The Supreme Court Amendtment
SECTION 1 Judicial power in the United States will be exercised by the Supreme Court and the lower courts, which Congress may establish and establish from time to time. Judges of the Supreme Court and lower courts will be irremovable and will receive remuneration for their service on certain dates, which will not decrease during their term of office .
SECTION 2 Judicial power extends to all legal matters that may arise in connection with the contents of the Constitution, laws of the United States, and treaties entered into by the United States and future treaties; judicial power will extend to all matters relating to ambassadors, other plenipotentiary ministers and consuls; on all matters of admiralty and maritime law; to disputes between two or more states, between any state or state citizens, and between citizens of different states; against disputes between citizens of the same state claiming their rights to land granted by different states, and between states or their citizens and foreign states, their citizens or subjects.
In all matters relating to ambassadors, plenipotentiary ministers and consuls, and in cases to which the state is a party, the Supreme Court will be the competent authority. The Supreme Court will have the appeal authority for all of the other matters listed above, except as otherwise decided by Congress by law.
In all criminal cases, except those brought for abuses while in office, the trial will be heard before a jury in the state in which the offense was committed; but if the crime is committed in an area that does not belong to any state, trial will be held at a location or locations determined by Congress.
SECTION 3. Treason against the United States shall be considered to be waging war against it or allying with its enemies, and providing them with help and support. He can only be convicted of high treason in a public trial, on the basis of the testimony of two witnesses or on the basis of an admission of guilt.
Congress will have the power to impose a penalty for treason, but no sentence shall have legal effect on the offender's descendants or the forfeiture of property beyond the life of the offender.
E) Federation
Article I.
SECTION 9. The entry, or the above, of such persons, the admission to its territory of any of the presently existing states deems appropriate, may not be prohibited by Congress before the year eighteen hundred and eight; however, on such imports, you may levy a tax or duty not exceeding ten dollars per person.
The privilege of the Habeas Corpus may not be suspended unless required for reasons of public safety in the event of an insurgency or invasion.
There will be no laws directed against individuals or laws ex post facto .
No additional or direct taxes will be levied other than on a pro-rata basis based on the census prescribed above.
No duties or taxes will be imposed on goods exported from any state.
A trade or tax ordinance must not favor ports in one state to the detriment of ports in other states; no ship bound for or from any state may be compelled to call, permit or pay duties in another state.
It is forbidden to spend money from the State Treasury except on the basis of estimates adopted by law; reports of government income and expenditure will be made from time to time.
The United States will not grant any nobility; and no person holding any United States office, for consideration or trust, shall be permitted to accept any gift, salary, office, or title from any king, prince, or foreign country without the consent of Congress.
SECTION 10.No state may enter into treaties, alliances or form a confederation, issue private rights, mint coins, issue mortgage bonds, permit the payment of debts by any means other than gold and silver ; constitute rights against a specific person, constitute ex post facto rights or rights that would limit liability for contractual obligations, or confer any noble title.
No state shall impose import or export duties and fees without the consent of Congress, except such fees as are necessary to enable the state to exercise its inspection regulations; and all the net proceeds of all duties and charges imposed by the state on imports or exports will be paid to the United States Treasury; all laws relating to these matters will be subject to the control of Congress and may be changed by Congress.
No state shall tax ships on tonnage without the consent of Congress, shall not maintain a military or navy in peacetime, nor enter into treaties or ties with another state or with a foreign state; nor will he wage a war unless he has fallen victim to an invasion or is in obvious and immediate danger that has forced him to make an immediate decision.
Article IV
SECTION 1. Each state will recognize all public records, records, and court records of all other states. Congress may, by a generally binding law, determine how to authenticate these documents, registers, and protocols, and the legal consequences thereof.
SECTION 2. Citizens of each state will enjoy the same rights and privileges enjoyed by citizens of all other states.
A person accused in one state of treason, a crime or a common crime, who would have fled to another state and were captured there, will be, at the request of the executive authority of the state from which he escaped, surrendered to the authorities of the state in which he committed treason, a crime or a common crime.
No person who is required to serve or perform work in any state under the laws of that state may, in the event of escaping to another state, be released from performing any of these duties under the laws in force. in the state to which it has escaped, but will be released at the request of the party on which it is to perform these duties.
SECTION 3. Congress may admit new states to the Union; new states will not, however, be created or organized in another state's jurisdiction; shall not be formed by the amalgamation of two or more states, or parts of the states, without the approval of the legislature of the state concerned or the consent of Congress.
The Congratulations will have the right to overrule and make any regulations or orders relating to the territories or other property of the United States; this Constitution shall not be construed in such a way as to call into question the property title of the United States or of any state.
SECTION 4.The United States guarantees to every state constituting this union a republican form of government, it will defend each of them against invasion, and at the behest of the legislature or executive (if the legislature cannot assemble) against internal disturbances.
Article VI
All debts and obligations incurred prior to the entry into force of this Constitution shall be binding on the United States governed by this Constitution in the same way as when the Articles of Confederation were in force.
This Constitution and the laws of the United States that will be passed thereunder, and all treaties both in existence and in the future by the United States, shall constitute the supreme law of the entire state and shall be binding on the judges of all states, even though state constitutions or state laws differ.
The above-mentioned senators and deputies of the House of Representatives, members of state legislatures, and all officials and judges of both the United States and the states shall, before taking office, take an oath or declaration in a place of oath to abide by this Constitution; the assumption of any government office or position in the United States will not, however, be conditional upon the submission of any declaration of affiliation to any denomination.
F) Human rights
CONSTITUTION AMENDMENTS
Supplementary Articles and Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America submitted by Congress and ratified by state legislatures pursuant to Article 5 of the Constitution.
Amendment I.
Congress may not legislate introducing a state religion or prohibiting the free exercise of religion; or laws restricting freedom of speech or the press, or violating the right to hold meetings quietly and petition the government to seek redress.
Amendment II
A well-organized militia is essential to the security of a free state; the right of people to possess and bear weapons must not be violated.
Amendment III
In times of peace, the army will not be accommodated in any house without the consent of the owner, and in time of war, also only in the manner prescribed by law.
Amendment IV
The right of people to personal safety, home inviolability, paper and movable property, and protection against unjustified searches and sequestration will not be violated. A search or arrest warrant may only be issued by a court on reasonable suspicion, substantiated by oath or declaration, and the exact location of the search and the persons and property to be arrested must be specified in detail.
Amendment V
No one will be held responsible for a throat crime or other infamous crime without recommendation or indictment by the Grand Jury; this provision does not apply to members of the army, navy or militia who are in active service during a war or a threat to public order. Nor may the same person be tried or subjected to the death penalty or corporal punishment twice for the same offense; nor may the accused in a criminal case be required to testify against himself or deprived of his life, liberty or property except by way of satisfying the essential requirements of justice. Nor may anyone else's private property be seized for public use without just compensation.
Amendment VI
In all criminal matters, the accused shall have the right to a speedy and public hearing before an impartial jury in the state and district in which the crime was committed, with the district being legally established in advance. The accused should be instructed about the nature and cause of the accusation, brought before the prosecution witnesses, if necessary, under compulsion, bring in witnesses favorable to him and provide him with a defense counsel.
Amendment VII
In common law cases where the value of the dispute exceeds $ 20, the right to a jury trial will be preserved, and no trial by jury may be reviewed by any other court in the United States other than in in accordance with the provisions of common law. Amendment VIII No excessive bail may be demanded, nor may excessive fines be imposed or the use of cruel or sophisticated penalties.
Amendment IX
The listing of certain rights in the Constitution does not mean the abolition or restriction of other rights that are enjoyed by the people.
Amendment X
Powers that the Constitution has not given to the United States or excluded from the jurisdiction of individual states continue to be vested in individual states or people.
Source: Constitution of the United States of America , Krakow 1990
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