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Interspecies Bill of Rights


THE ICARUS ADMINISTRATIVE GOVERNMENT

Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless flight. For the greatest tragedy of them all is never to feel the burning light.


First Amendment: Free Speech with Decency

    The Regional Government of Icarus shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion in the government, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; the right of the people to peaceably assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. However, citizens must publicly communicate with decency which means that no content containing: racism, foul language, or other's personal information (name, city, state) may be posted on the RMB.

Second Amendment: Formation of Regional Defense

    The Military of Icarus is hereby formed being that it is necessary to the security of the region. Furthermore, an endorsement cap is placed into effect with no World Assembly citizen being able to surpass 67% of the President’s endorsements.

Third Amendment: Right to Vote in Regional Elections

    All citizens of Icarus are guaranteed the right to vote in regional elections as long as they have World Assembly membership or verify the nation in which they hold membership on. Citizens must also have resided in the region for at least one month before becoming eligible to vote.

Fourth Amendment: Right to Fair Trial

    In all criminal prosecutions, where a citizen has broken the law, the accused shall be granted the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the region. They are to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his/her favor.

Fifth Amendment: Privacy Protection

    Under no circumstance shall it ever be legal for the regional government to force a citizen into handing over information that they do no wish to disclose nor shall denial of disclosure be permissible to be used against them.

Sixth Amendment: Power to the People

    The regional government is devoted to benefit the people; shall not under any circumstance intrude on the enjoyment of life and liberty of citizens, while encouraging happiness and safety. The people have an indubitable, irrevocable right to peacefully reform or change their government, whenever it be found incapable to fulfill its duties.

Seventh Amendment: Judicial Committee

    The Judicial Committee shall be appointed and or re-appointed by the incumbent President. Judges of the Committee must faithfully serve out their positions or face dismissal from office.

Repealed on 15.5.2015

Eighth Amendment: Requirements to Run For and Hold Office

    Candidates seeking an office in the region must: be World Assembly members, reside within the region for at least one month and swear an oath of loyalty to the region. If an incumbent officer: resigns from the World Assembly, leaves the region without reason and or violates his oath, then he shall be immediately expelled from office.

Ninth Amendment: Senate Voting Procedure

    When a Senator proposes a bill, the Senate will gather and vote on the proposed bill. If a majority is reached, the bill is passed in the Senate and ascends to the President. The President will then decide whether to sign the bill into law or veto the bill.

Tenth Amendment: Legislative Authority

Eleventh Amendment: Dual Citizenship Status and Rights

Citizens that hold a special status (they hold a puppet in our region while their main nation is outside of it, and are active part within our community) shall be considered Dual Citizens of both Icarus and said region.

This status would allow normal voting rights to Icarus Elections, as long as the oath of loyalty has been proven to government officials, but would not allow them to run for office* under any circumstance.(nominating candidates would still be allowed nonetheless, as it is a basic right of all citizens).

If said citizen decides to move their main nation to the region and it stays for the minimum requirement for citizenship, they shall be reclassified to Citizens, with full rights to run for office, while said puppet that inhabited the region previously would be stripped of its rights as it would be at that moment considered a puppet of a resident of the region.

If at any moment, they move their main nation out(prior warning would be appreciated), their puppet shall be reinstated after a month back to Dual Citizenship Status

*Reasons for this is that a dual citizen could run for executive and win it, while maybe being executive for another region aswell, or being a covert raider account attempting to infiltrate the region and take it over.


    The Senate may modify any of the Amendments of the Constitution with a majority approval. Any amendment can be repealed with a supermajority of a four-fifths approval. The President may repeal any amendment through an executive order, however the executive order may be overturned with a fourth-fifths approval.

Adopted on March 28, 2015 by the Government of Icarus.
Last amended on March 1, 2017.
Written by The silver bloods

Icarus administration

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