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Certified
May 12, 2001 by the Delegates to the National Convention of the
Southern Independence Party
Ratified by Six States Confirmed on September 4, 2001, namely PREAMBLE
We,
the People of the Southern States, with each State acting in its sovereign and
independent character, in order to form a political compact between the
Southern Independence Parties of the several States whose People are committed
to Biblical Christian principals, limited government, State’s rights and
free trade in the furtherance of the Asheville Declaration and in accordance
with the will and well being of the Southern people, and invoking the favour
and guidance of Almighty God, do hereby ordain and establish this constitution
of the Southern Independence Party.
. PRELUDE THE
FEDERATION OF STATES INTRODUCING
THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE
PARTY Ladies
and Gentlemen of the Congress of the Southern Independence Party's State
Delegates:
Dennis Joyce, Executive Trustee of the Federation of States introduces
a Constitution which has evolved after reviewing portions of the January 7,
2000 Constitution which had been prepared by the hard work of several
dedicated Southerners and was finalized by them on December 15, 1999.
Notably contributing were George Kalas, Michael Hill,
Joel L. Watts, Greg Kay,
Thomas Rhyne Brown, Dr. Thomas Hiter, Ph.D., Charles Smith and several others
of great importance who were supporting this effort behind the scenes and
including Mike Crane who wrote much of the document.
As this movement has grown and taken in members from many new States,
growing pains have been experienced as would be expected.
Political organizations go through a natural metamorphism similar to
organic cells as they grow and mature. The
needs and modes of operations also change, as they must, to meet the maturing
challenges and yet must retain their initial seedling fundamentals and ideals.
Thus it has been in the Southern Independence Party and thus it shall
continue.
Foremost among these seedling ideals are the ideas of our freedoms and
rights being protected by a Federation of neighbors and States of like mind
thus offering each other a degree of liberty along with certain securities of
person, family as well as other rights of Life, Liberty and the Freedom for
the Pursuit of Happiness, the right of Contract and to Possess Property,
Freedom of Religion, Expression, Speech and of the Press and of the right of
the people to peacefully Assemble and to Petition the Government for the
Redress of Grievances, the Freedom to Keep and Bear Arms including the right
to establish State and Private Militias, and to end most of our international
treaties, and to end the centralist federal control and policies over us and
to free ourselves from federal personal income tax.
To best secure the rights above mentioned, two main principles shown
below are involved. The identified
opposition to these principles are shown as well which are involved in the
eternal struggle for personal freedoms and local government.
We must hold to the principles of freedom in order to accomplish the
main goal of the restoration of the free government of the Confederate States
of America. A free Confederate
States government benefitting all southern people would become a standard to
hold up to the people of the world. 1.
“STATES’ RIGHTS AND INDIVIDUAL SOVEREIGNTY
vs
Centralist Dictatorial Control from the Top Down by the New World
Order.”
2. “SECESSION AND
INDEPENDENCE FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES
vs
Continued Occupation and Suppression by the United States.” 3.
“RESTORATION OF FREE AND SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENTS OF EACH OF
THE
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA” CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTIONS
To secure these rights, then, we, the undersigned, after the close of a
Special Caucus of the elected Executive Committee of the Southern Party of
Texas which was held in Bryan, Texas, met in the capacity of a Constitutional
Convention on May 6, 2000 in order to review, incorporate and improve upon
the January 7, 2000 Constitution in order to secure a more perfect Federation
Involved in this meeting were Dennis Joyce, Carol Edwards, John David
Poole II, Vance J. Beaudreau and Robert Baker.
Finally, after a draft of this Constitution was distributed and
comments and suggestions were obtained, the present comprehensive Constitution
was finalized, and after editing for clerical errors,
was unanimously approved and submitted to a larger Constitutional
Convention of July 4, 2000 with such State leaders as were involved
becoming Trustees of a Trust
Indenture called the Federation
of States and who received authority from the Trust Creator/Trustor for
the management of the Trust Indenture and for the acceptance, adoption and
protection of the Constitution of the Southern Independence Party.
It was a primary purpose of this larger Constitutional Convention of
July 4, 2000 to construct a contract (charter) in the form of a common law
trust which would serve as the umbrella (national) organization for the
Constitution of the Southern Independence Party.
It was a fundamental consideration of this Convention that a party
Constitution would be likely to set the pattern for a later construction of a
Constitution for a nation made up of a Federation of Free States and therefore
much emphasis was placed on individual freedoms and the Sovereignty of the
various States’ Parties while arranging for the loan of enough Sovereignty
from these States’ Parties so that a cohesive and effective national
Federation could be effected without too much erosion of authority and rights
from the States’ Parties. In
other words, the constructed Constitution is designed to avoid unchecked top
down centralist control leaving most of the control and authority at the State
level and with the individual members of the party.
It was the secondary purpose of this July 4, 2000 Constitutional
Convention to adopt the Constitution of the Southern Independence Party.
The Trustees of this common law trust called Federation of States
shall serve as a Board of Trustees for the management of the Trust Indenture
and for the acceptance and protection of the Constitution of the Southern
Independence Party. This Board of
Trustees is and shall be made up of State Chairman of the Southern
Independence Party who shall oversee the functioning of the Trust for the
purpose of providing a Federation of States of Southern Independence Parties
and a limited government thereof called
“The Southern Independence Party.”
But, it shall not be a purpose of the Federation of States to run or
control the The Southern Independent Party which shall be run by the various
State Parties belonging and pledging loyalty thereto.
The Board of Trustees of The Federation of States shall hold a National
Convention for the Southern Independence Party
in Birmingham, Alabama on July 28 and July 29, 2000 for introduction of
the plan and the proposed Constitution for the Southern Independence Party.
The formal Adoption of this Constitution shall occur on May 11, 2001 by
the Trustees (State Chairmen) of the Federation of States.
Certification of the Adopted Constitution by the Southern Independence
Party Provisional Congress (two Delegates from each State Southern
Independence Party for the Ratification process by the various State Southern
Independence Parties’ Executive Committees or County Delegates who shall
formally notify the Executive Director of the Federation of States of the
ratification results.
Respectfully submitted for the South,
Board of Trustees of The Federation of States
For the Southern Independence Party CONTENTS
THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE
SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE PARTY PREAMBLE PRELUDE INDEX ARTICLE
I.
PRINCIPLES, GOALS, AND CODE OF CONDUCT
OF THE SOUTHERN
INDEPENDENCE PARTY
SECTION 1: Southern
Independence Party Principles
SECTION 2: Southern
Independence Party Goal
SECTION 3: Code of Conduct ARTICLE
II.
PARTY
LEGAL ORGANIZATION
SECTION 1: Southern
Independence Party Chartered in Oklahoma
SECTION 2: Chairman of the
Southern Independence Party
SECTION 3: National Level
Sergeant at Arms
SECTION 4: Congressional
and Recall Sergeant at Arms
SECTION 5:
Oath of Office for the Party Chairman of the Southern
Independence Party
SECTION 6:
Federation of States ARTICLE
III.
NATIONAL
OPERATIONS
SECTION 1: Southern
Independence Party Congress
SECTION 2: Southern
Executive Branch (SEB)
SECTION 3: Oath of Office
SECTION 4: Eligibility for
Congressional Voting
SECTION 5: Congressional
Voting Procedures
SECTION 6:
National
Level Political
Alliances ARTICLE
IV.
FORMATION OF STATE PARTIES
SECTION 1: States to
Organize Southern Independence Parties
SECTION 2: The Appointment
of Provisional Chairmen ARTICLE
V.
STATE SOUTHERN
PARTIES
SECTION 1:
Sovereignty Clause
SECTION 2: Officers
SECTION 3: Endorsement of
State Candidates and Platforms
SECTION 4: Membership. ARTICLE
VI.
POWERS LOANED TO THE
NATIONAL LEVEL
SECTION 1: Affiliation,
Disaffiliation, Re-Affiliation of State Parties
SECTION 2: Minimum
Annual National Budget
SECTION 3: National
Funds
SECTION 4: General
Platform
SECTION 5: Public
Relations ARTICLE
VII. LEGITIMACY
OF AND
MEANS TO
ENACT BY-LAWS
SECTION 1: By-Laws
SECTION 2: Means to Enact ARTICLE
VIII.
ADOPTION, CERTIFICATION,
RATIFICATION AND
NOTIFICATION OF
THE
SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE PARTY CONSTITUTION
SECTION 1: Adoption and
Certification
SECTION 2: Ratification
SECTION 3: Notification ARTICLE
IX.
AMENDMENTS TO
THE SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE PARTY CONSTITUTION
SECTION 1: Submission
and Certification
SECTION 2: Ratification
SECTION 3: Notification ARTICLE
X.
RECALL
OF NATIONAL
OFFICERS OF
THE SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE PARTY
SECTION 1: Bill of Notice
of Recall Convention
SECTION 2: Recall
SECTION 3: Impeachment
SECTION 4: Prosecution for
Civil Fraud and/or
Breach of Contract
of Oath of Office or
of Fiduciary Duty
SECTION 4: The Sergeant at
Arms ARTICLE
XI.
DEFINITIONS OF WORDS
[To be prepared later] ARTICLE
I. PRINCIPLES,
GOALS, AND CODE OF CONDUCT OF
THE SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE PARTY
SECTION
1: Southern Independence
Party Principles Paragraph
1. These
are the
Principles of the
Southern Independence Party. We,
the officers and members of the Southern Independence Party, in accordance
with the ideals of our Revolutionary and Confederate ancestors, dedicate
ourselves to the following: The
Bill of Rights and the Spirit of the lawful Constitution of these united
States of America, and the spirit of the lawful Constitution of the
Confederate States of America, as established by our forefathers: The
right of each sovereign State to control its own internal affairs within the
bounds directly expressed in the Constitution for these united States without
interference from the federal government. The
sanctity of human life, from conception to natural death. The
right to be absolutely secure in person, papers, and property from government
search, seizure, or other interference, within the expressed bounds of the
Constitution for these united States. The
right of the individual citizen to keep and bear arms and ammunition is
absolute not requiring license, permit nor subject to any other governmental
restrictions. Individual citizens
may keep and bear arms as may seem to them necessary for the defense of
person, property or State from dangers or depredations either foreign or
domestic. The
right of the individual to be free from confiscatory federal income tax
and fees. The
right of the sovereign States to be free of federal mandates on
issues internal to the several States. The
right to demand honesty and integrity in government shall be emphasized.
Funding of State or federal politicians, bureaucrats and/or
governmental agencies by foreign governments or rulers shall be prohibited.
Likewise, the funding of such entities by corporations, labor unions or
insurance and banking interests, foreign or domestic, shall also be
prohibited. The
righteousness of the Cause of our Revolutionary and Confederate ancestors, in
resisting tyranny and subsequent invasion, and the right to display their
symbols when and where the people of the sovereign States see fit. Indeed, the
rights of all races and cultures to cherish and respect their roots and
heritage shall be upheld.
Art.
I. The
right to worship Almighty God in the manner that the individual citizen sees
fit, and to conduct that worship, with its associated symbols and ceremonies,
when, where, and how it seems to them right, individually or as a group, while
affording others a similar right. The
right to expect no interference with religious beliefs, symbols and practices
by government so long as the rights of others are not being violated. These rights, we the
officers and members of the Southern Independence Party, do and will uphold
with our hearts, minds, and bodies; and into the hands of the living God we
place our lives, our liberty, and our honor, as individuals, as sovereign
States, and as a nation, and we pray for His mercy, guidance, and
strengthening power. Here we stand, and may God defend our rights and preserve
our freedom. SECTION 2: Southern Independence Party Goal
Paragraph
1. The Goal of the Southern Independence
Party (SIP) is complete independence, liberty and freedom for the Southern
People from these united States of America by having the legislatures of the
various Southern States involved vote a Bill of Re-Affirmation of their
Statehood in the Confederate States of America followed by Bills of Liberation
and Termination of Occupation by the United States of America preceded in
those States where still needed by legal political secession. Paragraph
2.
We recognize that self-determination through democratic elections is in
accordance with our principles of sovereignty.
We also recognize that the Confederate States of America never
surrendered and thus has not legally ceased to exist, but is simply dormant
awaiting Re-Affirmation of Statehood by the previous States belonging thereto
and the provisional staffing of National offices and elections thereto.
We do not recognize the involuntary re-establishment of Statehood in
the United States which was accomplished with military force applied by the
occupying foreign army of the United States against the will of the people.
We do recognize the reality of the rule by force through these various
Southern Satellite States created by the United States as mock State
governments of the people of those States and we intend to abide peacefully in
the State Election Laws therein. We have no designs of overthrowing the United
States Government, but of simply regaining our independence as a Southern
Nation. Paragraph
3. The
Southern Independence Party shall endeavor to encourage its affiliated
(federated) State Parties to run candidates for office for Governor and the
Legislature of their State as well as other State and local offices they might
choose to try to elect. Paragraph
4. The
Southern Independence Party shall lay plans for the eventual candidacy of
persons for office in a National Legislature (Senate and House of
Representatives) and for a President of The Confederate States of America when
eight (8) States shall have legally Re-affirmed their Statehood in the
Confederate States of America who have already (in 1860-61) seceded from the
United States. Art.
I. Paragraph
5. The
Southern Independence Party shall establish committees to study plans that
might be put into effect in the event of political Renewal of Statehood in the
Confederate States of America for the establishment of good and peaceful
international relations and economic ties with the United States, Mexico and
other foreign nations with responsible disengagement from treaties and debts
with proper arrangement for the satisfaction thereof, including the South’s
portion of the national debt now existing so that the good people of the other
states of the United States need not unfairly suffer as a result of our
independence. SECTION
3: Code of Conduct Paragraph
1. All
Southern Independence Party officers shall at all times publicly conduct
themselves as befits Southern ladies and gentlemen, as according to their
signed oath of office and in accordance with the Constitution, By-Laws,
committee rules, and the established Code of Conduct of the Southern
Independence Party. Paragraph
2. The Code of Conduct shall be given
complete legitimacy by this Constitution and shall be recognized by both
Houses of the Southern Independence Party Congress, the Southern Executive
Branch and by the State Southern parties. The Code of Conduct and the By-Laws
shall stand separate from the Constitution as supporting documents to this
Constitution. Paragraph
3. Upon
ratification of this Constitution, a committee shall be selected by the
Southern Independence Party Congress from a list of names submitted by the
several States to write a Code of Conduct. The Committee shall be limited to a
total of five (5) committee members, selected from the several State parties ,
one (1) committee member selected from the Southern Independence Party
Congress, and several advisors, the number of whom to be determined by the
Committee Chairman, to serve in a non-voting capacity. Art.
II. ARTICLE
II.
PARTY
LEGAL ORGANIZATION SECTION
1: Southern Independence Party Chartered by its Constitution held by the
Federation of States Trust. The Southern Independence Party is Chartered by the Trustees of the Federation of States domiciled in Atoka, Oklahoma, Confederate States of America under the control and occupation of the United States of America. SECTION
2: Chairman of the Southern Independence Party
(Party Chairman) Paragraph
1. The
National Chairman of the Southern Independence Party shall be elected
by a 51% majority vote of the Congress (joint session of the Senate and House
of Representatives) of the Southern Independence Party meeting in a National
Convention in Birmingham, Alabama on July 29, 2000 to serve a term of office
of one (1) year and may be re-elected for a second term in succession.
The Chairman of the Southern Independence Party must be a registered
voter who is a member of the Southern Independence Party who shall not
participate in any other political party during the year of his term of
office. Paragraph
2. The National Chairman of the
Southern Independence Party shall be the chief and legal executive officer of
the party, but shall serve with limited authority.
The National Party Chairman of the Southern Independence Party
shall not have authority over the normal operations and meetings of Congress
except when the Chairman of the Southern Independence Party is presiding as
Chair over a meeting or open convention of the entire Southern Independence
Party in which case the Party Chairman shall preside and administer the
convention under Robert’s rules of Order, 9th Edition.
Paragraph
3. The
National Chairman of the Southern Independence Party shall have overall
administrative authority which shall normally be largely delegated to the
Executive Director of the Southern Executive Branch (SEB), except for the
presiding responsibilities as Chair to the entire Southern Independence Party
and for those responsibilities involving solely legalities and reports in and
for the various State PACs. Paragraph
4. During
a vacancy of the office of Executive Director, the National Chairman of
the Southern Independence Party shall function as the Temporary Executive
Director of the SEB. The Chairman
of the Southern Independence Party also shall appoint persons to fill the
various offices of the Southern Executive Branch (SEB) with the
recommendations of the Executive Director.
The appointed persons, including the Executive Director, for the
various offices of the SEB must have their appointments approved by a 51%
majority vote of the Senate prior to serving on the SEB.
Paragraph
5. The
National Chairman of the Southern Independence Party (Party Chairman) shall be sworn
in by the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court and shall sign an oath of
office. The Party Chairman Art.
II. may not be removed by Congress except by Impeachment with a two thirds (2/3rds) vote as specified in Article X.
SECTION
3: National Level
Sergeant at Arms A National Sergeant at Arms shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Southern Independence Party who may be a paid professional security guard or law enforcement officer. The National Sergeant at Arms shall maintain order according to the Code of Conduct and under the direction of the Chairman of the Southern Independence Party during any convention or meeting of the Southern Independence Party. SECTION
4: Congressional and Recall Sergeant at Arms The Sergeant at Arms of Congress (both one for
the Senate and another for the House) shall cooperate with the National
Sergeant of Arms and serve under his direction when he is present.
A recall Sergeant of Arms, however, shall temporarily preside as the
security officer in charge during a recall procedure. SECTION
5: Oath of Office for the Party Chairman of the Southern Independence Party Paragraph
1. The following shall be the Oath of
Office. It shall be signed and submitted according to the guidelines set forth
in this Document shall be sworn to by the Party Chairman elect and
administered by the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court. I_
have read, fully
understand and ascribe to the officially stated goals and principles of the
Southern Independence Party as outlined in this Constitution, and within the
platform of the Southern Independence Party.
By
my signature, I hereby affirm and pledge to work to further the goals and
platform of the Southern Independence Party. I realize that if I fail to
uphold these principles or found to have willfully violated the Constitution
of the Southern Independence Party or By-Laws thereof,
I may be impeached from my Southern Independence Party office and agree
to immediately legally resign as
Chairman of the Southern Independence Party should that occur.
Chairman
of the Southern Independence Party
President of the Senate
Chief
Justice of the Constitutional Court Art.
II. SECTION
6: Federation
of States Paragraph
1.
The Federation of States is a separate organization which, by its
nature, mission and composition, make it a fully affiliated partner of the
Southern Independence Party and which was established on July 4, 2000 in
Atoka, Oklahoma, as a common law trust composed of the federated State
Chairmen (or Governors) of the Southern Independence Parties of the various
States affiliated therewith. Each
such federated State Chairman (or Governor) shall have one vote on the Board
of Trustees of the Federation of States and shall serve as a council of
Chairmen or Governors or perhaps both initially and until all States have
Governors who have federated therein. Paragraph
2.
Only elected or provisional State Chairman (or later SIP elected
Governors) are to be voting members. The various State Chairmen of such State
Southern Parties are bound together under a written contract (Oath of honor)
whereby they become Trustees or voting participants of such a council of
Governors (State Chairmen). The coordinating value of such a council and the
value as a think-tank group is obvious. Still, the agreements or plans made by
such a council of Chairmen (Governors) is not binding upon the various State
Parties until they assent thereto by vote of their respective State Party
organizations or Legislatures in the case of Governors. Paragraph
3.
These State Chairmen or Governors (Trustees of the Federation of
States) shall elect an Executive Trustee called Chairman of the Federation of
States to preside from time to time by simple majority vote.
In some ways the Federation shall function similar to councils of
Governors currently existing for the Republican and for the Democratic
Parties. Paragraph
4.
The Federation of States shall serve as a Chartering organization
not requiring a corporate charter nor the approval of the Federal Election
Commission to charter States under the Constitution of the Southern
Independence Party which will work to get local and State officials elected
who support the goals of the Restoration of the Confederate States of America
and the Liberation of our Southern States from Occupation by the United
States. The Chartering of certain
States will be particularly helpful where their State law requires a large
number of members to be enlisted first before being allowed to register as a
political party. As a Chartered
organization, the people of those States can function legally up until they
have grown large enough to registered with their State as a Political Party.
Paragraph
5.
After (6 or 8) States establish initial SIP organizations which are
ready to move forward the Federation of States shall convene in a national
organizational convention to establish the national Southern Independence
Party. Paragraph
6.
Once the national SIP is established, the overseeing coordination of
the various Chartered SIP States by the Federation of States becomes greatly
diminished since most coordination as well as party administration shall be
conducted by the national Southern Independence Party itself. Art.
II. Paragraph
7.
Summary. The
Federation of States (Council of State Chairmen or Governors) shall: (1)
Serve as a State Chairmans’ or Governors’ think tank
organization which will work to effect some coordination of effort among the
States as well as to plan for a peaceful negotiated separation from the USA.
The Federation of States, as a separate organization, shall not be
subject to the control of the national Southern Independence Party, but shall
function in cooperation with the Southern Independence Party in a specifically
limited way as defined in this Constitution of the Southern Independence
Party. (2)
Study and offer amendments proposals on the Constitution of the
Southern Independence Party (SIP Constitution) as seems prudent to
the various State Chairmen which
would be introduced in the Congress of the national Southern Independence
Party for the amendment process. (3)
Work to introduce
the Southern
Independence Party (SIP) to the various unorganized Southern States and
promote the SIP Constitution as an interim organizing multi-State document
designed to not only provide order without centralization of control or
sacrificing State’s rights and sovereignty to assist in the conversion of
the occupied States to free States and later to Liberated States offering
their allegiance to the Confederate States of America.
Of course, once the Confederate States of America is restored as a
functioning government, an amended CSA Constitution of 1861 shall be presented
to the States for Ratification according law. (4)
Charter new Provisional (SIP) party officers in new
developmental States prior to a State caucus election and provide advice and,
if requested, some assistance in their efforts. (5)
To assist and/or coordinate multi-State
rallies needed to promote the Political/Governmental,
Cultural/Heritage and/or Religious Faith and Freedom Heritage efforts. (6)
Hear and attempt to arbitrate complaints unofficially from other
State SIP Chairmen or Governors concerning misunderstandings or wrongful acts
by a particular State party and perhaps resolve the problems without going
public with them and hopefully avoiding a split.
(7)
Organizing Body. Arrange
for a National Convention to introduce the Southern Independence
Party (SIP) to two delegates from each involved State in order to form the
national Southern Independence Party once six (6) or more States are
Chartered and ready. (8)
Constitutional Court. The
Federation of States shall serve
as the electing body who will elect from among their own members (State
Chairmen or Governors) a panel, not to exceed nine judges for the
Constitutional Court who shall then safeguard the SIP Constitution and
have jurisdiction over constitutional definitions, questions and meanings
within the Federation of States and the national Southern Independence Party. Art.
II.
Such elected judges shall only serve as long as they are a State
Governor (or SIP Chairman in the absence of a member Governor). (9)
Transition. The
Federation of States shall serve as a coordinating and transitional
planning body assisting the various Liberated or Seceding States
and presents a provisional government during the interim between a general
Liberation movement by nine (9) or more States and the formal Restoration
of the Confederate States of America by their appointment of a Provisional
President of the Confederacy and the formation of Provisional Representatives
to the two Houses of Congress of the Confederate States of America. (10)
Elections. The
Constitutional Court of the Federation of States shall serve as the coordinating
body for the timing of State Elections to replace the national
Provisional officers of the Confederate States of America.
The Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court shall provide the
function of swearing in and signing oaths of contract for office by the
elected officials of the CSA. (11)
Confederate Security Council. To
serve as a Board of Advisors to the President of the Confederate States
of America instead of an ambiguous and non-elected nor constitutionally
mandated National Security Council. In
other words, the Council of State Governors would serve as the Board of
Advisors to the President of the Confederacy. (12)
Additional Check and Balance against Executive usurpation of
authority. To serve as
an additional and new group
empowered to initiate Impeachment Proceedings against a President of the
Confederacy or Judge on the CSA Supreme Court (in addition to the CSA House of
Representatives as now provided). Such
Impeachment Proceedings would still have to be finalized by the CSA Senate. Art.
III. ARTICLE
III. NATIONAL
OPERATIONS SECTION
1: SOUTHERN
INDEPENDENCE PARTY CONGRESS Paragraph
1. Legislative
Branch. The legislative body
of the Southern Independence Party will be the Southern Independence Party
Congress, which shall be composed of two separate houses, a
Senate and a House of
Representatives. Paragraph
2.
There shall be a Senate made up of two Senators from each
of the Federated and affiliated State Southern Independence Parties. Each
State party will determine their method of selecting their representatives to
the National
Senate. (1)
The Senate shall elect from among their members, a President of the
Senate to preside over the Senate
for a term of one year with a 51% majority vote of the Senators.
Removal of the President of the Senate prior to the expiration of his
term of office shall require a 2/3rds vote of the Senators.
The President of the Senate shall preside over meetings of the Senate
under Robert’s rules of Order, 9th Edition.
The Senate shall approve appointment of a Secretary by the
Senate President.
(2) In addition to the joint sessions of the Congress, the
Senate shall meet at least once a year alone and more often as required.
Special meetings may be held by E-mail.
(3) In the absence of the President of the Senate, the Chairman of the
Southern Independence Party may preside or appoint a Senator as Temporary
Chairman of the Senate.
(4) Special meetings of the Senate may be called by the President of
the Senate or by three Senators. Paragraph
3. And,
there shall be a House of Representatives, made up of elected
representatives called Congressmen,
allowed for their State based upon population census.
(See the table shown below). Or,
in other words, eventually it shall be desirable that there be one Congressman
authorized for each 100,000 voting age
citizens, more or less, divided
up into districts strictly drawn up only by the States in question and not
tampered with by the Federation of States, nor by Constitutional Court Judges.
Only if State lines (borders) were being adjusted between States would
this involve the Federation of States (Council of State Party Chairmen or
State Governors or a mixture of both where a Federation Governor has not been
elected). (1)
The House of Representatives shall elect from among their members a Speaker
of the House who shall serve one year terms of office.
The Speaker of the House shall preside over meetings of the House of
Representatives under Robert’s Rules of Order, 9th Edition and
the term of the Speaker shall be one year.
In the Speaker’s absence or for a special meeting which the Speaker
will not call, then by the request of three (3) States acting through their
two Art.
III. Congressmen
for a total of at least six (6) Congressmen of the currently serving State
Representatives to the Congress or by the Executive Director of the SEB if
concurred in by three State Chairmen a special or emergency meeting may be
held of the House of Representatives and, in the case of the absence of or
lack of cooperation by the Speaker of the House, the States requesting the
special or emergency meeting may elect a Temporary Chairman to conduct said
meeting. Such special meetings
may be held by E-mail with procedures proscribed in the By-Laws of the House
of Representatives. (2) State Party organization shall proceed by first establishing a Provisional Chairman in a new State, which shall be accomplished by the Chairman of the Federation of States but whose appointment must b |
