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Article II.

Section 1.—All legislative powers for the star system herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United Republic, which shall consist of a House of Delegates and a Senate composed of six hundred fifty Members from thirteen United Republican States, which shall be composed of:

The planet ZungAlexia I, any and all habitable natural and artificial satellites orbiting said planet;

The planet ZungAlexia II, any and all habitable natural and artificial satellites orbiting said planet;

The planet ZungAlexia III, any and all habitable artificial satellites orbiting said planet;

Kah’in, the habitable natural satellite of ZungAlexia III;

The planet ZungAlexia IV, any and all habitable artificial satellites orbiting said planet;

Sumibo, the habitable natural satellite of ZungAlexia IV;

The planet ZungAlexia V, any and all habitable natural and artificial satellites orbiting said planet;

The entire asteroid belt between ZungAlexia V and ZungAlexia VI;

The planet ZungAlexia VI, any and all habitable natural and artificial satellites orbiting said planet;

The planet ZungAlexia VII, any and all habitable natural and artificial satellites orbiting said planet;

The planet ZungAlexia VIII, any and all habitable natural and artificial satellites orbiting said planet;

The planet ZungAlexia IX, any and all habitable natural and artificial satellites orbiting said planet; —And

The planet ZungAlexia X, any and all habitable natural and artificial satellites orbiting said planet, any and all habitable space beyond ZungAlexia X to the star system’s termination shock; a distance of eighty-five Astronomical Units or AUs with one AU equal to the distance from the star to ZungAlexia III.

Section 2.—The House of Delegates shall be composed of five hundred forty-six Members chosen by the people of the thirteen States of the star system and the Electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of State Legislature. Each Delegate shall have one vote.

Immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into five classes. The seats of the Delegates of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the fourth year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the eighth Year, of the third Class at the Expiration of the twelfth Year, of the fourth Class at the Expiration of the sixteenth Year, of the fifth Class at the Expiration of the twentieth Year, so that one fifth may be elected every fourth year; and if vacancies happen in the Delegation of any State, the executive authority of such State, shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.

No Person shall be a Delegate who shall not have attained the Age of thirty-five years, and been ten years a citizen of the United Republic, and who shall not when elected be an inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.

The House of Delegates shall choose their First Delegate and other Officers; and have the sole Power of Impeachment.

Section 3.—The Senate of the Congress shall be composed of one hundred four Members appointed by the primary Legislative authority in each of the States for forty years; and each Senator shall have one vote.

Immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence of the first election of the House of Delegates, they shall be divided as equally as may be into five classes. The seats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the eighth year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the sixteenth Year, of the third Class at the Expiration of the twenty-fourth Year, of the fourth Class at the Expiration of the thirty-second Year, of the fifth Class at the Expiration of the fortieth Year, so that one fifth may be appointed every eighth year; and if vacancies happen in the Senate of Congress, the executive authority of such State, during the Recess of the Legislature of that State, shall make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies.

No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of forty years, and be fifteen years a citizen of the United Republic, and who shall not, when appointed, be an inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.

The Vice President of the United Republic shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they are equally divided.

The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a President Pro Tempore, in the absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the office of the President of the United Republic.

The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United Republic is tried; the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Republic shall preside: And no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present.

Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United Republic: but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial judgment and punishment, according to law.

Section 4.—The times, places, and manner of holding Elections for Delegates, shall be prescribed in each State by the legislative authority thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations.

The Congress of the United Republic shall assemble at least twice in every Year, the first such meeting shall begin at high sun on the 3rd day of Ianuari and the second such meeting shall begin at high sun on the 5th day of Septim, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.

Section 5.—Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide.

Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behavior, and, with the Concurrence of two-thirds, expel a Member.

Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as in their Judgment may require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of Congress on any question shall, at the Desire of one-fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.

Neither House, during the Session of Congress, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.

Section 6.—The Delegates and Senators shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United Republic. The Compensation for the services of the Members shall not vary until an election of the Delegates shall have intervened. They shall in all cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House; they shall not be questioned in any other Place.

No Delegate or Senator shall, during the Time for which he was elected or appointed, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United Republic, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United Republic, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.

Section 7.—All Bills raising Revenue shall originate from the House of Delegates; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.

Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Delegates and the Senate, shall, before it becomes a Law, be presented to the President of the United Republic: If he approves he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevents its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.

Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the House of Delegates and Senate may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United Republic; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the House of Delegates and Senate, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.

Section 8.—The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United Republic, but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United Republic;

To borrow Money on the credit of the United Republic;

To regulate Commerce among the several States, and with foreign Nations;

To establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United Republic;

To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United Republic;

To establish Post Offices and Post transportation networks;

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

To constitute Tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;

To provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Delegates may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them;

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas and Interstellar Space, and Offences against the Law of Nations;

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

To raise and support Armies;

To provide and maintain a Sea-faring Force;

To provide and maintain an Air Force;

To provide and maintain a Space-faring Force;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land, naval, air, and space Forces;

To provide for calling forth the civilian Reserve to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the civilian Reserve, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United Republic, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the civilian Reserve according to the discipline prescribed by Congress.

To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such District not exceeding ten kalimytors square as may, by cession of particular subdivisions of ZungAlexia III, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Legislative branch of the Government of the United Republic, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;

The Seat of the Legislative branch of the Government of the United Republic shall appoint in such manner as Congress may direct:

A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Delegates in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided in the First Section of the Third Article of this Constitution.

To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such District not exceeding ten kalimytors square as may, by cession of particular subdivisions of ZungAlexia IV, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Executive branch of the Government of the United Republic, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;

The Seat of the Executive branch of the Government of the United Republic shall appoint in such manner as Congress may direct:

A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Delegates in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided in the First Section of the Third Article of this Constitution;--And

To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the forgoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United Republic, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

Section 9.—The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

No Bill of Hereditary Condemnation or after the fact Law shall be passed.

No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid.

Income, or other excise or indirect, Tax shall be laid and collected from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.

No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.

No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one Congressional State over those of another, nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another.

No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequences of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all Money shall be published from time to time.

No person shall be a Delegate or Senator in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United Republic, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United Republic, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United Republic, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United Republic: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

Section 10.—No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.

No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it’s inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United Republic; and all such Laws be subject to Revision and Control of the Congress.

No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.