User:TimeMaster/Constitution

This is the new constitution for Brunant that I'm working on. It is under construction.

Content

 * Article 1: The State - An overview of the nation, and sets out what Brunant is.
 * Article 2: The King - The powers of the King, and how the monarchy works.
 * Article 3: The President - The powers of the President, and how the President is selected.
 * Article 4: The Legislature - The powers of Congress, how it works, and how it is elected.
 * Article 5: The Government - How the executive branch is selected, and what its duties are. Also includes the duties and selection of the Prime Minister.
 * Article 6: The Courts - How the judicial branch and Supreme Court works, and how judges are selected.
 * Article 7: The Parishes - The divisions of power between the nation and the parishes, and the way parishes work.
 * Article 8: Elections - How federal elections work.
 * Article 9: Law - How law and the Constitution are amended.
 * Article 10: Bill of Rights - The rights of the people.

Article I: The State

 * 1) The Kingdom of Brunant is an indivisible sovereign nation with unquestioned control over the territories of Hogeberg Island, Central Island, Middleton Island, Brunant Island, and Aurora Island.
 * 2) Brunant is a democratic republic, governed by the laws of the nation.
 * 3) Brunant is a monarchy, ruled by a King or Queen.
 * 4) The Constitution is the supreme law of Brunant.
 * 5) No person or law may override the Constitution. The supremacy of the Constitution must be observed.
 * 6) Brunant has a government, divided between a legislature, an executive branch, and a judiciary, that governs over it.
 * 7) The purpose of Brunant is to serve its people. Brunant is based in the doctrines of liberty and justice, and each citizen and law should respect those doctrines.

Article II: The King

 * 1) Brunant is a monarchy, ruled by the person crowned as King or Queen.
 * 2) The monarch is one of the rulers of Brunant.
 * 3) The monarch is the symbolic head of state of Brunant.
 * 4) The monarch can be either male (the King) or female (the Queen).
 * 5) The person who inherits the throne is determined by absolute cognatic primogeniture that is descended from the current Crown.
 * 6) Descendants of the original King of Brunant are eligible to inherit the throne from the current monarch.
 * 7) The heir apparent is the person who is next in line to the throne of Brunant.
 * 8) When the ruling monarch abdicates or dies, the heir apparent assumes the throne.
 * 9) Except for the ruling monarch and the consort of the ruling monarch, no member of the royal family enjoys extralegal privileges.