s law. Article VII. Jury. 7.1: Juries are to be informed of the following before voting. (a) They may not be prosecuted for an incorrect judgement. (b) Confidentiality, out of the reasoning and transparency, all deliberation and juror conversations are to be confidential to only those with a vote, no other user may enter the server/channel, nor may information be shown. (c) Right to refuse interviews, a juror has no obligation to explain themselves, post trial, hence has no obligation to be interviewed, nor to speak to either lawyer. (d) Right of safety, if a defendant, counsel, plaintiff, or judge threatens, intentionally scares, or generally attempts to bring harm to a juror, then this must be reported, which then shall be taken to trial. (e) Employment protection, a juror may not be fired, lose employment, pay, or generally be discriminated against in a work place for jury duty. (f) Jury nullification, a jury may not be prosecuted for an incorrect choice, hence they have the legal right to vote innocent when the evidence points towards guilt, they may not receive legal punishment for doing so. Yet Jurors are expected to be in ordinance with 9.10’s standard of proof. Jury Nullification simply allows mistakes without consequence. 7.2: Under the circumstance a tie occurs in a jury, the following procedures shall occur. (a) \\Deliberation shall occur, this period occurs for a maximum of 24 hours after a trial concludes. (b) If the tie remains once the period concludes, then the period may be extended for another 24 hours. May only occur twice. (c) Once the time limit on (a) and the extension on (b) runs out, and the tie remains, then the side without the burden of proof shall be ruled with. Article VIII. Checks. 8.1: Henceforth the count of officially recognized Justices is to be approved via council, with a simple majority for the decision. 8.2: Henceforth, Justices may only be nominated via the President and Vice President agreeing on a candidate. 8.3: The vice president may preside over most impeachment trials of federal officers, although not specifically required. Yet, they may not under the circumstance it is for the removal of the President. 8.4: Under the circumstance of an impeachment trial, council shall be considered as jurors, yet if a council member is the one under threat of impeachment, a trial by citizen peers shall occur. Article IX. General. 9.1: No citizen shall be put to trial before being made aware of the accusations against them. 9.2: No citizen may sue another without a crime being violated. The law they broke must be clearly stated before they may proceed. 9.3: No citizen is to be deprived of their citizenship by a trial, nor may it be restricted on the grounds of imprisonment. 9.4: Article IX 9.3 may be considered null and void under the circumstance Capital Punishment has occurred, in this circumstance a deceased member may not maintain citizenship. 9.5: Henceforth, once a user is put to trial, and a plaintiff has decided to sue, the following must be stated before Mod action proceeds. “Under Teen Government law, you have the following rights. The right to remain silent, the right to an attorney, if you do not have access to one, one will be provided to you. You have the right to a fair trial by your peers, and the right to prove yourself either innocent or guilty.” Failure to inform a defendant of this shall lead to results from interrogations being considered void, and may not be used as evidence. As well as a reprimand, or potential removal from moderator, under the case it is done improperly. If the failure occurs within a Discord, then it is up to the current owner of the server to decide further action. This is considered to be Miranda’s rights. 9.6: Previously put to trial users are exempt to 9.5. 9.7: This entire document is to replace the current Judiciary segment of the constitution. 9.8: This document may be amended via the same procedures as constitution amendments. 9.9: The Executive branch, Council, Ombudsman, and ministerial actions may not change the Judiciary. The Judiciary may only be changed via the following (a) Amendments, (b) Previously stated Checks, (c) Impeachment of Judiciary members. (d) Approved legislation. (e) Petitioning. 9.10: Standard of proof. (a) While voting on guilt there will be two different guilty options “Guilty without reasonable doubt” and “More likely Guilty than not” (b) If they are deemed “Guilty without reasonable doubt” by a majority of the jury, the case is to be considered a criminal one, if a majority vote for guilty but a majority of the jury does not vote for “guilty without reasonable doubt” than the case shall be civil. 9.11: In the case of a criminal case the defendant is at risk of disciplinary action by timeout, banning, being imprisoned, or all other punishments. 9.12: In the case of a civil case the defendant would only be at risk of paying a fine, clemency, doing a service, or an apology for their supposed crime. Article X. Appeals 10.1: Appeal ground requirements must fall within the following. (a) All appeals must clearly state the procedural error, legal misapplication, or violation of (b) this document that occurred during the trial. (c) Disagreement with the verdict alone is not valid grounds for an appeal to be requested. (d) Failure to provide valid and proper grounds, as defined in (a), shall result in the appeal being considered void. 10.2: The appeal process shall occur as the following. (a) Filing, the defendant or plaintiff files an appeal, this must occur while following the grounds outlined in 10.1(a), as well as occurring within 48 hours of the verdict being given. (b) A Justice, which was not acting as plaintiff, defendant, counsel, nor Judge, shall review the appeal. Then they shall decide whether the appeal is proper or not. They have full discretion in this process, yet their discretion is tied to the previously stated requirements. If those are not reached then any approval is considered null, the acting Judge is the one which shall give them this appeal. (i)Under the circumstance that the requested Justice reviewer does not file it within 48 hours of the request, then it is to be given to another member of the Justices. (1)If this process goes through all Justices, out of the acting Judge, then it is to be given to the Council. Which then shall vote on whether the appeal is processed, requiring a simple majority.(c) If a procedural error occurred, a retrial shall occur, if a major legal issue has occurred (violation of one's rights), then a full appeal hearing is to occur. (d) This appeal hearing is to occur as the following (d)1: The appeal is given to the Council (d)2: the Council is to elect a Judge within the Justice’s (d)3: The Council is to act as jurors. Hence gain the powers of a juror. (d)4: The prosecution/prosecutions counsel in the original trial shall maintain, as well as the defendants counsel. (d)5: Under the circumstance either one of these positions refuses to retain their position they shall be allowed to forfeit it. (d)6: Under the circumstance (d)5: occurred then another prosecution/prosecution counsel shall be requested, and given to whoever accepts the position (d)7: If no one accepts the position, then it will be a governmental prosecution, in which a Justice is to act as the prosecution. This is to be voted within the Judiciary. (d)8: The proper court processes shall occur as normal, and shall lead to a new verdict being given. (d)9: This verdict is to be given to the Judiciary, which then the two options shall occur. Under the circumstance council voted 50%+1 for either option, then the Justices are to vote. They may either repeal the sentence (needs a unanimous decision) or accept the sentence (50%+1 of the Judiciary is needed) Under the circumstance a unanimous vote for either option is given, then it is automatically accepted, and the Judiciary may not reappeal it. (d)10: No user may appeal an appeal, as limitations to the current population prevents further action. Article XI: Settlements. Pi’s law.. Pi's law Article XII: Class action suits, Katz’s law. 12.1: Under the circumstance multiple people are suing the same person, they may request a class action. 12.2: Once a class action is requested, a Judge decides whether to approve it or not. 12.3: Once a class action is declared, the following shall happen A)A maximum of 5 prosecutors shall be selected among the suing party. B)The jury selection limitations related to parties and coalitions are considered null and void. C)Regular trial proceedings shall occur, yet occurring with multiple members of the prosecution. D)All plaintiffs maintain the previously stated powers. E)Any plea deal or settlement requires all members of the prosecution to consent. F)All evidence collected by any plaintiff may be used if admitted by a judge. G)Each plaintiff must speak one at a time. Article XII. Bob's law 13.1: All members of a role in a trial are required to be in attendance. 13.1a: Exceptions to 13.1 apply when an unexpected external factor causing non attendance occurs, in which only rescheduling occurs 13.2: In the case of 13.1 with a juror(s) a new juror(s) shall be selected by proper process and rescheduling shall occur 13.3: In the case of 13.1 with a defendant the trial shall be rescheduled once, if still not present the trial shall occur without them present if their representation is in attendance they may defend, if not the defending side may have a volunteer engage in defense, if no volunteers exist the defense shall not have defense 13.4: If 13.1 occurs with the defenses legal representation (if not themselves) the trial shall be rescheduled and the defendant may select new representation 13.5: If 13.1 occurs with a presiding Judge the trial shall be rescheduled and a new judge selected 13.6: If 13.1 occurs with prosecution the trial shall be rescheduled once and at further absence the prosecution will no longer be able to levy those charges against the defendant 13.7: All of Article XII is to be considered Bob’s law. General Electric Bondaloo. Laws created in this document are the following. Zeedith’s law. Transparency, forces recording of trials. Suki’s and Katzechka’s law. Governs the rights and treatment of those with DID Gaggle’s law. Governs evidence submission, and affidavit requirements. Schrodinger’s law: Governs time management, recess requirement, and letting people play uno. Alexandrite’s law: Governs court positions, declarations, and press conduct. Pi’s law: Governs settlements/plea deals Katz’s law governs class action suits. Bob’s law: Governs the circumstance a member of a trial doesn’t attend an official court hearing. Interpretation: If 2 or more laws, articles, amendments, or general legislation, seniority shall be used, the younger law will occur. Under the circumstance a younger bill/act/amendment is created to amend, change, fix, or make an exception to an elder bill/act/amendment then the newer one shall be used. # Article V (Of the Ministers) The executive cabinet will comprise of “departments” responsible for managing and enforcing laws regarding a specific subject assigned to individual departments. Section I) Registered citizens, who have been nominated by the president for a position in the cabinet, will be voted on by the council. If a supermajority occurs, the nomination will pass, and the citizen will assume the duties of their department. Section II) Some departments will employ two ministers, one on the Reddit, and the other on the Discord. These ministers may act in conjunction, but are not obliged to do so. (e.g: Mental Health) Section III) The cabinet does not need to be refreshed every term, and nominations may occur as necessary. Section IV) If a minister is deemed unfit, the council must pass a supermajority decision to remove them from the position. The president will be obliged to nominate a new registered citizen. Section V) New departments can be created through passed bills, laws, and acts. Section VI) The following ministers are to be appointed by this constitution: Mental health, census, press, entertainment, election, map census, and wiki Ministers. Section VII) Should a minister find their duties too burdensome, they may make a request to the council to expand their department and recruit aid. Should the council approve such a request, the minister may recruit a number of citizens decided by the council. Citizens recruited to aid a department will not be considered ministers. # Article VI (Of the Vice President) The Vice President shall serve under the president, in the executive branch. They will also serve as the “President” of the Council. Section I) A candidate for Vice President will run under the President by democratic process. Votes for Vice President will coincide with President. Section II) All candidates for Vice President must be considered a TG citizen, complying with Article I, Section III. Section III) The Vice President may only cast a vote in the Council if there is a tie, acting as a tie breaker only if necessary Section III) The vice president is not immune to the law. If the vice president is prosecuted for any political or criminal offense, they will be removed from office. Section IV) If a vice president is removed from office, the president will be obliged to choose a new one, assuming they are a registered citizen. The new vice president’s term will equate to the time left in the president’s term. Section V) If an individual is unable to serve as president for another term due to term limits, they may not serve as vice president until they can run again. For example, if an individual has served x consecutive terms, they cannot run again in the next election. They will also not be able to run for vice president. # Article VII (Of the Ombudsman) Definitions: The Ombudsman is the official investigative officer of the Teen Government community. Critical information is considered as significant information, Section I: Outlined powers and handling of misinformation. Article 1: The Ombudsman has access to all Teen Government servers, this includes any server which fulfills the following conditions. a) : The server conducts Teen Government governmental actions (Court, lawsuit servers). b) : A server which connects directly to Teen Government, this includes all party servers, coalition servers, business/company servers. Article II: The Ombudsman has a legal requirement to uphold any investigation request created within their official Teen Government server, unless one of the following occurs. (a); Investigating must bring, provable, harm onto the Ombudsman. (b): Investigating would go against beliefs of the Ombudsman. (ie: Being forced to investigate TeenGoo) (c): The Investigation request does not specify a specific crime or reason for the investigation. (d): The investigation does not specify the individual being investigated. (e): The investigation would be investigating multiple individuals, a party(s), coalition(s), or group(s) Article IV: If an Ombudsman intentionally spreads misinformation through their investigation, and an individual proves the misinformation, then a strike system shall occur. Each violation shall give a strike, and the following strikes give their set disciplinary action. (a): One strike: The Ombudsman must publicly apologize and admit their failure, and where the shortcoming occurred. Must be done in a minimum of 3 sentences, this must be posted in the Ombudsman server, the official server, and SMP (b): Two strikes, the Ombudsman is to be suspended from all investigative powers for 48 hours post proved violation. The Ombudsman is also to apologize once more, 5 minimum sentences, posted within the Ombudsman server, Official server, and SMP. (c) : The Ombudsman is to be impeached and proper special election processes shall occur. For any of the following to occur, an individual must have given proof, that without a reasonable doubt, the Ombudsman spread intentional misinformation, and failed to withhold their roles position. Section 2: Ombudsman treatment under the law. Article I: The Ombudsman may not be impeached, discriminated against, or put under hate for an investigation requested in the official Ombudsman server. Article II: The Ombudsman must investigate any individual, as such, they are to be granted access to the Council server, any cabinet meeting, access to all judiciary trials/hearings (excluding private trials). Article III: If an Ombudsman witnesses misconduct, a violation of a law, or generally corrupt activity via a government official, they have a legal obligation to report it the same way as any investigation. Article IIII: An Ombudsman retains the legal right and authority to call for the impeachment of any official, yet they must do the following conditions. (a): The Ombudsman must have investigated and reported conduct that may fall under grounds of corruption, general rule violations, or misconduct by a member of the government. (b): The trial is to go to the council, in which the Vice President is to preside over the council, and hence is to be given all acting powers of a presiding Judge. Under the circumstance it’s an impeachment trial towards the President or the Vice President themselves, the chief Justice gains this authority in their stead. Council gains the power of jurors. (c) : The Ombudsman is to act as a direct witness to the trial, and may not act as prosecutor. (c)1) The prosecution of this trial is to be done by asking who wishes to prosecute, which any member who consents is to be voted upon via council vote, if a council member is the one under risk of impeachment, they may not vote upon this. This process is to occur as follows. A SMP post is to be created via the Speaker of Council (if they are under impeachment risk, this power falls onto Chief Justice). This is to be shared onto the official Discord page. Once 24 hours pass, all individuals who give consent are to be given to the council. They are to be given the following by the individual who created the post “{Username} for prosecution.” This prosecution may have a lawyer, or may do this on their own. If the prosecution has an obvious bias or conflict of interest, then the acting Chief Justice may remove them, alongside consent of the Speaker of Council. Yet, this is to be considered a last resort. And considered null if either of the two are under impeachment hearings. (c)2) The individual with the highest votes is to act as prosecutor, under the case of a tie, the Vice President may break a tie break, if the Vice President is at risk of impeachment, then it is the decision of a public vote. (c)3) The public vote is to occur as follows. A google form is to be posted by the Election Minister (if they’re the one under threat of impeachment, the President takes this power). This google form is to have the following. The usernames of the individuals who tied, as separate choices. A box for the voter code of the individual. A box for the username of the user. Once this process occurs, that individual is considered the acting Prosecution member of the impeachment hearing. yet may request a lawyer, and the member up to impeachment is permitted a lawyer, under request. (d): Normal trial functions are to occur, once the trial concludes, the council is to vote upon whether impeachment is needed or not. (e): The previous is to occur within the official council chat, hence all prosecution, defense, and witnesses are to be permitted within this server until the conclusion of the trial. Article VI: Under the circumstance the Ombudsman is unavailable, or generally incapable of being a witness, then their compiled evidence is to be granted to the prosecution. Section 2: Handling of harassment and abuse of the Ombudsman system. Article I: An individual may only be investigated for a crime(s) once, once the investigation concludes they may not be reinvestigated for that exact crime(s). This does not extend towards general laws violated, simply making investigation for the same crime or subject. Article I is considered null and void under the circumstances another, elected, Ombudsman is doing the investigative action. Section 3: Interaction with council. Article I: The Ombudsman is to have access to all council related servers, chats, or general areas of communication. Article II: If the Ombudsman finds proof of screenshots not added within transparency posts, they may publicly reveal this information, proof that transparency failed to occur, the Ombudsman may call for the impeachment of the one responsible for the Transparency posts. Article III: The Ombudsman is prohibited from sending messages within council servers, chats, or general areas of communication. Section 4: Interaction with the executive branch. Article I: Interaction with the Census Minister. (a): The Ombudsman, if given an investigation request, may demand the current census results, at any moment, they may not be given the Voter Codes unless a Voter Fraud investigation is ongoing. (b): The Ombudsman may not share any information within the Census without proof of a committed crime within them, and they may not share Voter Codes under any circumstance. (c): If, within this investigation, failure to do proper duties is found, the Ombudsman may call for the impeachment of the Census Minister. This is to be done under the processes underlined within Section II, Article IIII. Article II: Interaction with the Election Minister. (a): The Ombudsman, if an investigation is given, may demand the current election standing, alongside Voter Codes, this may only occur in the circumstance of Voter Fraud. (b): The Ombudsman may not share or release any information, unless evidence of a crime is found, yet Voter Codes may not be released. (c): If, within this investigation, failure to do proper duties is found, the Ombudsman may call for the impeachment of the Election Minister. This is to be done under the processes underlined within Section II, Article IIII. Article III: Interaction with the Foreign Affairs Minister. (a):The Ombudsman has the legal right and authority, if under an investigation request, to demand access to any treaties or in progress Foreign Affairs actions. (b): The Ombudsman is prohibited from adding, removing, or sharing the contents of the treaties, without proof of a crime being done within them by the Foreign Affairs Minister. : (c): If, within this investigation, failure to do proper duties is found, the Ombudsman may call for the impeachment of the Foreign Affairs Minister. This is to be done under the processes underlined within Section II, Article IIII. Article IIII: Interaction with the Minister of Press. (a): If the Ombudsman, under request, witnesses or has proof of unfair treatment within the Minister of Press (i.e Failure to post Transparency posts in a timely manner) (b): If, within this investigation, failure to do proper duties is found, the Ombudsman may call for the impeachment of the Minister of Press. This is to be done under the processes underlined within Section II, Article IIII. Article V: Interaction with unlabeled Minister positions. (a) If, within this investigation, failure to do proper duties is found, the Ombudsman may call for the impeachment of the Minister. This is to be done under the processes underlined within Section II, Article IIII. Article VI: Interaction with the President. (a): If, within this investigation, failure to do proper duties is found, the Ombudsman may call for the impeachment of the President. This is to be done under the processes underlined within Section II, Article IIII. Article IX: Interaction with the Vice President. (a): If, within this investigation, failure to do proper duties is found, the Ombudsman may call for the impeachment of the Vice President. This is to be done under the processes underlined within Section II, Article IIII. (b): The Vice President has the power and authority to bring the impeachment of the Ombudsman to council, yet may only do so under the occurrence it fulfills a violation, violations as outlined within Section 5, Article II(a). Section 5: General. Article I: No individual with an extensive criminal record, (i.e: Rule 1 or 8 violations, violations of a serious crime, a history of fraud or corruption, general failure to fulfill proper duties. Article II: The Ombudsman may only be impeached if they violate the following. (a): Failure to investigate once requested S5AII(a) is considered null and void under the following circumstances. The request investigates 3 or more individual(s). The request would be impossible to complete without clear conflict of interest (including political party affiliation, religious reasons, moral reasons, close affiliation with the individual or party being investigated. The request would invade personal privacy of an individual, including their identity, name, address, personal information, or personal life. Interpretation shall occur. The previous is to be approved via the acting Vice President of Teen Government, if the reasoning is approved then the investigation is considered null and void, if rejected the legal obligation to investigate occurs. Refusal may be appealed to the Judiciary, in which all acting Justices are to vote upon whether the Vice President’s rejection holds. Failure to investigate, post process, is grounds for impeachment. (b): Intentionally leaving out critical information or screenshots from the results of the investigation. (c) : Holding All previous is to be enforced via the Vice President, it is their legal duty to be aware of violation of the previous, and are to call for impeachment if violation occurs. Section 6: Impeachment. Article I: Impeachment must be called upon via the acting Vice President, it is prohibited from any other individual from doing so, other than the circumstance there is no acting Vice President in the moment, in that circumstance, the President assumes this power temporarily. Article II: The process of impeachment is to occur as the following. (a): The Vice President declares a violation of the previously listed terms occurred. (b): The Vice President is to write two messages within the Council chat, which are to state the following “Did the Ombudsman violate {Violated clause}” “Should the Ombudsman be impeached”. (c) : Council vote is to occur, this bypasses all waiting periods. (d): The voting options are to be “Aye” for guilty of, “Nay” for innocent of, Abstain for no opinion. (e): The Vice President is permitted to tie break upon this. Once voting occurs, the following will occur. (a): If a guilty verdict for the violation brought by the Vice President is decided, alongside an impeachment vote, the Ombudsman is to be removed from power, and a special election shall occur. (b): If a guilty verdict, for the violation brought by the Vice President, yet the impeachment vote is innocent, the Ombudsman is to post a public apology, this is to be done upon both the official SMP, alongside the official Discord, and is to be within official Sub and Discord News. (c): If an innocent verdict, for the violation brought by the Vice President, yet an impeachment vote is given, the Impeachment is considered null and void. (d): If an innocent verdict, for the violation brought by the Vice President, and an impeachment vote is innocent, then no consequences occur to the Ombudsman. Section 7: Independence of office. Article I: No President shall sign an executive order, of which, would directly limit the powers of the Ombudsman. Proper legislation alongside a proper judicial verdict is the only manner of which an Ombudsman shall ever or may ever be restricted via the Government. Article II:The only legislation, which may successfully limit the Ombudsman, is a constitutional amendment upon this very document. Failure to do so, via creation of an act or bill, shall be considered a non constitutional change. All previous changes to the Ombudsman, done without them being an amendment, are to be grandfathered in, and considered valid. Article III: No individual shall hold office of Ombudsman and any other office, an Ombudsman is strictly prohibited from holding any government official, not only Higher Offices. Article IV: If an Ombudsman runs for another position, they are considered to have resigned, and they are to lose their seat immediately, not once they win or lose the election. In which, a special election shall occur. Article V: The Ombudsman is prohibited from investigating themselves, or any actions they themselves have done or violated. Article VI: The following is to be all conflict of interests the Ombudsman may not violate. The Ombudsman is prohibited from investigating an institution they are apart of. This extends to office, business, organization, non-profit, NGO, or Government organizations. The Ombudsman is prohibited from working outside of their proper sector, hence may not investigate in real life violations, may not investigate personal information, or any non directly Teen Government related activity. # Article VIII (Of the Economy) This section shall detail the economic functions and mechanisms present within all sections of TG. Section I) The right to unionize shall not be infringed upon by the government, the employer, or any organization. Section II) Citizens may pool together funding to form a workers cooperative, which will have the same economic rights as a corporation and is owned by who it employs. The employees can determine how they structure the cooperative. Section III) Citizens in unions and worker cooperatives may bargain, leverage demands, strike, or blockade the entrance to a business or corporation without retribution by their employer. Section IV) Employers may not fire or layoff employees without providing due cause. Section V) Corporations are not considered human citizens, and will enjoy economic rights, but not political. Section VI) Donation of currency is not considered speech. Section VII) The rights protected by this constitution are the rights of natural persons and do not extend to for-profit corporations, limited liability companies, or other private businesses, established for business purposes or to promote business interests under the laws of Teen Government. Article VIII) Such corporate and other private entities established under the law are subject to regulation by the people through the legislative process so long as such regulations are consistent with the powers of the government and do not limit the freedom of the press. Article IX) Such corporate and other private entities shall be prohibited from making contributions or expenditures in any election of any candidate for public office or the vote upon any ballot measure submitted to the people. Article X) The council shall have the power to regulate and set limits on all election contributions and expenditures, including a candidate’s own spending, and to authorize the establishment of political committees to receive, spend, and publicly disclose the sources of those contributions and expenditures. Article XI) All citizens have the right to fair transactions and the government must intervene against manipulated transactions which favor one party unfairly. Article XII) All citizens shall be defended from economic and social persecution on account of Race, Sex, gender, political beliefs, and any freedom granted by the constitution. Article XIII) Those who engage in discrimination face trial in a court of law. Article XIV) All citizens have the right to work. Article XV) Anyone may sue a corporation. Article VI) All citizens shall have the right to earn a fair wage. # Article IX (Of the Moderators) Moderators, who act as neutral parties only in their duties as moderator, must prevent unlawful posts and comments on both the subreddit and discord. They must defend TG in an honorable, and unfair medium. Section I) Moderators are chosen by democratic election process. The only requirement to be a candidate is being a registered citizen. Section II) Decisions to remove posts or administer punishments outside of court are up to moderator discretion, but must cite a rule or law to justify the decision. Section III) If a moderator is convicted in court, they will be removed from their position. Section IV) Discord and Reddit ToS are considered to be official laws that must be followed. Section V) Moderators are not above the law, nor are their actions above the law. Section VI) If a moderator consistently demonstrates an inability to fulfill their duty, other moderators may petition for their removal. To remove a moderator, a supermajority 60% of the moderation team must agree to the removal. Section VII) Any citizen may call for the removal of any Moderator, yet for a Moderator, of any kind, to be impeached from office, it requires a 70% citizen vote, of which must be ran via the elections minister, requiring voter codes, this is to be ran identically to any other process. There shan’t be any action, enforcement, legislation, or order which may prevent this from occurring, and nary may attempt to do so, or are in violation of this law. # Article X (Of the Census, Polls, and Petitions) The census is a mechanism to measure the amount of registered citizens, administer voter codes, and count party sizes. ⁠Section I) The census is conducted by the minister of census within a specific census form or voter registration form. Section II) The census is for the purpose of counting citizens of the subreddit, making sure all parties are registered with at least two members (including the founder), and ensuring consistent activity. Section III) The census will be conducted every month, starting on the first day of the month. Section IV) Only people who are counted in the census can vote, run for office, or make propositions to council. To be counted in the census, you may use your discord or reddit account. Petitions are citizen-run mechanisms to officially ask for a change in the government or legal texts. ⁠Section V) All citizens are allowed to make petitions. ⁠Section VI) Petitions that change the constitution require greater than ⅔ population approval. ⁠Section VII) Petitions cannot be launched to ban other citizens. ⁠Section VIII) Petitions may make new legislation. ⁠Section IX) Petitions that do not modify the constitution and instead create new legislation are to be done by a simple 50%+1 of the population vote. ⁠Section X) Petitions cannot reverse judicial decisions. Section XI) Citizens are allowed to protest government decisions, but are not free to harm the health of an individual under the guise of protest. If a protest is utilized to harass another member, breaking rule one. Any citizen can be taken to court for violation of rule 1, even under the guise of protest. # Article XII (Miscellaneous) Important miscellaneous functions are to be considered below. Section I) Any passed amendments must be added onto the constitution. Amendments that reform sections of the constitution must replace the contradicting section to ensure clarity. Section II) No section of TG may go unmoderated in order to preserve public wellbeing. Section III) Banned citizens, may not converse in main TG spaces, and will be confined to the TG prison. Violations of this will be considered ban-evasion, and can be punished in a court of law and by immediate mod discretion. Section IV) No person can be punished for ban-evasion on an alternative account without proof and/or objective, undeniable reasoning. Section V) Alternative accounts should be registered by consulting a moderator. Section VI) No official TG space may harbor a criminal. However, personal communication outside of TG (such as in direct messages) with an individual with a criminal record shall not be regulated. All banned individuals may reside in the prison server, assuming they were not sentenced with the Digital Capital Punishment. Section VII) Banned individuals on probation will have separate plans based on their parole officer’s recommendation evaluating their rights and citizenship. They will specifically be protected under Rule 1, 6, 8, and 9 during their parole time and Article I, Section V, VI, XI, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI and XVII. They are required to follow all rules and laws, as any regular citizen would be. Section VIII) All laws should be easily accessible to the public, with ideally a wiki page, and with utilization of the correct flairs. Unpassed, but relevant texts, may also have wiki pages as long as they do not violate any rules nor ToS of Reddit and Discord. Section IX) All posts should be flaired ‘correctly’, under subjective terms. Mods reserve the right to change your post’s flair, if they deem the old one to be unfit. All citizens have the right to ask for an explanation. Section X) Bills that are passed before this constitution, which specify terms that are not mentioned in this text, are upheld by this constitution. Section XI) No citizen can be trialed and/or punished for a law that was not present in other precedent forms of the constitution. (e.g. Old presidents cannot be punished for failing to address the Union before the passage of this constitution) Section XII) This constitution shall not impede upon laws or other provisions provided in previous constitutions unless explicitly stated. All previous amendments are grandfathered into this constitution unless explicitly stated otherwise within an article or section. Section XIII) A crisis/emergency state is a state in which the nation is under threat. In such cases, the president may issue executive orders to compensate for the emergency. An executive order that changes passed legislation or something in the constitution must be agreed upon by 50% \+ 1 of council. An executive order that doesn’t wont require council approval. # Creditations In convention, Saturday May 9th, of the year 2026\. Present, u/3p145 (appaloosa567) u/Trickster-123 (tricky\_alternate\_20102) u/Intelligent-Tree-922 (alexandrite\_90693) `u/Practical_Evidence32 (tesknota)` Writers u/3p145 (appaloosa567) u/Trickster-123 (tricky\_alternate\_20102) u/Intelligent-Tree-922 (alexandrite\_90693) `u/Practical_Evidence32 (tesknota)` `Sponsors` u/TheJediTempleGuard (gunners0642\_84514) u/Kooky\_Marketing\_327 (undercooked\_shrimp) u/NotHim1305 (notjp0127) \[Non-Reddit Citizen\] (larzzbarzz) u/KrasnayaKatzechka (itsnotkoshechka)">Preamble `OFFICIAL PREAMBLE:` `2.We, the Teens of Teen Government, put aside our Conflicts and Differences to come together and establish a greater Union in the name of all Teens around the World. Under the Phoenix which represents the burning Passion within our hearts, the guiding Light to a better Future, and the Flames from which We will draw Courage from in times of War, We do present and cement this as the Constitution of Teen Government.` # Articles The following articles are defined and mandated by this constitution. # Article I (Of the Citizen) Section I \- All persons age into the freedoms this sub provides and remain equal in rights until they age out of teenhood (13-19 years) regardless of citizenship. Section II \- One is considered a Citizen if they have spoken within the subreddit. One is considered a Registered Citizen if they have both spoken within the subreddit and completed the monthly census. Section III – `Humans are born with inherent freedom and equal rights.` Section IV \- Power to create, change and repeal Laws shall come from the People. No violation of the concepts of Democracy and the rule of Law shall be tolerated. Section V \- There shall be no laws establishing religion or restricting the freedom to exercise it, nor shall there be any restrictions to one’s moral, ethical and religious beliefs, with the exception that expressing these thoughts is fully within the scope of the law. Section VI \- Liberty includes all actions that don’t cause others harm, so the exercise of natural rights is only ensured if all citizens hold the same rights. `The right to the Liberty of Actions is permanently in effect, barring situations where actions and speech cause others harm. No Citizen is exempt from this and all will be held to the same Laws.` Section VII – `The Council, in a State of Emergency, will be permitted to only forbid all harmful actions towards Society. Anything which has not already been forbidden by the Law cannot be restricted, and no Citizen must follow commands unwritten in the Law.` Section VIII \- The Law conveys the will of the Citizens. All Citizens are able to personally create and contribute to the formation of new Laws. No Citizen will be exempt from being protected or punished under the Law. Section IX – `No Human can be accused, detained, arrested, or punished in a manner that does not follow the instructions of the Law. Punishment must be set according to the Law’s guidelines, and anyone who carries out, forwards, sentences, or enforces arbitrary orders will be punished accordingly as well. Any Citizen who has been seized under the Enforcement of the Law must comply with authorities.` Section X \- 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. Section XI \- The law shall only restrict that which is strictly or has been proven to be necessary, and none can be persecuted under a law yet to be established under a law created after the offense occurred, unless the court deems it to be required through a ⅔ vote. Section XII \- Any citizen who is declared to have allegedly committed a crime shall be presumed to be innocent unless they have been declared guilty through the court of law or their own admission. If necessary for them to be arrested, it must be done without using any excessive force or rigor, under risk of severe consequences. Section XIII \- No person shall be subject to more than one trial, or one punishment for the same offense, nor shall be compelled in any criminal case, to be a witness against themself, 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 decided by the courts. Section XIV \- All Citizens shall have the right to freely communicate any thought and opinions they may hold through spoken word, print, writing, and any additional forms of communication. If they choose to utilize this freedom to break established laws, they shall undergo punishment as the law requires. Section XV – In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation, to be confronted with the witnesses against them, to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in their favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for their defence. Section XVI \- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Section XVII \- Citizens have the right to request for any member holding an administrative position to clearly explain their reasoning for any decisions they have made. Section XVIII \- Anything listed within the Human Rights bill or the Constitution, shall not be interpreted to deny or diminish any other rights that the people hold. # Article II (Of the President) The President, who fulfills the executive branch, is the highest representative of the r/TeenGovernment within and externally. The President shall recognize popular sovereignty and be voted in by a democratic process every election cycle.The following sections will define the powers of the President. Section I) The President shall be elected by the citizens of Teen Government every one month, by democratic election process. Election seasons will begin on the 20th of every month and end of the 27th, giving voters a 72-hour period to submit their votes. The presidential term will be equivalent to one month. Section II) All candidates for President must be considered a registered TG citizen, complying with Article I, Section III. Section III) No individual can serve more than 4 terms every 365 days. Furthermore, no individual shall be allowed to serve 2 terms in a row, or consecutively. If an individual is to serve as president on February 29th, the extra day in their term will be declared constitutional and they will be pardoned. Section IV) In order to issue a veto, the President must declare their veto publicly. Any vetoes may be overridden by a supermajority, or a 60% vote in council. This public veto must be done via a public SMP post. Section V) The president will be responsible for defending TG. In case of a crisis, the council can pass a supermajority, or a 60% vote, giving the president mod powers. These powers will be removed after 72 hours, unless a motion is passed, allowing more hours as necessary. The maximum time a president can hold mod powers in cases of crisis is 144 hours. If the crisis ends, the mod powers should be removed, even if prematurely. Section VI) The president may declare a crisis, but not war. Section VII) The president is not immune to the law. If the president is prosecuted for any political or criminal offense, they will be removed from office. Section VIII) The council may pass a no-confidence motion against the president. If the motion receives a 2/3 approval from the council, the president shall be removed from office. Section IX) If the president is removed from office prematurely, whether permanent or temporary, an interim president will take over presidential duties until the next presidential election. If the president is able to return, only applicable to such cases that aren’t impeachment, the presidential duties will be returned back to the president.The order of succession follows: Vice President Speaker (of Council) An executive parliament managed by the Council. An executive parliament managed by the Judiciary. An interim president elected by emergency election. Section X) The president, by an executive order, can pass or overrule legislation during a crisis and/or emergency. However, they cannot change their own powers, the constitution, or the laws governing the server/sub. Council has the right to strike down the president’s decision in a 50% \+ 1 vote. Section XI) The President may not hold any other government position, nor a government position in any other subreddit. This will be considered treason. Section XII) The president must publicly address the council, describing the condition of the nation, on the fifteenth of the month which their term lands on. In the case of the President being incapable of doing so, for a valid reason (i.e: Sickness, incapability to do so, in real life commitments, or other reasons), the duty falls to the Vice President, who must uphold the speech. Section XIII) The president may pardon an individual of a crime, as long as they can prove sufficient reasoning which would imply necessity for the individual to be pardoned. Presidents may pardon 3 different people per term. In case an individual reoffends several times over two or more terms, the president may not give them consecutive pardons multiple terms in a row. Pardons may only be distributed to the same person, for a reoffense of a violation, every other term. A pardon must be publicly announced, and requires approval from the Vice President and Ombudsman to be enshrined. The president may not pardon any of their own crimes. # Article III (Of the Council) The Council shall be the legislative branch of r/TeenGovernment. This branch shall pass laws, acts, bills, motions, and constitutional amendments. The Council shall recognize popular sovereignty and be voted in by democratic process every election cycle. The following sections will define the powers of the Council. Section I) The Council shall be elected by the citizens of Teen Government every one month, by democratic election process. Election seasons will begin on the 20th of every month and end of the 27th, giving voters a 72-hour period to submit their votes. Section II) All candidates for council must be considered a TG citizen, complying with Article I, Section II. Section III) Any and all citizens of TG may not serve more than three consecutive council terms, but are granted indefinite terms overall. Section IV) The number of members in the Council shall be equal to 10% of the registered population, by census, rounded to the nearest odd number. Section V) The council, whose decision will be public, shall be obliged to pass, reject, or abstain on the following kinds of texts: Laws, bills, or acts. Motions, which are defined as a formal request for a legal issue. Constitutional Amendments (Which will require a ⅔ approval vote) No-Confidence votes (To relieve a government official from their duty) Section VI) In order for council to pass one of the texts noted above, half plus one of council members must vote “Aye”. If a bill does not receive this amount, it cannot be considered “passed” until it does. Once a bill is proposed, a waiting period will be induced before any council member can vote on the bill, except in cases of emergency. Constitutional amendments will require a supermajority. Section VII) The “Speaker” shall be appointed by democratic ranked election, which will only count votes within the Council. The Speaker will be obliged to observe the status of the Council, keep track of bills, and ensure the Council is fulfilling their duty by whichever method they see fit. Section VII) The Minister of Press shall be obligated to facilitate transparency by posting official screenshots of the current Council activities. Section VIII) A council member will lose their position in council if they inherit the role of president, commit a criminal and/or political offense, or if they resign. Section IX) The council may declare a crisis and/or war, yet both require a supermajority vote. The Vice President is permitted to vote only in cases of a tie. # Article IV (Of the Judiciary) The Courts, including all Justices, will be the deciding factor on punishments for violators of the law. Furthermore, they must interpret laws. The judiciary must decide if a law is considered unconstitutional or illegal, if brought to them by a citizen. The following sections will define the powers of the Courts. Section I) The court will consist of 5 nominated judges, who must be approved by council super majority, or a 60% approval. New appointments may not happen unless there is an occurrence leaving the courts with less than 5 nominated judges. Section II) There are 4 types of cases. Ban Appeals: A ban of at least 72 hours (or more) can be appealed by the court. Appeals may only be rewarded if the individual can explain that their sentence is unjustified. The moderator who distributed the ban may defend their choice. Lawsuits: Individuals, who are victims of a crime, can file lawsuits against another individual. This will result in a trial. An assigned jury will decide whether the defendant is guilty or not. The presiding judge will decide on the punishment. Constitutional clarifications: If a user finds an issue within the constitution, they can bring it to the Courts. Any action deemed unconstitutional by the court must be reversed. Law Challenges: All citizens can challenge a law. Section III) A jury, consisting of citizen jurors, will be selected via random “wheel process”. They must swear to deliver a verdict based on presented evidence within the trial. A wheel will be spun, with citizens who registered for jury duty, to serve on a jury. Section IV) Judicial members may not hold any other government position, nor a government position in any other subreddit. This will be considered treason. Section V) Justices accused of violating the law will be tried in the same way as an ordinary citizen. If convicted, they will be removed from the position. Section VI) A jury assigned to a trial will consist of 5 jurors. The following articles, if they involve an individual's name for the law, is from it being a law based on their concepts, hence were credited. People’s positions, definitions. Presiding Judge: The Judge assigned to oversee a specific trial, holds full judicial authority as stated within VI. Acting Judge: A temporary Judge who holds the same powers as a presiding Judge, yet only for the duration in which the Presiding Judge is unavailable. Their authority is revoked the moment the Presiding Judge is available. Plaintiff: The user bringing the charge or accusation to court against an individual. Defendant: The user standing accused for a crime or violation. They retain all rights described in this document, no matter the nature of their crime. Plaintiff counsel: The lawyer representing the Plaintiff. Also called as Prosecution Counsel. Defense Counsel: Lawyer representing the defendant. Juror: A citizen selected via the wheel processes described in Article I. Sworn to deliver a verdict based on presented evidence. Witness: A user called upon by either counsel to provide a testimony connected to the trial. Must have a submitted affidavit before trial. Ombudsman: Investigation officer. Their interactions with the court are described within this document. Minister of Documentation: Officer responsible for enforcing Zeedith’s law. Justice: Member of the Judiciary, holding powers described within this document. They do not hold the powers of a Judge unless they are currently presiding. Observer: A user present throughout the trial, who holds no previously stated positions. Press: A user or group acting to journal, document, or make an article covering the trial. Must abide by Alexandrite’s law, Article VI, 6.5. Terminology used within this document means the following Eligibility: The set conditions a user must meet to qualify for Jury. Outlined within Article I. Sound Mind, Body, and Thought: A user who meets the following: Is active within the community in the last 48 hours, not currently facing disciplinary action after an official court punishment, is capable of responding to direct messages in a reasonable time, and is not prevented by in real life issues. Affidavit: A written sworn statement of facts provided by a witness before a trial. Further outlined within Gaggle’s law. Verdict: The official decision of guilty or innocent done as conclusion of a trial, done by the Jury, or in emergency circumstances the public poll process. Mistrial: A trial is considered invalid by an error within the Judiciary, legal violation, or other event leading to it being null. Mistrial means the trial must be redone entirely. Retrial: A trial being done again post mistrial or an appeal. Contempt: Behavior during court proceedings that disrupts, disrespects, or obstructs the court processes. This is up to the Judge’s discretion, further elaboration of contempt is seen in the following Contempt of court bill : r/TeenGovernment Coercion: The act of forcing or pressuring someone into a decision out of their own free will. Any action taken under this is considered null and void. Reasonable Doubt: Uncertainty based on guilt, based on the evidence. If this occurs, the jurors aren’t certain on a crime being committed, a not guilty verdict should follow Statute of Limitations as outlined in: Statute of limitations : r/TeenGovernment Perjury: The act of knowingly providing misinformation in court while under oath. Hearay: A statement made by someone who didn’t directly see the event, stating secondhand information, may be objected as stated later on. Null and void: Having no effect. Plea deal: An agreement in which a defendant pleads guilty in exchange for an agreed upon sentence. Must be approved via the Presiding Judge. Class action: A suit in which multiple plaintiffs sue the same defendant, simultaneously, for the same crimes. Must fit the later stated conditions. Appeal: A formal request to recheck a previous court verdict, disagreement of the verdict is not ground for appeals, terms for an appeal is stated within this document. Jury Nullification: The legal right of a juror to vote innocent regardless of evidence without facing punishment. Article I: The jury. 1.1: Henceforth, all trials are required to have randomly selected jurors. Once a trial is declared, every user, who is of sound mind, body, thought, and availability, will be placed onto a wheel. This fair wheel shall be spun 7 times. Post spinning both of the lawyers are to speak, in a public Court voice call, where they shall remove a total of 4 jurors, and be left with 3\. 1.15: Sound Mind, Body, and thought is to mean the following: (a) A user is present in the community in the last 48 hours (b)The user is not currently timed out, muted, banned, or otherwise facing disciplinary action. (c) The user is capable of responding to direct messages in a reasonable timeframe, as determined via the presiding judge. (d)The user is not currently in a state, from In real life issues, that would prevent them from making time. 1.2: If the lawyers remove a user from eligibility , they must explain their reasoning. This reasoning must be typed into chat for proper documentation, this documentation shall be pinned in the court server until a new trial occurs. Minimum of 2 sentences are required or the reasoning is considered null and void. 1.3: eligibility is to be defined as the following: (a) The ability to make decisions based on one's own unbiased experiences. (b) The mental capacity to make logical decisions. (c) The ability to ignore past experiences with a criminal. (d) The ability to make harsh decisions based on the provided evidence. 1.4: Henceforth, an Admin or lawyer selecting a juror, outside of previously stated proper process, is illegal, doing so shall lead to a mandatory mistrial. 1.5: Once a juror is selected, they may choose to excuse themselves. They must reason their leaving with one of the following. (a) Inability to meet the eligibility requirements. (b) Real life concerns. (c) Being the defendant or plaintiff. Their reasoning must also be posted, Justices are permitted the same act. 1.6: Under the circumstance less than 3 jurors are available, for any of the previously described removal reasons, the wheel shall be spun once more, repeating the previously outlined processes. This must repeat until three jurors are available. Under the circumstance it is a Justice unavailable, then an extra juror seat shall be made available. After three occurrences of this 1.16 shall occur. 1.7: Once a juror serves a trial, their name is to be crossed off of the list to remove repeated jurors. The juror list shall be refreshed (placing the names of every user on once more) after the third day of every odd numbered month. 1.8: If all selected jurors are of the same party, coalition, position (council), or general ideologies not held by a clear and vast majority of the community, the lawyers must decide to remove certain members. There may only be a maximum of one juror of each political party, two for every electoral coalition, failure to remove invalid jurors by this clause shall lead to a retrial. 1.9: Once a juror is sworn into a court they are to declare any previous experiences with the defendant, plaintiff, or judge once requested. This request is to be requested via the opposing counsel. 1.10: If a juror is of the same political party as the defendant, they are immediately removed from juror status. This is considered null and void under the circumstance no other options are available. 1.11: Once the wheel for juror selection is spun, a recording of the spinning must be had and posted onto the official servers main page. Failure to do so shall result in a mistrial. The website used must be clearly stated in the recording. The spin is to be done via the acting judge of the trial. 1.11.5: Before this spin may occur, the names currently on the list must be provided to the Ombudsman. The Ombudsman is to check these names to ensure no one is unfairly added, no one should be added, and no unfair immunity is given. 1.12: Under the circumstance a user believes the wheel was rigged, they may request for the exact site, wheel settings, and all set statuses on the wheel. The Ombudsman may request this at any moment, and if the Ombudsman finds evidence of a rigged wheel they may declare a mistrial. This shall also lead to the Judge being brought to council for whether they are to be impeached or not. 1.13: For a juror to be selected, they must fulfill the following conditions (a) Fits eligibility. (b) Do not share a political party as the defendant nor plaintiff. (c) Or a court Admin. 1.14: Screening must be done on all jurors. If jurors have a criminal record involving fraud, corruption, bribery, or 5 individual contempt charges they are immediately removed. 1.15: If there is a circumstance where not a singular juror will be available, by the previously stated restrictions, then an emergency trial shall take place. 1.16: This emergency trial shall take place as the following. (1) The Minister of documentation shall begin recording the trial. Opening statements, cross examination, questioning of witnesses, closing statements and all evidence must be within this. (2) Then the footage shall be given to the public (3) a PIPA complaint poll shall be created by the acting judge, post trial. The poll must include the following options: “Guilty without a shadow of a doubt”, “Guilty”, “Unsure”, “Innocent”, “Innocent without a shadow of a doubt”. All votes stating “Guilty without a shadow of a doubt” or “Guilty” count towards a guilty verdict. All “Innocent without a shadow of a doubt” and “Innocent” shall count towards an innocent verdict. This poll is to take 48 hours, with a reminder to vote being posted at the half way mark. (4): Whichever has the higher vote ratio shall be considered the results, where the Justice voted punishment will be taken into effect if guilty. (5) Under the circumstance of a tie, the Justices are to vote, if the Justices have a 50%+1 ratio on Guilty, a Guilty verdict is given, if the Justices have a 50% ratio voting Innocent, then an innocent vote shall be given. (6) This verdict is to be given to the Council. Council may overrule the verdict with a supermajority. (7) The Justices may overrule this ruling via a unanimous vote. (8) Council may once more overrule this decision via a unanimous council vote, alongside both Presidential and Vice President approval. (9) Steps 5 through 8 must occur within 48 hours of the original verdict poll being created. (10) There must be a minimum of 20 votes provided within the Emergency Trial, if that amount is not reached then the end date is to be delayed until the proper amount is found. 1.17: The jurors must be present throughout the entire trial. Hence, they are to be consulted for scheduling to ensure this occurs. 1.18: Lawyers may only remove a maximum of 2 jurors per jury selection process. 1.19: The jury may not speak to either lawyer, the judge, a witness, or the defendant while the trial is occurring. If they do, they are to be immediately removed and replaced via another wheel. 1.20: A Judge may refuse the removal of a juror, they must provide reasoning, and the reasoning must fit under the following or it is considered null. (a)Lack of proper reasoning. (b)Attempting to keep, specifically, biased individuals. 1.21: Under the circumstance an individual has another legal obligation, which may not be circumvented, they are considered excused, and shall not be forced into jury duty. Article II: Transparency//Zeedith’s law 2.1: All court proceedings, henceforth, must be recorded, the entirety of the recorded process must then be posted onto the subreddit. This is to be known as Zeedith’s law throughout all proceedings. 2.2: Under the circumstance the trial occurs entirely in text, Zeedith’s law is considered null and void. 2.3: All court proceedings must be done in a public channel in the Teen Government official court server. Failure to do so shall be considered as breaking transparency and an illegal trial. 2.4: Article 2.3 may be considered null under the circumstance a defendant or plaintiff wishes to have a private trial. For a trial to occur, reasoning must be provided- (a): The evidence in the trial may reveal private information. (b): The trial, if public, could ruin a user's career or occupational status. (c) The trial covers sensitive topics (example, suicide or mental health) in which a user may not wish to share the contents of the trial. This clause is optional and acts only under request. The three reasons stated shall always be considered valid, yet a user may request a private trial under a different reason as long as the presiding judge consents. 2.5: A private trial shall occur in the following operations (a) A separate, new, server is created. (b) Lawyers, the judge, the defendant, plaintiff, and witnesses shall be added. (c) There will be a maximum of three witnesses for each lawyer to request. (d) Zeedith’s law may not take into effect in this scenario with the exception of sections directly intended for private trials. (e) The trial shall continue as normal. (f) Those who participated in the court hearings are prohibited from revealing information on the trial, revealing who took part in the trial, or the results (g) The results of the trial are to be told to those who participated in the trial. And, if guilty, a moderator may be told who to ban and for how long, no other information may be given, as well as a screenshot proving what they stated. All of these actions are to be done by the presiding judge. Article III: D.I.D. // Suki’s and Katzechka’s law. 3.1: Henceforth, all users who have Dissociative Identity Disorder are to be treated, under Teen Government governance, as follows. (a): They are to be treated as a “D.I.D individual”, which grants them the rights outlined in this segment, yet they may not lose any other basic human rights gifted to them, nor may the title of a “D.I.D individual be used in future documents to restrict their legal rights on only the grounds of their status.. (b) They may only enter one party, hold one office, and their age is considered as the age since their birth, not alter’s specific age. (c): If a citizen of Teen Government with D.I.D commits a crime or offense, then only the alter(s) who did the crime shall be held accountable for any punishment a court gives. (d) if (c) is violated, via the entirety of the user being banned, then the sentence is considered to break this document, which shall lead to a mistrial. (f) If a user with D.I.D fails to keep the punished user from the server 3 separate times, then the entire user shall face the punishment. (g): Under the circumstances, (f) is violated because of reasons beyond the individual's control (forced fronting, forgetting, or any reasoning) then the count shall not be added to the count described in (f). (h): All of Article III is to be known as Suki’s and Katzechka’s law. Article IV: Gaggle’s law//Affidavit reform. 4.1:Only evidence submitted into a shared evidence area may be used in court. This area must be available to all parties until the trial concludes. 4.2: Any evidence not present inside of the shared evidence channel before the trial officially begins shall be considered null. To ensure this is successfully enforced the time stamp of the trial beginning must be recorded via the Minister of Documentation. 4.3: All evidence explicitly referenced and identified within an affidavit is presumed to be true. This may be challenged via the opposing lawyer, and if they provide proper evidence the Judge may rule to consider an affidavit null. 4.4: Both lawyers will confer together with witnesses, pre-trial, to construct affidavits. 4.5: All questioning must be reasonably connected to the affidavit. If the questioning falls outside of proper scope then the opposing council may object based on this clause. If the presiding judge sustains the objection then the question asked is considered null and void. 4.6: The opposing lawyer may not contact a witness, for purposes related to the trial, without their lawyer's approval. 4.7: If an affidavit is changed then all parties connected to the trial must be made aware. Failure to ensure this shall lead to the newer affidavit being null and void. 4.8: All affidavits must state the following “I, {Name}, being sound of mind and acting under no coercion, do hereby declare the following.”. As well as “I affirm, under the penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct.”. It is the lawyers responsibility to ensure their witnesses' affidavits fulfill these conditions. 4.9: All of Article IV is to be considered as “Gaggle’s law”’ 4.10: If the processes of “Gaggle’s law” are followed incorrectly, then the witness shall be prohibited from being questioned, and all provided evidence is considered null and void. Article V:Schrodinger’s law. 5.1: Once court begins, the time it begins must be set. 5.1.5: The one who sets the time is to be decided via the acting judge. 5.2: After 60 minutes a mandatory recess must occur. The amount of time the recess lasts is the choice of the presiding Judge. 5.3: If questioning, an objection, discussion, deliberation, or a Judges ruling is being made, then this time it is delayed until it concludes. 5.4: A Judge may rule to overrule Schrodinger’s law, yet it requires reasoning. 5.5: Henceforth, a user, who is not the defendant, judge, jury or lawyer, may play any game they wish (including discord apps) while the trial is occurring. As a witness or general observer has no need to pay attention to the trial proceedings 5.6: 5.5 may be restricted upon the condition it becomes a distraction. This is to be decided via the Judge. Article VI: Alexandrites law. 6.1: Court positions are to be labeled as the following. (a)Presiding Judge (b)Acting Judge (c)Plaintiff counsel (d)Plaintiff (e)Defense counsel (f)Defense. 6.2: Definitions. (a) A presiding Judge has the following authority: (a) Authority over proceedings (decides who speaks, when they speak, why they speak, and may hold people in contempt for failure to speak properly). (b) The ability to give a verdict (henceforth it is to be the presiding Judge who announces the results of the case they looked over, as well as a punishment.) (c) The power to approve or deny evidence and witnesses (b) An acting Judge holds the exact powers as a regular Judge, yet their powers are to be temporary and immediately revoked if the original Judge returns, post-trial, or if recused. (c) Counsel holds the power to question witnesses, approved via a Judge, the power to object based on “Hearsay” (defined as stating information you didn’t directly witness, or cannot directly attest to/Being told to say something you did not experience). Relevance (Information the witness states that is not directly tied to the trial, nor information found in their affidavit.) Speculation (when a witness guesses, assumes, or offers opinions beyond their personal knowledge, rather than stating known facts.) Privilege (When information asked would infringe on privacy, a conversation that would be considered private (places with expected privacy). All conversations considered private fall under this). Leading questions (Where it seems as if the lawyer is coaching the witness to state information, example “Did you see the defendant steal the bag?”. Under this circumstance objecting Leading may occur.) Compound questions (Asking 2 simultaneous questions within one sentence, example “Did you see the defendant steal and run from the police?”. These questions are considered Compound questions and may be objected to). Any objection must be approved via a Judge. (d)A defendant has the legal power to request a lawyer, and must be provided one if asked. A defendant also has the legal right to remain within their trial, removal is considered unlawful. Yet, under the circumstance the defendant is being a disruption (spam, contempt, or other charges), they may be timed out until their moment to speak arrives. This is the responsibility of the Judge to enforce. (d)1: Once a defendant requests a lawyer, all lawyers available are to be pinged, this is to be done within the public court server. A lawyer is to volunteer for this position, if no lawyer does then the defendant is to do one of the following (a): Self-representation. (b): Request an extension to the trial, this may delay the trial until a lawyer may represent them. This may only last for a maximum of 24 hours while the client searches for a lawyer. (c) They may request an individual to represent them, this individual does not need to be a part of a legal firm. (d): Under the circumstance (b) and (c) occurred, and no lawyer is available, than (a) is forced to occur. 6.3: Declarations. Once court begins, to ensure all witnesses understand who does what, the following must be stated by the corresponding positions. (a) The Judge looking over the case must state/type the following “Under Alexandrite’s law, I declare myself to act as Judge for the (Plaintiff) vs (Defendant) trial, on (Date). I oath to remain unbiased, fair, and composed under the threat of recusal. And I oath that, if I do become biased, to recuse myself”. (b) The plaintiff counsel must state/type the following, “Under Alexandrite’s law, I declare myself to be the counsel of the prosecution. I am representing (Plaintiff) for the charges of (Charges the defendant stands accused of)” (c) The defense counsel must state/type the following, “Under Alexandrite’s law, I declare myself to be the counsel of the defence. I am representing (The defendant\\)\\ for the charges of (Charges the defendant stands accused of) Failure to clearly either type or properly state these declarations means those specific positions lose the powers listed in 6.2. Yet, for this clause to come into effect, it must be pointed out during the trial, if it occurs after a verdict is declared this is considered void. Any segment which uses parentheses means that the person who holds the title stated, in that specific trial, must have their username placed upon that spot. Likewise for the date, yet instead the specific date the trial takes place in must be stated. 6.4: Obligation of clarity. The following rules must always be followed, no matter what the circumstance is. (a): If an observer requests clarity for something a counsel, witness, or Judge stated, they may request it. This request may not violate previous contempt legislation. Once requested, the one who made the statement must simplify what they meant. A Judge may restrict this right under the circumstance it was being used for spam/disruption. (b): For a jurors vote towards guilty or innocent to be counted, the following must occur, 1: They must state the following messages with the blanks filled in “I, (Username), believe (defendant) is (guilty without reasonable doubt/ more likely guilty than not/innocent) on (charge)”. Failure to do so properly, have the correct information stated, or general refusal leads to their vote being invalid. 2: They must add a sentence giving their reasoning. This sentence has no requirements on how it is written or done. 3: All of this information is to be posted onto the official main page. The usernames may be removed, by opt out, yet their verdict and reasoning has to be provided to the general public. 4: It is the responsibility of the Judge to post the information, as well as to officially declare the verdict in both the discord and reddit. Sentences must be posted likewise. 5: An Ombudsman may request access into the voting server, the lawsuit server, the defense server, and any servers connected to the case, as long as they do it under an investigation. They must be able to see all evidence, affidavits, and general information. In the circumstance this is done, the Ombudsman may not post affidavits, evidence, or information related to the case until the case concludes. Yet, they may post findings of fraud, illegal conduct, or general questionable actions. (c) All opening statements and closing statements must be pre-written and posted publicly post trial, or must have a summarized version of their statements available. The judge must be provided this information a minimum of 20 minutes before the trial officially begins. (d) All objections, admitted and approved evidence, and witness testimonies must be either written down or recorded, and provided to the jury. This may be done via the footage captured by Zeedith’s law. 6.5: The press. The press must abide by the following. (a) They may not question or interview members of the jury during a trial. (b) They may not leak sensitive information in their documentation (ex: Personal information, evidence which may cause reputational or mental harm, or general sensitive information). (c) Once a recess is declared, the press shall hold the power to ask questions or interview any acting member of the trial. (d) Article 6.5(c) is not forced upon a user, and may be rejected via the one asked, having 0 obligation for answering. (e) The press has the freedom of mistakes, they shall not, and can not, be charged for misinformation, failure to cover properly, nor for misrepresentation of a case unless it violates (b) by causing reputational or mental harm or is clearly and provably intentional. (f) The press may still be sued for defamation, libel, or fraud. (g) The press shall retain entire freedom to cover, to state, or to claim any fact without punishment as long as it doesn’t fall under (f). (h) The previous is only applicable in the sense of court. 6.6: All of Article VI is to be known as Alexandrite’s law. Article VII. Jury. 7.1: Juries are to be informed of the following before voting. (a) They may not be prosecuted for an incorrect judgement. (b) Confidentiality, out of the reasoning and transparency, all deliberation and juror conversations are to be confidential to only those with a vote, no other user may enter the server/channel, nor may information be shown. (c) Right to refuse interviews, a juror has no obligation to explain themselves, post trial, hence has no obligation to be interviewed, nor to speak to either lawyer. (d) Right of safety, if a defendant, counsel, plaintiff, or judge threatens, intentionally scares, or generally attempts to bring harm to a juror, then this must be reported, which then shall be taken to trial. (e) Employment protection, a juror may not be fired, lose employment, pay, or generally be discriminated against in a work place for jury duty. (f) Jury nullification, a jury may not be prosecuted for an incorrect choice, hence they have the legal right to vote innocent when the evidence points towards guilt, they may not receive legal punishment for doing so. Yet Jurors are expected to be in ordinance with 9.10’s standard of proof. Jury Nullification simply allows mistakes without consequence. 7.2: Under the circumstance a tie occurs in a jury, the following procedures shall occur. (a) \\Deliberation shall occur, this period occurs for a maximum of 24 hours after a trial concludes. (b) If the tie remains once the period concludes, then the period may be extended for another 24 hours. May only occur twice. (c) Once the time limit on (a) and the extension on (b) runs out, and the tie remains, then the side without the burden of proof shall be ruled with. Article VIII. Checks. 8.1: Henceforth the count of officially recognized Justices is to be approved via council, with a simple majority for the decision. 8.2: Henceforth, Justices may only be nominated via the President and Vice President agreeing on a candidate. 8.3: The vice president may preside over most impeachment trials of federal officers, although not specifically required. Yet, they may not under the circumstance it is for the removal of the President. 8.4: Under the circumstance of an impeachment trial, council shall be considered as jurors, yet if a council member is the one under threat of impeachment, a trial by citizen peers shall occur. Article IX. General. 9.1: No citizen shall be put to trial before being made aware of the accusations against them. 9.2: No citizen may sue another without a crime being violated. The law they broke must be clearly stated before they may proceed. 9.3: No citizen is to be deprived of their citizenship by a trial, nor may it be restricted on the grounds of imprisonment. 9.4: Article IX 9.3 may be considered null and void under the circumstance Capital Punishment has occurred, in this circumstance a deceased member may not maintain citizenship. 9.5: Henceforth, once a user is put to trial, and a plaintiff has decided to sue, the following must be stated before Mod action proceeds. “Under Teen Government law, you have the following rights. The right to remain silent, the right to an attorney, if you do not have access to one, one will be provided to you. You have the right to a fair trial by your peers, and the right to prove yourself either innocent or guilty.” Failure to inform a defendant of this shall lead to results from interrogations being considered void, and may not be used as evidence. As well as a reprimand, or potential removal from moderator, under the case it is done improperly. If the failure occurs within a Discord, then it is up to the current owner of the server to decide further action. This is considered to be Miranda’s rights. 9.6: Previously put to trial users are exempt to 9.5. 9.7: This entire document is to replace the current Judiciary segment of the constitution. 9.8: This document may be amended via the same procedures as constitution amendments. 9.9: The Executive branch, Council, Ombudsman, and ministerial actions may not change the Judiciary. The Judiciary may only be changed via the following (a) Amendments, (b) Previously stated Checks, (c) Impeachment of Judiciary members. (d) Approved legislation. (e) Petitioning. 9.10: Standard of proof. (a) While voting on guilt there will be two different guilty options “Guilty without reasonable doubt” and “More likely Guilty than not” (b) If they are deemed “Guilty without reasonable doubt” by a majority of the jury, the case is to be considered a criminal one, if a majority vote for guilty but a majority of the jury does not vote for “guilty without reasonable doubt” than the case shall be civil. 9.11: In the case of a criminal case the defendant is at risk of disciplinary action by timeout, banning, being imprisoned, or all other punishments. 9.12: In the case of a civil case the defendant would only be at risk of paying a fine, clemency, doing a service, or an apology for their supposed crime. Article X. Appeals 10.1: Appeal ground requirements must fall within the following. (a) All appeals must clearly state the procedural error, legal misapplication, or violation of (b) this document that occurred during the trial. (c) Disagreement with the verdict alone is not valid grounds for an appeal to be requested. (d) Failure to provide valid and proper grounds, as defined in (a), shall result in the appeal being considered void. 10.2: The appeal process shall occur as the following. (a) Filing, the defendant or plaintiff files an appeal, this must occur while following the grounds outlined in 10.1(a), as well as occurring within 48 hours of the verdict being given. (b) A Justice, which was not acting as plaintiff, defendant, counsel, nor Judge, shall review the appeal. Then they shall decide whether the appeal is proper or not. They have full discretion in this process, yet their discretion is tied to the previously stated requirements. If those are not reached then any approval is considered null, the acting Judge is the one which shall give them this appeal. (i)Under the circumstance that the requested Justice reviewer does not file it within 48 hours of the request, then it is to be given to another member of the Justices. (1)If this process goes through all Justices, out of the acting Judge, then it is to be given to the Council. Which then shall vote on whether the appeal is processed, requiring a simple majority.(c) If a procedural error occurred, a retrial shall occur, if a major legal issue has occurred (violation of one's rights), then a full appeal hearing is to occur. (d) This appeal hearing is to occur as the following (d)1: The appeal is given to the Council (d)2: the Council is to elect a Judge within the Justice’s (d)3: The Council is to act as jurors. Hence gain the powers of a juror. (d)4: The prosecution/prosecutions counsel in the original trial shall maintain, as well as the defendants counsel. (d)5: Under the circumstance either one of these positions refuses to retain their position they shall be allowed to forfeit it. (d)6: Under the circumstance (d)5: occurred then another prosecution/prosecution counsel shall be requested, and given to whoever accepts the position (d)7: If no one accepts the position, then it will be a governmental prosecution, in which a Justice is to act as the prosecution. This is to be voted within the Judiciary. (d)8: The proper court processes shall occur as normal, and shall lead to a new verdict being given. (d)9: This verdict is to be given to the Judiciary, which then the two options shall occur. Under the circumstance council voted 50%+1 for either option, then the Justices are to vote. They may either repeal the sentence (needs a unanimous decision) or accept the sentence (50%+1 of the Judiciary is needed) Under the circumstance a unanimous vote for either option is given, then it is automatically accepted, and the Judiciary may not reappeal it. (d)10: No user may appeal an appeal, as limitations to the current population prevents further action. Article XI: Settlements. Pi’s law.. Pi's law Article XII: Class action suits, Katz’s law. 12.1: Under the circumstance multiple people are suing the same person, they may request a class action. 12.2: Once a class action is requested, a Judge decides whether to approve it or not. 12.3: Once a class action is declared, the following shall happen A)A maximum of 5 prosecutors shall be selected among the suing party. B)The jury selection limitations related to parties and coalitions are considered null and void. C)Regular trial proceedings shall occur, yet occurring with multiple members of the prosecution. D)All plaintiffs maintain the previously stated powers. E)Any plea deal or settlement requires all members of the prosecution to consent. F)All evidence collected by any plaintiff may be used if admitted by a judge. G)Each plaintiff must speak one at a time. Article XII. Bob's law 13.1: All members of a role in a trial are required to be in attendance. 13.1a: Exceptions to 13.1 apply when an unexpected external factor causing non attendance occurs, in which only rescheduling occurs 13.2: In the case of 13.1 with a juror(s) a new juror(s) shall be selected by proper process and rescheduling shall occur 13.3: In the case of 13.1 with a defendant the trial shall be rescheduled once, if still not present the trial shall occur without them present if their representation is in attendance they may defend, if not the defending side may have a volunteer engage in defense, if no volunteers exist the defense shall not have defense 13.4: If 13.1 occurs with the defenses legal representation (if not themselves) the trial shall be rescheduled and the defendant may select new representation 13.5: If 13.1 occurs with a presiding Judge the trial shall be rescheduled and a new judge selected 13.6: If 13.1 occurs with prosecution the trial shall be rescheduled once and at further absence the prosecution will no longer be able to levy those charges against the defendant 13.7: All of Article XII is to be considered Bob’s law. General Electric Bondaloo. Laws created in this document are the following. Zeedith’s law. Transparency, forces recording of trials. Suki’s and Katzechka’s law. Governs the rights and treatment of those with DID Gaggle’s law. Governs evidence submission, and affidavit requirements. Schrodinger’s law: Governs time management, recess requirement, and letting people play uno. Alexandrite’s law: Governs court positions, declarations, and press conduct. Pi’s law: Governs settlements/plea deals Katz’s law governs class action suits. Bob’s law: Governs the circumstance a member of a trial doesn’t attend an official court hearing. Interpretation: If 2 or more laws, articles, amendments, or general legislation, seniority shall be used, the younger law will occur. Under the circumstance a younger bill/act/amendment is created to amend, change, fix, or make an exception to an elder bill/act/amendment then the newer one shall be used. # Article V (Of the Ministers) The executive cabinet will comprise of “departments” responsible for managing and enforcing laws regarding a specific subject assigned to individual departments. Section I) Registered citizens, who have been nominated by the president for a position in the cabinet, will be voted on by the council. If a supermajority occurs, the nomination will pass, and the citizen will assume the duties of their department. Section II) Some departments will employ two ministers, one on the Reddit, and the other on the Discord. These ministers may act in conjunction, but are not obliged to do so. (e.g: Mental Health) Section III) The cabinet does not need to be refreshed every term, and nominations may occur as necessary. Section IV) If a minister is deemed unfit, the council must pass a supermajority decision to remove them from the position. The president will be obliged to nominate a new registered citizen. Section V) New departments can be created through passed bills, laws, and acts. Section VI) The following ministers are to be appointed by this constitution: Mental health, census, press, entertainment, election, map census, and wiki Ministers. Section VII) Should a minister find their duties too burdensome, they may make a request to the council to expand their department and recruit aid. Should the council approve such a request, the minister may recruit a number of citizens decided by the council. Citizens recruited to aid a department will not be considered ministers. # Article VI (Of the Vice President) The Vice President shall serve under the president, in the executive branch. They will also serve as the “President” of the Council. Section I) A candidate for Vice President will run under the President by democratic process. Votes for Vice President will coincide with President. Section II) All candidates for Vice President must be considered a TG citizen, complying with Article I, Section III. Section III) The Vice President may only cast a vote in the Council if there is a tie, acting as a tie breaker only if necessary Section III) The vice president is not immune to the law. If the vice president is prosecuted for any political or criminal offense, they will be removed from office. Section IV) If a vice president is removed from office, the president will be obliged to choose a new one, assuming they are a registered citizen. The new vice president’s term will equate to the time left in the president’s term. Section V) If an individual is unable to serve as president for another term due to term limits, they may not serve as vice president until they can run again. For example, if an individual has served x consecutive terms, they cannot run again in the next election. They will also not be able to run for vice president. # Article VII (Of the Ombudsman) Definitions: The Ombudsman is the official investigative officer of the Teen Government community. Critical information is considered as significant information, Section I: Outlined powers and handling of misinformation. Article 1: The Ombudsman has access to all Teen Government servers, this includes any server which fulfills the following conditions. a) : The server conducts Teen Government governmental actions (Court, lawsuit servers). b) : A server which connects directly to Teen Government, this includes all party servers, coalition servers, business/company servers. Article II: The Ombudsman has a legal requirement to uphold any investigation request created within their official Teen Government server, unless one of the following occurs. (a); Investigating must bring, provable, harm onto the Ombudsman. (b): Investigating would go against beliefs of the Ombudsman. (ie: Being forced to investigate TeenGoo) (c): The Investigation request does not specify a specific crime or reason for the investigation. (d): The investigation does not specify the individual being investigated. (e): The investigation would be investigating multiple individuals, a party(s), coalition(s), or group(s) Article IV: If an Ombudsman intentionally spreads misinformation through their investigation, and an individual proves the misinformation, then a strike system shall occur. Each violation shall give a strike, and the following strikes give their set disciplinary action. (a): One strike: The Ombudsman must publicly apologize and admit their failure, and where the shortcoming occurred. Must be done in a minimum of 3 sentences, this must be posted in the Ombudsman server, the official server, and SMP (b): Two strikes, the Ombudsman is to be suspended from all investigative powers for 48 hours post proved violation. The Ombudsman is also to apologize once more, 5 minimum sentences, posted within the Ombudsman server, Official server, and SMP. (c) : The Ombudsman is to be impeached and proper special election processes shall occur. For any of the following to occur, an individual must have given proof, that without a reasonable doubt, the Ombudsman spread intentional misinformation, and failed to withhold their roles position. Section 2: Ombudsman treatment under the law. Article I: The Ombudsman may not be impeached, discriminated against, or put under hate for an investigation requested in the official Ombudsman server. Article II: The Ombudsman must investigate any individual, as such, they are to be granted access to the Council server, any cabinet meeting, access to all judiciary trials/hearings (excluding private trials). Article III: If an Ombudsman witnesses misconduct, a violation of a law, or generally corrupt activity via a government official, they have a legal obligation to report it the same way as any investigation. Article IIII: An Ombudsman retains the legal right and authority to call for the impeachment of any official, yet they must do the following conditions. (a): The Ombudsman must have investigated and reported conduct that may fall under grounds of corruption, general rule violations, or misconduct by a member of the government. (b): The trial is to go to the council, in which the Vice President is to preside over the council, and hence is to be given all acting powers of a presiding Judge. Under the circumstance it’s an impeachment trial towards the President or the Vice President themselves, the chief Justice gains this authority in their stead. Council gains the power of jurors. (c) : The Ombudsman is to act as a direct witness to the trial, and may not act as prosecutor. (c)1) The prosecution of this trial is to be done by asking who wishes to prosecute, which any member who consents is to be voted upon via council vote, if a council member is the one under risk of impeachment, they may not vote upon this. This process is to occur as follows. A SMP post is to be created via the Speaker of Council (if they are under impeachment risk, this power falls onto Chief Justice). This is to be shared onto the official Discord page. Once 24 hours pass, all individuals who give consent are to be given to the council. They are to be given the following by the individual who created the post “{Username} for prosecution.” This prosecution may have a lawyer, or may do this on their own. If the prosecution has an obvious bias or conflict of interest, then the acting Chief Justice may remove them, alongside consent of the Speaker of Council. Yet, this is to be considered a last resort. And considered null if either of the two are under impeachment hearings. (c)2) The individual with the highest votes is to act as prosecutor, under the case of a tie, the Vice President may break a tie break, if the Vice President is at risk of impeachment, then it is the decision of a public vote. (c)3) The public vote is to occur as follows. A google form is to be posted by the Election Minister (if they’re the one under threat of impeachment, the President takes this power). This google form is to have the following. The usernames of the individuals who tied, as separate choices. A box for the voter code of the individual. A box for the username of the user. Once this process occurs, that individual is considered the acting Prosecution member of the impeachment hearing. yet may request a lawyer, and the member up to impeachment is permitted a lawyer, under request. (d): Normal trial functions are to occur, once the trial concludes, the council is to vote upon whether impeachment is needed or not. (e): The previous is to occur within the official council chat, hence all prosecution, defense, and witnesses are to be permitted within this server until the conclusion of the trial. Article VI: Under the circumstance the Ombudsman is unavailable, or generally incapable of being a witness, then their compiled evidence is to be granted to the prosecution. Section 2: Handling of harassment and abuse of the Ombudsman system. Article I: An individual may only be investigated for a crime(s) once, once the investigation concludes they may not be reinvestigated for that exact crime(s). This does not extend towards general laws violated, simply making investigation for the same crime or subject. Article I is considered null and void under the circumstances another, elected, Ombudsman is doing the investigative action. Section 3: Interaction with council. Article I: The Ombudsman is to have access to all council related servers, chats, or general areas of communication. Article II: If the Ombudsman finds proof of screenshots not added within transparency posts, they may publicly reveal this information, proof that transparency failed to occur, the Ombudsman may call for the impeachment of the one responsible for the Transparency posts. Article III: The Ombudsman is prohibited from sending messages within council servers, chats, or general areas of communication. Section 4: Interaction with the executive branch. Article I: Interaction with the Census Minister. (a): The Ombudsman, if given an investigation request, may demand the current census results, at any moment, they may not be given the Voter Codes unless a Voter Fraud investigation is ongoing. (b): The Ombudsman may not share any information within the Census without proof of a committed crime within them, and they may not share Voter Codes under any circumstance. (c): If, within this investigation, failure to do proper duties is found, the Ombudsman may call for the impeachment of the Census Minister. This is to be done under the processes underlined within Section II, Article IIII. Article II: Interaction with the Election Minister. (a): The Ombudsman, if an investigation is given, may demand the current election standing, alongside Voter Codes, this may only occur in the circumstance of Voter Fraud. (b): The Ombudsman may not share or release any information, unless evidence of a crime is found, yet Voter Codes may not be released. (c): If, within this investigation, failure to do proper duties is found, the Ombudsman may call for the impeachment of the Election Minister. This is to be done under the processes underlined within Section II, Article IIII. Article III: Interaction with the Foreign Affairs Minister. (a):The Ombudsman has the legal right and authority, if under an investigation request, to demand access to any treaties or in progress Foreign Affairs actions. (b): The Ombudsman is prohibited from adding, removing, or sharing the contents of the treaties, without proof of a crime being done within them by the Foreign Affairs Minister. : (c): If, within this investigation, failure to do proper duties is found, the Ombudsman may call for the impeachment of the Foreign Affairs Minister. This is to be done under the processes underlined within Section II, Article IIII. Article IIII: Interaction with the Minister of Press. (a): If the Ombudsman, under request, witnesses or has proof of unfair treatment within the Minister of Press (i.e Failure to post Transparency posts in a timely manner) (b): If, within this investigation, failure to do proper duties is found, the Ombudsman may call for the impeachment of the Minister of Press. This is to be done under the processes underlined within Section II, Article IIII. Article V: Interaction with unlabeled Minister positions. (a) If, within this investigation, failure to do proper duties is found, the Ombudsman may call for the impeachment of the Minister. This is to be done under the processes underlined within Section II, Article IIII. Article VI: Interaction with the President. (a): If, within this investigation, failure to do proper duties is found, the Ombudsman may call for the impeachment of the President. This is to be done under the processes underlined within Section II, Article IIII. Article IX: Interaction with the Vice President. (a): If, within this investigation, failure to do proper duties is found, the Ombudsman may call for the impeachment of the Vice President. This is to be done under the processes underlined within Section II, Article IIII. (b): The Vice President has the power and authority to bring the impeachment of the Ombudsman to council, yet may only do so under the occurrence it fulfills a violation, violations as outlined within Section 5, Article II(a). Section 5: General. Article I: No individual with an extensive criminal record, (i.e: Rule 1 or 8 violations, violations of a serious crime, a history of fraud or corruption, general failure to fulfill proper duties. Article II: The Ombudsman may only be impeached if they violate the following. (a): Failure to investigate once requested S5AII(a) is considered null and void under the following circumstances. The request investigates 3 or more individual(s). The request would be impossible to complete without clear conflict of interest (including political party affiliation, religious reasons, moral reasons, close affiliation with the individual or party being investigated. The request would invade personal privacy of an individual, including their identity, name, address, personal information, or personal life. Interpretation shall occur. The previous is to be approved via the acting Vice President of Teen Government, if the reasoning is approved then the investigation is considered null and void, if rejected the legal obligation to investigate occurs. Refusal may be appealed to the Judiciary, in which all acting Justices are to vote upon whether the Vice President’s rejection holds. Failure to investigate, post process, is grounds for impeachment. (b): Intentionally leaving out critical information or screenshots from the results of the investigation. (c) : Holding All previous is to be enforced via the Vice President, it is their legal duty to be aware of violation of the previous, and are to call for impeachment if violation occurs. Section 6: Impeachment. Article I: Impeachment must be called upon via the acting Vice President, it is prohibited from any other individual from doing so, other than the circumstance there is no acting Vice President in the moment, in that circumstance, the President assumes this power temporarily. Article II: The process of impeachment is to occur as the following. (a): The Vice President declares a violation of the previously listed terms occurred. (b): The Vice President is to write two messages within the Council chat, which are to state the following “Did the Ombudsman violate {Violated clause}” “Should the Ombudsman be impeached”. (c) : Council vote is to occur, this bypasses all waiting periods. (d): The voting options are to be “Aye” for guilty of, “Nay” for innocent of, Abstain for no opinion. (e): The Vice President is permitted to tie break upon this. Once voting occurs, the following will occur. (a): If a guilty verdict for the violation brought by the Vice President is decided, alongside an impeachment vote, the Ombudsman is to be removed from power, and a special election shall occur. (b): If a guilty verdict, for the violation brought by the Vice President, yet the impeachment vote is innocent, the Ombudsman is to post a public apology, this is to be done upon both the official SMP, alongside the official Discord, and is to be within official Sub and Discord News. (c): If an innocent verdict, for the violation brought by the Vice President, yet an impeachment vote is given, the Impeachment is considered null and void. (d): If an innocent verdict, for the violation brought by the Vice President, and an impeachment vote is innocent, then no consequences occur to the Ombudsman. Section 7: Independence of office. Article I: No President shall sign an executive order, of which, would directly limit the powers of the Ombudsman. Proper legislation alongside a proper judicial verdict is the only manner of which an Ombudsman shall ever or may ever be restricted via the Government. Article II:The only legislation, which may successfully limit the Ombudsman, is a constitutional amendment upon this very document. Failure to do so, via creation of an act or bill, shall be considered a non constitutional change. All previous changes to the Ombudsman, done without them being an amendment, are to be grandfathered in, and considered valid. Article III: No individual shall hold office of Ombudsman and any other office, an Ombudsman is strictly prohibited from holding any government official, not only Higher Offices. Article IV: If an Ombudsman runs for another position, they are considered to have resigned, and they are to lose their seat immediately, not once they win or lose the election. In which, a special election shall occur. Article V: The Ombudsman is prohibited from investigating themselves, or any actions they themselves have done or violated. Article VI: The following is to be all conflict of interests the Ombudsman may not violate. The Ombudsman is prohibited from investigating an institution they are apart of. This extends to office, business, organization, non-profit, NGO, or Government organizations. The Ombudsman is prohibited from working outside of their proper sector, hence may not investigate in real life violations, may not investigate personal information, or any non directly Teen Government related activity. # Article VIII (Of the Economy) This section shall detail the economic functions and mechanisms present within all sections of TG. Section I) The right to unionize shall not be infringed upon by the government, the employer, or any organization. Section II) Citizens may pool together funding to form a workers cooperative, which will have the same economic rights as a corporation and is owned by who it employs. The employees can determine how they structure the cooperative. Section III) Citizens in unions and worker cooperatives may bargain, leverage demands, strike, or blockade the entrance to a business or corporation without retribution by their employer. Section IV) Employers may not fire or layoff employees without providing due cause. Section V) Corporations are not considered human citizens, and will enjoy economic rights, but not political. Section VI) Donation of currency is not considered speech. Section VII) The rights protected by this constitution are the rights of natural persons and do not extend to for-profit corporations, limited liability companies, or other private businesses, established for business purposes or to promote business interests under the laws of Teen Government. Article VIII) Such corporate and other private entities established under the law are subject to regulation by the people through the legislative process so long as such regulations are consistent with the powers of the government and do not limit the freedom of the press. Article IX) Such corporate and other private entities shall be prohibited from making contributions or expenditures in any election of any candidate for public office or the vote upon any ballot measure submitted to the people. Article X) The council shall have the power to regulate and set limits on all election contributions and expenditures, including a candidate’s own spending, and to authorize the establishment of political committees to receive, spend, and publicly disclose the sources of those contributions and expenditures. Article XI) All citizens have the right to fair transactions and the government must intervene against manipulated transactions which favor one party unfairly. Article XII) All citizens shall be defended from economic and social persecution on account of Race, Sex, gender, political beliefs, and any freedom granted by the constitution. Article XIII) Those who engage in discrimination face trial in a court of law. Article XIV) All citizens have the right to work. Article XV) Anyone may sue a corporation. Article VI) All citizens shall have the right to earn a fair wage. # Article IX (Of the Moderators) Moderators, who act as neutral parties only in their duties as moderator, must prevent unlawful posts and comments on both the subreddit and discord. They must defend TG in an honorable, and unfair medium. Section I) Moderators are chosen by democratic election process. The only requirement to be a candidate is being a registered citizen. Section II) Decisions to remove posts or administer punishments outside of court are up to moderator discretion, but must cite a rule or law to justify the decision. Section III) If a moderator is convicted in court, they will be removed from their position. Section IV) Discord and Reddit ToS are considered to be official laws that must be followed. Section V) Moderators are not above the law, nor are their actions above the law. Section VI) If a moderator consistently demonstrates an inability to fulfill their duty, other moderators may petition for their removal. To remove a moderator, a supermajority 60% of the moderation team must agree to the removal. Section VII) Any citizen may call for the removal of any Moderator, yet for a Moderator, of any kind, to be impeached from office, it requires a 70% citizen vote, of which must be ran via the elections minister, requiring voter codes, this is to be ran identically to any other process. There shan’t be any action, enforcement, legislation, or order which may prevent this from occurring, and nary may attempt to do so, or are in violation of this law. # Article X (Of the Census, Polls, and Petitions) The census is a mechanism to measure the amount of registered citizens, administer voter codes, and count party sizes. ⁠Section I) The census is conducted by the minister of census within a specific census form or voter registration form. Section II) The census is for the purpose of counting citizens of the subreddit, making sure all parties are registered with at least two members (including the founder), and ensuring consistent activity. Section III) The census will be conducted every month, starting on the first day of the month. Section IV) Only people who are counted in the census can vote, run for office, or make propositions to council. To be counted in the census, you may use your discord or reddit account. Petitions are citizen-run mechanisms to officially ask for a change in the government or legal texts. ⁠Section V) All citizens are allowed to make petitions. ⁠Section VI) Petitions that change the constitution require greater than ⅔ population approval. ⁠Section VII) Petitions cannot be launched to ban other citizens. ⁠Section VIII) Petitions may make new legislation. ⁠Section IX) Petitions that do not modify the constitution and instead create new legislation are to be done by a simple 50%+1 of the population vote. ⁠Section X) Petitions cannot reverse judicial decisions. Section XI) Citizens are allowed to protest government decisions, but are not free to harm the health of an individual under the guise of protest. If a protest is utilized to harass another member, breaking rule one. Any citizen can be taken to court for violation of rule 1, even under the guise of protest. # Article XII (Miscellaneous) Important miscellaneous functions are to be considered below. Section I) Any passed amendments must be added onto the constitution. Amendments that reform sections of the constitution must replace the contradicting section to ensure clarity. Section II) No section of TG may go unmoderated in order to preserve public wellbeing. Section III) Banned citizens, may not converse in main TG spaces, and will be confined to the TG prison. Violations of this will be considered ban-evasion, and can be punished in a court of law and by immediate mod discretion. Section IV) No person can be punished for ban-evasion on an alternative account without proof and/or objective, undeniable reasoning. Section V) Alternative accounts should be registered by consulting a moderator. Section VI) No official TG space may harbor a criminal. However, personal communication outside of TG (such as in direct messages) with an individual with a criminal record shall not be regulated. All banned individuals may reside in the prison server, assuming they were not sentenced with the Digital Capital Punishment. Section VII) Banned individuals on probation will have separate plans based on their parole officer’s recommendation evaluating their rights and citizenship. They will specifically be protected under Rule 1, 6, 8, and 9 during their parole time and Article I, Section V, VI, XI, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI and XVII. They are required to follow all rules and laws, as any regular citizen would be. Section VIII) All laws should be easily accessible to the public, with ideally a wiki page, and with utilization of the correct flairs. Unpassed, but relevant texts, may also have wiki pages as long as they do not violate any rules nor ToS of Reddit and Discord. Section IX) All posts should be flaired ‘correctly’, under subjective terms. Mods reserve the right to change your post’s flair, if they deem the old one to be unfit. All citizens have the right to ask for an explanation. Section X) Bills that are passed before this constitution, which specify terms that are not mentioned in this text, are upheld by this constitution. Section XI) No citizen can be trialed and/or punished for a law that was not present in other precedent forms of the constitution. (e.g. Old presidents cannot be punished for failing to address the Union before the passage of this constitution) Section XII) This constitution shall not impede upon laws or other provisions provided in previous constitutions unless explicitly stated. All previous amendments are grandfathered into this constitution unless explicitly stated otherwise within an article or section. Section XIII) A crisis/emergency state is a state in which the nation is under threat. In such cases, the president may issue executive orders to compensate for the emergency. An executive order that changes passed legislation or something in the constitution must be agreed upon by 50% \+ 1 of council. An executive order that doesn’t wont require council approval. # Creditations In convention, Saturday May 9th, of the year 2026\. Present, u/3p145 (appaloosa567) u/Trickster-123 (tricky\_alternate\_20102) u/Intelligent-Tree-922 (alexandrite\_90693) `u/Practical_Evidence32 (tesknota)` Writers u/3p145 (appaloosa567) u/Trickster-123 (tricky\_alternate\_20102) u/Intelligent-Tree-922 (alexandrite\_90693) `u/Practical_Evidence32 (tesknota)` `Sponsors` u/TheJediTempleGuard (gunners0642\_84514) u/Kooky\_Marketing\_327 (undercooked\_shrimp) u/NotHim1305 (notjp0127) \[Non-Reddit Citizen\] (larzzbarzz) u/KrasnayaKatzechka (itsnotkoshechka)

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Internal ID: 500
API access: /500.json
Bill proposed(Unix Epoch): 1779235730
Proposer: 3p145
Original link: FUCKICMG CONSITIFIN IVE TRIED TO POST LIKE 50
Approval link: N/A
ARPD-Curator: Zeedith
Recorded by tracker: 2026-05-20 00:28:49