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I. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be solely vested in a Legislature of the United Republics, which shall consist of a Senate, a Parliament, the House of Commons, and House of Representatives, being of separate yet equal station within the National Legislature.
II. The Parliament and the Senate shall comprise the High Congress, and in the same manner shall the House of Representatives and the House of Commons comprise the Low Congress.
III. Should a vacancy occur in the Representation from any State, that State shall issue Writs of Election to fill such vacancies in such a manner as the individual States may choose without hindrance or regulation from the Federal Government.
IV. No person shall run for any Public Office of the National Legislature unless they meet the following requirements: he or she must be a Citizen of the United Republics who has obtained and maintained full Citizenship status for a total of at least 15 years, and have maintained residence within territory governed by Northaean Federal Government for at least 14 years. He or she must also be of the legal Federal voting age of 19 years. In addition, if whoever is to run for any Public Office within the Legislature is a male, he must have first served the minimum amount of time required of all males in the Armed Forces. No person who has committed a felony, sexual offense, violent or Capital Crime may run for any Public Office. All persons who are to run for any Federal Civic Office must at the time of candidacy be a current resident of the area which they would represent if elected.
V. The National Legislature shall convene in full Session at least once per year, so that twelve months may pass and no more or no less between sessions of the National Legislature.
VI. The High Congress and the Low Congress shall convene in their respective full Sessions at least once in the year. Each Session need not be in an exact spacing from the previous one. The date and time for the next Session, being agreed upon at the conclusion of the previous Session, shall be at a different time if the opposing Legislative High Body is planned to convene beforehand. Provided space is available for such High Bodies to meet separately yet at the same time, they may convene at such times as they are both in Session.
VII. The Senate, Parliament, House of Commons, and House of Representatives shall separately convene in a Session at least twice in the year, excluding such times as they are called to full Session, and not at the same time as another Legislative Body, provided that space is unavailable for such Sessions to meet separately. At the conclusion of such Sessions, each Legislative Body shall agree upon the date and time for their next Session. Each Session need not be evenly spaced apart from the previous one.
VIII. Any Bills to be introduced to any Legislative Body may enter through the process of Congressional Committee, whose job shall be to advise the Legislature as well as the Chief Executive on the matters concerning the Bill in question. Any Bill must officially be granted Sponsorship by any member of either of the respective Legislative Bodies through which the Bill must pass.
IX. Any elected member of the National Legislature may draft and produce Bills for the consideration of any other Legislative Body, provided it is presented to the Body through which it must first pass to become law, herein called the Primary Body.
X. It shall be to the discretion of the respective Legislative Bodies to create or abolish Committees, being of their own Legislative Body and comprising members thereof, and not of another. Such creations or abolitions shall not come with pay-raises or any other form of material gain for the members of such Committees. A Committee shall be created or abolished with a simple majority vote of the respective Legislative Body.
XI. The methods for selecting members of Committees shall be at the discretion of the respective Legislative Bodies.
XII. The role of Committees shall be purely advisory, with no power to revoke, veto, or otherwise directly affect the status of a Bill except through the normal powers vested within their respective Legislative Body. Special Debate and Hearings protections and enumerations may be granted to members of applicable Committees at the discretion of the Majority Party leader of that Body.
XIII. No member of the National Legislature shall serve across Legislative Bodies by or in Committees, and neither shall the same person be the elected Head of more than one such Committee. Regular members of a Committee may serve on no more than five Committees in total, and may not head more than a single Committee. If a member of the Legislature holds an office as the head of a Committee, they shall not be allowed to serve in any more than two additional Committees.
XIV. Before any Bill may be passed into any Legislative Body for scrutiny before passing it onto the next Legislative Body, herein called the Secondary Body, and then consequently the current acting President, it shall first be introduced and then sponsored officially by a member of the Primary Body into which the Bill shall first undergo scrutiny.
XV. Upon being sponsored by any member of the respective Legislative Body to which the Bill must be introduced, except in the case of the Secondary Body, it shall be scrutinized by an appointed Committee or Committees for review and suggestion of changes, if such applicable and appropriate Committees, relevant to the contents of the Bill, exist at that time. Committees may be established temporarily for the sole purpose of scrutiny and examination of any Bill.
XVI. If released by the appointed Committee or Committees, the Bill may be put into the Schedule of the Primary Body for debate and suggestion of changes.
XVII. The Legislative processes described in Section II of this Article shall be after the previously regarded procedures have been taken. Sub-Sections XIII-XV shall apply also to the secondary Legislative Body to which the Bill shall go as described in Section II of this Article.
XVIII. Any Bill that is to be passed by any Legislative Body, and if they are the Secondary Body through which the Bill is to be either passed or denied, must be in the same form as it was passed in the first Legislative Body. If the Bill is in any different Form, it shall be either sent back to the first Legislative Body for re-vote and re-examination, or it shall be amended by a joint temporary Committee of an equally divided group of individuals from both Legislative Bodies involved, each member of which shall be appointed by the Majority Party Leader and voted upon for approval with a necessity of simple majority to become a Committee member.
XIX. Should the current acting President fail to act upon any Bill brought before him or her to sign into law or reject after ten full days of such a failure to act, excluding Sundays, the Bill shall be sent to a joint Schedule of the Primary and Secondary Bodies, to be voted upon. If it passes by Joint Schedule, it shall become Federal Law, and if not, it shall be rejected, at such time if it is to become Federal Law it must pass through the entire Legislative process herein described again. There shall be no limit to the amount of attempts made to get a Bill signed into Federal Law by the process described herein.
XX. The salary for all members of the National Legislature shall be taken from the National Treasury, coming to bear that no member of the National Legislature may voluntarily or involuntarily withdraw any funds from the same said Treasury, neither shall any member of the Federal Government withdraw or appropriate any funds from any of the State Treasuries. The Secretary of the Treasury in the Executive Arm and his or her staff shall be concerned with such appropriations of funds, but shall not raise or lower salaries of either the High or Low Congress. The salary for every member of the High Congress shall be the same regardless of status or leadership with the exception of the Vice-President and the Prime Minister, while the salary for every member of the Low Congress shall be the same regardless of status or leadership. No person having served their time in any Legislative Office shall continue to receive funds or salaries after he or she has left an Office.
XXI. Members of the National Legislature shall in all cases, except Treason, Felony or a breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest and apprehension by the right and due authorities during their attendance at any Session of their respective Legislative Body, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech, hearing, or debate in any Body.
XXII. No Senator, Parliamentarian, or Representative of either House shall, during the time for which he or she was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the UnitedRepublics, 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 Republics, shall be a member of any Body during his or her continuance in office.
XXIII. There shall be instituted time limits in which debates, speeches, and hearings must fall inside for the House of Representatives and the House of Commons. No time limit shall be necessary for either the Senate or the Parliament.
XXIV. Every Legislative Body shall be the Judge of the Elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a simple 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 Legislative Body may provide.
XXV. Every Body may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior as it sees fit, and, with the concurrence of two thirds of a vote in due process and having given fair hearing to both the defense and the prosecution of such cases of continued disorderly conduct, expel a member. Expulsion of members based on high crimes or misdemeanors shall be presided over by a Federal Judge of the Federal Capital District.
XXVI. Every Body shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their respective judgment require secrecy for the sake of preserving National Security in whole or in majority part. Every elected member of each Body shall be provided a current copy of such Journals. All votes of the members of any Body on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered into the Journal. In this same manner shall established Committees keep a Journal of proceedings, to be published before the appointing Legislative Body in such times and in such a manner as shall be deemed appropriate by the Minority Party Leader of the same Body, the decision of which to be approved by the Majority Party Leader. Such Committee Journals, upon being published to the originating Legislative Body, shall be copied and entered into the whole Body’s Journal of proceedings. No Journal may be altered unless it has been found under official investigation sanctioned by the originating Legislative Body and under affirmation of the necessity of investigative proceedings by any other Legislative Body. Such alterations shall be noted within the Journal, as well as the actions taken to rectify misinformation or mispublication. The punishment for intentional falsification of information entered within a Journal shall be determined by the originating Legislative Body, and any person found altering the information within the Journals for publication to all elected members of the Body and consequently all persons who shall have access to the Journal shall be brought to trial before a Federal Judge of the Federal Capital District. Capital punishment may be considered by the Legislature and its respective Bodies for such intentional falsification of Journalistic information. The Executive Arm, the Administrative Arm, the Armed Forces, and the Supreme Court shall receive copies of the four Legislative Journals, published from time to time at the discretion of the current acting Prime Minister, and may be annotated in any way by the respective Arms of the Federal Government. Any of the Arms may request a copy of the current Legislative Journals, and may not be denied such requests, which may be at any time. Legislative Journals must be published for reference use to the general public every month, or at a popular request from the public in the form of petition or referendum.
XXVII. No Body, during the Session of Congress, be it the High or the Low of the same, shall, without the consent of the other Body which completes either the High or the Low Congress, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Bodies shall be sitting.
XXVIII. The High Congress shall act as the Seat of Municipal Government for the Federal District.
XXIX. The High Congress shall have the sole power to call for re- Election of the Chief Executive, provided that there is a legitimate reason to call for such measures, being either that, after several recounts, votes in critical States which, having the power to swing Election results, shall be considered difficult to number, or for some other reason as determined by the Low Congress.
XXX. In such times as when the Election of a candidate to any seat within the National Legislature shall be contested, and a recount of votes has been tried, more than once, yet is still contested, the respective State Government shall call for a re- Election. The body to determine this decision shall be specified by the State’s Constitution or equivalent document.
XXXI. All members of both the High and the Low Congress shall be bound, as well as the members of the several State Legislatures, to support and defend this National Constitution and all Law attributed to stem directly thereof, being bound by solemn Oath given in a public place at the time of taking office.
XXXII. The establishment of Federal Congressional Districts shall be in exact accordance in size and proportion to the previously-established State Counties, and shall change in such sizes and proportions with any lawful the changes of the same, being in accordance with applicable State law.
XXXIII. This Section may not under any circumstances be amended except to add and not to detract, regardless of circumstance.
XXXIV. The powers of the National Legislature shall not include the establishment of additional Legislative Bodies, the negotiation of International Treaties, the funding of terrorist or otherwise harmful activities both directly or indirectly, the sponsoring of any religious, philosophical, or otherwise rhetorical activities, the overriding of Presidential Executive Order when such acts do not conflict with this Constitution, the engagement in such enterprise as would be illegal to partake as a Citizen, including but not limited to human trafficking, harmful drug trafficking and selling of illegal substances, or the sponsorship of such activities, be it domestically, Internationally, or both, the raising of salaries for themselves or any other Government officials or institutions, the withdrawal of funds from the National Treasury, the gratification of restricted powers to themselves or any other Government institution, the institution of facilities and of resources for use of the State Governments except in a time of emergency, the disturbance of the balance of power between the Bodies of the National Legislature, or of any State Legislature, the mandate of States to conform to a certain form of Government when they are not directly conflicting with this Constitution, the incentivization of the populace to assault, take life from, or otherwise harm domestic National Enemies, the accusation and declaration of such enemies, which shall be the sole power of the Executive Branch approved by the Council of Arms, the introduction and passing of Bills of Attender and Ex Post Facto laws, and the infringement of any Rights or Freedoms ascribed herein within Article I, or those Rights indirectly or directly stated elsewhere within this Constitution.
XXXV. The powers of the National Legislature shall include the institution, enforcement, and collection of taxes by those who have due representation within the National Legislature, in all Bodies thereof, the introduction, drafting, enactment, changing, and passing of laws pertaining to the subjects described herein, the oversight of investigations into Federal Officials of any Arm of the Government, the Impeachment, trial, and either conviction or acquittal of Federal Officials as listed herein, of which the President when brought under charges shall be considered equal and not of lesser or greater Rights, the examination, scrutiny, and approval of all Presidential Appointments to Federal Offices, the institution of buildings, facilities, and resources of the Federal Government, the drafting and institution of Codes of Conduct, to be done by the individual Legislative Bodies, the declaration of war, hostile activity, or otherwise harmful Armed Forces attack on any other nation or group, and the incentivization of attacks against a foreign National enemy on the part of the populace.
XXXVI. Any Body of the National Legislature may institute Commissions of Inquiry, for which there is no needed Legislative affirmation, to be used temporarily and then dissolved after conclusion of such inquiries as are strictly stated within the given Legislative Commission. Commissions may not be denied by any Legislative Bodies, nor by any Arm of the Federal Government or the Armed Forces, but the Supreme Court may rule that such Commissions may be against the provisions stated within this Constitution, and thus may call for a halt to it, such decisions to be executed by the Executive Arm.
XXXVII. The Bodies of the National Legislature may, if the use of Commissions of Inquiry has resulted in a greater need of investigative powers, institute investigations, to be lead by the Armed Forces Federal Security as the Armed Forces shall see fit to grant resources, assets, liabilities, personnel, and other needs to be fulfilled. No Legislative investigation may be instituted without the affirmation of a second Legislative Body, upon the review of evidence gathered from a Commission of Inquiry.
XXXVIII. Representative Members of the National Legislature shall be required to obey all Laws of the Federal Government, though exemptions may be made by Presidential Executive Order to free the Members from the constraints of the Municipal Law in times when speed is necessary, and in emergent situations, to be determined by said Executive Order.
XXXIX. The National Legislature shall delegate temporary authority to the Executive Arm, to be fulfilled by actions taken by the President through Executive Order or Memorandum, to fulfill the implied or explicit responsibilities granted by the National Legislature. The National Legislature shall not have the power to strip authority from any other governing Body, except for individuals undergoing the process of Impeachment.
XL. With regards to Impeachment, individuals undergoing scrutiny or trial shall retain all powers, responsibilities, and authority which they possessed beforehand, and shall only have such things stripped away upon being duly convicted of a crime as per the procedures outlined herein for Impeachment.
XLI. The sole purpose and use of the process of Impeachment shall be to remove an Official from an Office which he or she shall already hold. No Official shall be brought forward to Impeachment if he or she does not hold such an Office, is running for such an Office, or has left such an Office. No person shall be brought under the process of Impeachment for one Office if they hold a different Office, or have left the applicable Office and serve in a different Office or greater or lower authority and responsibility.
XLII. The National Legislature shall determine what the emergency powers of the President shall be, under what circumstances they may be activated, what restrictions on power are to be had, for how long each time they may be used, and at what point they are to be terminated, within the boundaries set forth by this Constitution.

I. The Majority Party Leader shall be the elected representative of the most-represented Party in a Legislative Body, whereas the Minority Party Leader shall be the elected representative of every other Party present in a Legislative Body. No member of the Majority Party may be nominated to become the elected Minority Party Leader, and neither shall any member of the Minority Party be nominated to become the elected Majority Party Leader.
II. Each Legislative Body shall be headed by an individual whose role, being purely managerial and mediative, shall be as the ceremonial head and judge during the opening and closing of Sessions and Schedules, and as a moderator during debates, a role which may be delegated to either the Majority or Minority Party Leader. The Leader of each Legislative Body may appoint a Vice-Leader or Vice-Speaker from those members of their respective Body who do not already hold the position of either Majority or Minority Leader. The Vice-Leader or Vice-Speaker may act or preside in the stead of the current acting Leader or Speaker.
III. The Senate shall be composed of sets of two Senators from every State, elected by the Legislatures from each of the several States, regardless of the population of each State. Senators shall be elected every two years, and shall be organized into three separate classes, all being apportioned evenly, each serving a two-year term before being elected. Each class shall uphold their respective Elections after the class before them has served their proper terms and have concluded their Elections. In this manner shall the balance of power shift in a gradual fashion, resulting in a six year transition of power within the Senate. The head Representative of the Senate shall be the elected Vice-President. There shall be a Majority Party Leader elected by a simple majority of the majority Party, and there shall also be a Minority Party Leader elected in the same manner by the minority Party or Parties present. Within the Senate shall the Vice-President have the ability to call into Session the entirety of the available Senators for any reason of vote, discussion, debate, or deliberation, or any other reason which shall present itself. The Minority Party Leader of the Senate shall also have the ability to call into Session, but only for votes and debates on present issues. Seven separate Senators may together call into Session the Senate for matters of voting on legislation, and only if they should think it necessary. No portion of the Senate, being available for presence at any Senate Session, shall be excluded from any call to order.
IV. The Parliament shall be composed of sets of two State Senators for every State, each one appointed by popular vote from the several States. Each State Senator shall be elected into one of three classes, being apportioned evenly, and shall each serve a three-year term before either re- Election or removal from office. Every State Senator within the three classes shall be elected within the first year of the nine-year cycle, and shall only begin their terms in office as their time in their respective class begins. Each class shall uphold their respective Elections after the class before them has served their proper terms and have concluded their Elections. In this manner shall the balance of power shift in a gradual manner over the course of nine years. The head Representative of the Parliament shall be the elected Prime Minister. There shall be a Majority Party Leader elected by a simple majority of the majority Party, and there shall also be a Minority Party Leader elected in the same manner by the minority Party or Parties present. The Prime Minister shall have the ability to call into Session the entirety of the available Parliament for discussion, deliberation, debate, or vote on any topic at hand, or for any additional reason seen as necessary to call. The Minority Party Leader shall also have the power to call into Session the Parliament, for reasons of votes or debates. Seven separate State Senators may call for a Session of Parliament for matters of voting on current issues. No portion of the Parliament, being available for Session, shall be excluded from any call to order.
V. The House of Representatives shall be composed of sets of Representatives proportional to the population of their respective States, such proportions being determined by the High Congress in full Session, being apportioned such that the State with the smallest population shall have only two Representatives. Each class shall uphold their respective Elections after the class before them has served their proper terms and have concluded their Elections. Should there come a State with a smaller population, the change in proportions shall be made by the first of January of the next round of Legislative Elections. Each Representative shall be organized into one of three classes, being apportioned evenly, and each serving a three-year term before the next Election in their respective States. Each class shall uphold their respective Elections after the class before them has served their proper terms and have concluded their Elections. Every Representative within the three classes shall be elected within the first year of the nine-year cycle, and shall only begin their terms in office as their time in their respective class begins. In this manner shall the balance of power shift gradually over the course of nine years. The head Representative of the House of Representatives shall be the Speaker of the House, being the Chief Governor. There shall be a Majority Party Leader elected by a simple majority of the majority Party, and there shall also be a Minority Party Leader elected in the same manner by the minority Party or Parties present. The Speaker of the House shall have the ability to call into Session the entirety of the available House of Representatives for discussion, deliberation, debate, or vote on any topic at hand, or for any additional reason seen as necessary to call. The Minority Party Leader shall also have the power to call into Session the same Body, for reasons of votes or for matters of debate. Seven separate Representatives may call for a Session of Representatives for matters of voting on current issues. No portion of the House of Representatives, being available for Session, shall be excluded from any call to order.
VI. The House of Commons shall be composed of one Commoner from each Federal Congressional District, being elected in popular vote by the people of their State. Each Commoner shall be organized into one of three classes, being apportioned evenly, and each serving a two-year term before the next Election in their respective States. Each class shall repeat their respective Elections after the class before them has served their proper terms and have concluded their Elections. Every Commoner within the three classes shall be elected within the first year of the six-year cycle, and shall only begin their terms in office as their time in their respective class begins. In this manner shall the balance of power shift gradually over the course of six years. The head Representative of the House of Commons shall be the Speaker of the Commons, being elected by a simple majority from the available and current Commoners from within the House of Commons. There shall be a Majority Party Leader elected by a simple majority of the majority Party, and there shall also be a Minority Party Leader elected in the same manner by the minority Party. The Speaker of the Commons shall have the ability to call into Session the entirety of the available House of Commons for discussion, deliberation, debate, or vote on any topic at hand, or for any additional reason seen as necessary to call. The Minority Party Leader shall also have the power to call into Session the same Body, for reasons of votes or for matters of debate. Seven separate Commoners may call for a Session of the Commons for matters of voting on current issues. No portion of the House of Commons, being available for Session, shall be excluded from any call to order.
VII. Both the House of Commons and the House of Representatives shall comprise the Low Congress, while the Senate and the Parliament shall comprise the High Congress. No elected representative or leader of either the High Congress or the Low Congress shall be established aside from that which is ascribed herein.
VIII. No person shall serve within the Senate for more than three terms. No person shall serve within the Parliament for more than two terms, neither shall any person serve within the House of Commons or the House of Representatives for more than three terms. All members of the Legislature shall be allowed to run for Public Office in any one of the four Bodies of the Legislature, regardless of the fact of whether or not they have already served their full allowed terms in one Body or another.
IX. Any Bill may be proposed by any member of any one of the four parts of the National Legislature, as well as the acting and current President and Vice-President in conjunction with one another, as well as members of the Secretariat, regardless of what the Bill concerns. Bills may only concern one of the topics in the following Sub-Sections.
X. Federal Congressional Districts may be formed to encompass groups of three or more State-established Counties. This shall be the basic requirement for the establishment of all Federal Congressional Districts. Additional requirements and the direct establishment of such Districts may be determined as described herein.
XI. No Capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken. No Tax or Duty shall be laid on any Articles exported from any State or Republic, neither shall there be any Taxes or Duties imposed on the goods exported or imported by the individual States. Matters of the erection of Armed Forces battery and material may pass from the Senate directly to the President to sign into Law should the current Vice-President determine such a course of action. Such actions may be overturned by the Parliament with a simple majority vote called by the Prime Minister, to then follow the normal Legislative procedures.
XII. The only acceptable form of taxation throughout all of Northaea shall be monetary taxation, to be raised or lowered in accordance with the multifarious needs of the Government to accomplish such tasks as may be most expedient for the people governed by the same, not taking from income or earnings. Matters of taxation must pass both the Primary and Secondary Bodies with a two-thirds supermajority vote.
XIII. Matters concerning welfare services shall not be allowed through the Legislature, neither shall any Bill be passed if it shall provide any welfare services for any person in the United Republics of Northaea or the territories governed thereof.
XIV. All matters wherein Legislation is to be passed are to be introduced to one of the four Legislative Bodies in the proper order in the form of a Bill, and upon being passed by that Primary Body, shall be introduced in the approved form to a Secondary Body. A specified majority of the required vote shall be enough to pass the proposed Legislation within both the Primary and Secondary Body. Should the Bill be denied by the Primary Body, it shall be sent back to the originator, of which kind can introduce a Bill shall be specified herein. Should the Bill be approved and passed on by the Primary Body to the Secondary Body wherein it shall not pass under scrutiny and vote, it shall be sent back to the Primary Body for further examination. Should the Bill pass both the Primary and Secondary Bodies of the National Legislature, it shall be sent to the current acting President for review to sign into Federal Law or openly reject. At this time, the Supreme Court and those appointed within the High Federal Courts may examine the Bill, scrutinizing it to ensure Constitutional compatibility and stability. Should the Federal Judiciary find the Bill is satisfiable by the interpretation of this Constitution, it shall be sent onward to the current acting President for executive consideration and decision. Should the Bill fail Judicial scrutiny, which may be brought before the Supreme Court should there be a suspected infringement of the Rights stated herein, it shall be sent back to the Secondary Body for further review. If at this point the Bill is rejected by the Secondary Body, it shall be sent back to the originators with a list of suggestions, qualms, and criticisms. If, however, the Bill passes the examination and vote of the Secondary Body, which shall have the power of revision, it shall be sent to the current acting President for executive consideration. The consideration and scrutiny of the Primary Body may be sought by the Secondary Body should the Judiciary reject the Bill on the grounds of Constitutional confliction, but it shall not be required and may be ignored by the Secondary Body should prudence dictate such action or lack thereof. The Judiciary may only reject a Bill by declaration of conflict with this Constitution. Should the Bill be passed and considered to be Constitutionally sound, true, and valid, it shall be sent to the current acting President for Executive consideration and decision, with a deadline of ten full calendar days starting the Sunday after receiving the Bill. The Vice-President may act in the best interests of the nation should the President be unavailable due to traumatic injury or death while in office in the President’s stead. The President may either openly reject the Bill and send it back to the Secondary Body with a list of suggestions for change and any other considerations which he or she may deem necessary, or may sign it into Federal Law, or may ignore the Bill. No Body of the National Legislature shall make any law pertaining to the extension or deletion of time for Executive consideration on any Bill. Should the President sign the Bill into Federal Law, it shall be declared to the general public as immediate as is feasible by the Executive Arm, or by the Legislative Arm should the President see fit to delegate the dissemination of information pertaining to the implications of new Laws. All laws, unless specified within differing timeframes, shall go into effect no less than two months and no greater than six months after the announcement to the general public, the specific date and time of whose effect, should the Bill be signed into Law, shall be determined by the Primary Body, being within the timeframe given herein. No form of media shall be excluded from the proceedings, status, debates, or other happenings with any Bill. Should the President reject a Bill by Presidential Veto, such actions may be revoked and declared null with a vote of two-thirds the majority in a Joint Session of both the Primary and Secondary Bodies of the National Legislature. The Primary Body may not edit or otherwise change the contents or implications of any Bill unless it is within a stage of process of becoming Law herein described where such actions may be permitted, but the Primary Body shall retain the ability to list suggestions and possible considerations for the originator of the Bill. The current acting President may Veto any Bill while it is within any stage of Judicial review upon counsel from a Federal Judge appointed temporarily for such purposes of counsel to the Chief Executive by the Judiciary. Such appointments shall not be required to undergo Legislative review or approval. The action of Presidential Veto while a Bill is within Judicial Review may be revoked by a majority vote of three-fifths, done in Joint Session by the Primary and Secondary Bodies.
XV. Matters concerning impeachment of the current acting Chief Executive shall be brought to the attention of the Low Congress in full Session, in the form of a Bill of Impeachment. Witnesses called to testify and appointed by the accused Administration and the accusers shall not be denied testimony, so long as the testimony is directly relevant to the case of Impeachment. Subpoenas may be issued and enforced at the proper times when testimony is proven necessary and relevant. Articles of Impeachment shall be drawn up by the Speaker of the House of Representatives in conjunction with the Speaker of the House of Commons after thirty consecutive days of testimony, debate, and presentation of evidence, and shall be passed as legitimate with a vote of at least two-thirds majority upon testimony from the Defense and the Prosecution. Upon passing the Bill of Impeachment, both the Bill and the Articles of Impeachment shall be sent to the High Congress in full Session for further review. Upon a vote of at least two-thirds majority, the President shall be notified of a set date and time of a full Trial, presided by either one or three Supreme Court Justices. The Right to due process in trial and all other Rights ascribed to those in both Civil and Criminal cases shall apply to the Administration. No witnesses or relevant testimony as defined by the High Congress shall be denied such relevant testimony. The trial before the Senate shall be organized and supervised by the Justice or Justices of the Supreme Court, and shall be broken up into three Sessions, each one called to order and adjourned by the Prime Minister of the Parliament. No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. Items not specified are to be conducted in the same manner as Sub-Sections XXIII-XXV of this Article.
XVI. All Presidential Appointments, upon being signed into Law by the acting President of the United Republics of Northaea, shall override any appointments made by the previous administration to the positions to which a new appointee would be stationed. All Appointees shall have the duty to present themselves before the Legislative Body or Legislative Bodies of the Legislature upon request to be examined for the fitness of the appointee position.
XVII. Matters concerning finance, including but not limited to spending, borrowing, granting of National Loans, currency Laws, and counterfeiting and the consequences thereof, shall be introduced in the proper order and in the form of a Bill to either Body of the High Congress, either the Parliament or the Senate, at the discretion of the originator of the Bill. The Secondary Body shall be determined by which Primary Body to which the Bill is introduced. Should it be introduced to the Senate, the Secondary Body shall be the House of Representatives, and should the Primary Body be the Parliament, the Secondary Body shall be the House of Commons.
XVIII. Matters concerning foreign affairs, including but not limited to the establishment of embassies, restrictions, restraints, revocations, and legislation of immigration, the acceptance of treaties negotiated by the Executive Arm, and the revocation of Northaean participation in such Treaties and Alliances, the freezing of forign assets, the establishment of individual and foreign body embargoes and blockades thereof, the enforcement of economic sanctions, the establishment of tariffs, the taxation of foreign imports and the price maximization or minimization thereof, the establishment of miscellaneous economic sanctions, and the sanction of foreign bodies by direct or indirect association, shall be introduced to either one of the Legislative Bodies of the Low Congress as the Primary Body, at the discretion of the originator of such a Bill. Should the Primary Body be the House of Commons, the Secondary Body shall be the Parliament. Should the Primary Body be the House of Representatives, the Secondary Body shall be the Senate.
XIX. Matters concerning domestic affairs, including but not limited to transportation, energy, environment, granting of funds, the security forces of the nation, and other domestic issues excepting immigration, shall be presented to any one of the four Legislative Bodies at the discretion of the originator of such a Bill. Should the Primary Body be the House of Commons, the Secondary shall be the Senate. Should the Primary Body be the House of Representatives, the Secondary shall be the Parliament. Should the Primary Body be the Senate, the Secondary shall be the Parliament, and should the Primary be the Parliament, the Secondary shall be the Senate.
XX. Matters concerning the Federal Military, including finance, actions, conflicting or hostile actions, the seizure of foreign assets, or retaliation, may be introduced to any one of the four Bodies of the Legislature. Should the Bill be introduced to the House of Representatives as the Primary Body, the Secondary shall be the House of Commons. Should the Primary be the House of Commons, the Secondary shall be the House of Representatives. Should the Primary be the Parliament, the Secondary shall be the House of Representatives, and should the Primary be the Senate, the Secondary shall be the House of Commons.
XXI. Matters concerning Presidential Appointment shall be introduced to either Body of the Low Congress as the Primary Body. Instead of the form of a Bill, a Recommendation for Presidential Appointment shall be made to the specifications of the High Congress, determined in full Session. Upon being approved upon examination of the individual or individuals to be Appointed, the Recommendation shall be sent to either one of the two Bodies of the High Congress, which shall be determined by a simple majority vote of the Primary Body upon approval of the Recommendation. Thereupon the Secondary Body shall further examine the individual or individuals at the discretion of the simple majority of the Secondary Body to determine final approval. If it is determined by vote that a second examination is not necessary, the Recommendation shall be immediately approved and sent to the current acting President for final approval at his or her discretion. The President at such time may either accept or reject the Recommendation, with such actions to be revocable by only a vote of two-thirds the majority or greater in a joint meeting of both the Primary and Secondary Bodies.
XXII. Matters of the impeachment of Federal Officials, not their posterity, shall have validity determined within the Low Congress in full Session, at which time witnesses to alleged crimes and evidence thereof may testify and be presented, respectively, for both sides of the issues at hand. After a period of thirty days of testification and the introduction and examination of evidence, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall draw up Articles of Impeachment, to be debated and voted upon by the entirety of the Low Congress on the thirtieth day. The thirty consecutive days shall count also Sundays. Should more time be determined necessary by a simple majority vote for debate of, or deliberation over, presented evidence, testification, or examination of other relevant evidence, a further seven days shall be added. No further time may be added for debate or deliberation after such actions have been taken. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be the overseer of Impeachment proceedings within the Low Congress, with the Speaker of the Commons the acting moderator for debate and testimony. Bailiffs and any other officials deemed necessary by the Speaker of the Commons may be delegated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
XXIII. Matters of the granting of permission and the posing of duty for private enterprises to commit piracy against foreign enemies, and the allowance of private enterprise to conduct private operations militarily against any foreign body as directed under the restrictions set by the Body thereof, shall be determined by the Senate, and are to be executed by the actions of the Executive Arm.
XXIV. Matters of directing the enforcement of embargoes, piracy initiatives, blockades, and other miscellaneous sanctions shall be determined by the Parliament, to be enforced in action by the Executive Arm.
XXV. Matters concerning actions of International condescending nature outside of the items herein described shall be brought before the House of Representatives and the House of Commons in dual Session as the Primary Body, the Parliament and the Senate in dual Session being the Secondary Body, specific procedures to be conducted as ascribed herein for the passing of legislation.
XXVI. Matters of prosecution against the posterity of Federal Officials shall be settled within the Federal Court of the Law within the Federal District of the Capital City of Northaea as any other Citizen’s trial for criminal actions.
XXVII. Should the Articles of Impeachment as drawn up by the Low Congress be accepted by the Low Congress as ascribed in the afore Sub-Section, they shall be sent to the High Congress for the initiation of trial of the Impeached Official or Officials. The High Congress shall vote on whether to initiate trial on the grounds of the Articles of Impeachment within seven days of receiving the same said Articles from the Low Congress. Should the Impeachment Articles be rejected, the matter shall not be brought forth for Impeachment consideration for a second time. No singular part or of any selection of parts concerning the Articles of Impeachment shall be accepted or rejected, but only the entirety shall be either accepted or rejected as presented to the High Congress. Should the Articles be accepted in this manner, trial shall start and may continue for a period no longer than sixty consecutive days, including Sundays. On the sixtieth day and no later shall the High Congress vote upon conviction or acquittal of all crimes presented by the Articles of Impeachment. No singular part may be accepted nor specific parts of the Articles rejected, but only either the whole shall be rejected and the Accused acquitted or the whole accepted and the Accused thus convicted of all crimes accused thereof. Conviction shall only be declared with a vote of at least two thirds as a majority, with the Accused and their respective Counsels present for the vote. Any member of the High Congress unavailable for the voting of conviction shall be declared in abstinence to all parties present. Upon conviction, an appointed Federal Judge shal sentence the Accused according to the crimes whereof they have been found guilty of committal.
XXVIII. Matters of starting war with another nation or a group shall be decided in a Grand Session of the Legislature, called to order by the current President. Any persons unavailable to be present shall be counted as absent and their votes not considered. Only a supermajority vote of at least three-fifths of the entire National Legislature or a greater part thereof shall be required to declare actions of war on another nation or a group. No act of war shall be announced to the general public until the first overt hostile actions are taken by the Northaean Armed Forces. After overtly hostile actions have been taken, the National Legislature shall make a mandatory announcement to the public concerning the declaration or declarations of war on any nation or group, and shall release the same said declaration or declarations to the general public. The current acting President may in time of imminent need direct the Council of Arms to make war on a foreign body should the need for secrecy or swiftness in action be of the utmost priority.
XXIX. Matters concerning the Election of the President in the case of an electoral tie shall be dealt with in the National Legislature in full Session. If it has been determined, and the votes re-counted, that there is in fact a tie for the Office of the Chief Executive, the National Legislature, with all members assembled as possible, shall take a vote for the Office of the President concerning the two highest-voted by electoral college candidates and their respective running mates. Those members not available to assemble shall vote within three days of the Sessional Call to Order. The votes then being cast anonymously, counted by the Party Majority Leaders from each of the four Legislative Bodies independently of another, and the numbers from each count compared by the current Vice-President, the results shall be announced and the winner declared to be the President-Elect. In cases where there is an even number of members of the National Legislature, the current acting Vice-President, Prime Minister, and House of Representatives Speaker shall all abstain from voting.
XXX. Matters concerning the ejection of a State from the Union shall be dealt with according to Section IV, Article IX.
XXXI. After announcement by the Executive or Legislative Arm concerning matters that have not been deemed secret for the case of preserving National Security and detaining the threats thereof by the Legislature or the Executive Arm, all documents and effects regarding the legislation shall be released to the public in a form wherein the feasible entirety of the nation shall be able to have ease of access.
XXXII. The Legislature shall have the power to exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding fifteen Kilometers square) as may, by the cession of particular States, and the acceptance of the Legislature, become the Seat of the Federal Government of the United Republics of Northaea and all Territories governed thereof, 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.
XXXIII. The Legislature shall not have the power to make rules and laws regarding restriction of the Federal Military in times of both war and peace, neither shall it create Codes of Conduct as they contradict this Constitution.
XXXIV. The Prime Minister shall be a representative of the people of Northaea, and of the Parliament, elected solely through popular vote at the same time as the Presidential Election as determined by the Legislature, with no Electoral College. He or she shall serve to disperse information about the National Legislature to the public in accordance with this Constitution, and to manage and mediate Legislative proceedings in full Session.
XXXV. The ability to pass laws which the Citizens of Northaea, and those in the process of obtaining Citizenship by Naturalization, shall be solely vested within the National Legislature. No Government Official on any level of Governance shall have the power to pass laws which those Citizens or Non-Citizens seeking Citizenship by Naturalization shall be required to follow.

I. There shall be debates of opposing parties, be they political, Committee, or otherwise, within the respective Legislative Body in which the Bill to be passed or rejected is currently held.
II. No debates may take place between members of different Legislative Bodies
III. All debates shall be moderated either by a member of the respective Legislative Body elected by the majority leader of that Body, or by the majority leader of that body themselves.
IV. Hearings may also be held, moderated in the same manner described in Sub-Section II of this Section, and only comprising members of the respective Legislative Body in which the Bill to be passed or rejected is currently held.
V. No debate or hearing shall take place to sway the opinion of the current acting President, but only advice given from the President’s staff of the Executive Arm, except in cases wherein the question of war with a foreign nation or group.
VI. To invoke Cloture within any of the Legislative Bodies, at least three-fifths the vote shall be necessary on any matters of debate and question, excepting wherein the case or cause of debate or question shall be concerning the rules of the Legislative Body wherein the debate is taking place, in which case a supermajority vote of two-thirds or greater shall be required to invoke Cloture.
VII. All other matters, rules, codes of conduct, and other regulations concerning debate and general proceedings as not outlined within this Constitution are to be determined by the respective Legislative Bodies.