Amendment #1: Amendment procedure (done)
Amendment #2:
In order for any legislation to become law, it must be approved by 50% of the upper house, 50% of the lower house, and signed by the president and receive a vote of approval ("aye," "yes," "I support this," or any other words of approval) by the president. Legislation has 10 days from its post date to be voted on by the president or the legislation must be re-introduced.
Amendment #3:
The judiciary is composed of supreme justice and lower courts. The judiciary is led by the supreme justice, which is a life-time position. Any vacancy in the judiciary must be filled by a citizen of Senntisten with primary domicile within the Senntisten borders. The supreme justice may only be removed by a vote of removal for reason of inactivity or by vote of impeachment for reason of perjury or treason.
Amendment #4:
The president is the head of state, sharing power the power of directing the national agenda with each of the four cabinet ministers. The defense minister is Chief General of the New Senntisten Defense Force. The diplomacy minister is the Chief Ambassador. The economic minister is the Chief of the Treasury. The minister of the interior is the Chief Secretary of the Interior.
Amendment #5:
A province must respect all other provinces’ laws. A province is prohibited from passing legislation for another province. Full faith and credit shall be given in each province to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other province. The legislature may prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof by legislation.
Any individual charged in any province with a crime who flees from justice and is found in another province, shall, with both demand of the executive authority of the province from which he or she fled and permission of the executive authority of the province where he or she is found, be transferred to the province having jurisdiction of the crime.
Homesteaders who wish to form a province may settle any region within Senntisten borders. Settlements with less than five citizens will be referred to as territories. Territories may form their own governments, but they will not be represented within the national legislature.
Amendment #6:
The lower house is an elected body, formed of landowning individuals with primary domicile in Senntisten. The lower house will have one representative of the populace for every 5 members citizens counted by the national census. A national census shall be held every month on the 1st day of the month, and terminate at midnight on the 11th day of the month. Any rules or regulations governing the census shall be determined by legislation. Any vacancy in the lower house must be fulfilled by a citizen of Senntisten with primary domicile in Senntisten. An election of lower house members will be called every 2 months. Lower house elections last for 5 days, with votes tallied in a first-past-the-post method.
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