SECTION 1.11.
1. A well-trained Militia of the People at large is necessary to the security of a free State against criminal acts, sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, domestic usurpation of rulers, or other issues of public safety or security.
2. The right of a Citizen or legal immigrant over the age of eighteen to keep and bear arms (open or concealed) is an individual right and shall not be infringed or regulated by the Confederate States, any individual State, or any political subdivision except as a punishment for a crime or mental incompliancy nor shall privately owned and lawfully used firearms be registered or tracked in any way.
3. Every person shall have the inherent right of defending the life, liberty, or property of any person using whatever force is necessary, through whatever means available, including the use of deadly force.
4. The bearing of arms may be prohibited or regulated within sensitive public enclosures such as prisons and jails, police stations, courtrooms, or other places approved by a vote of the people living within the political subdivision where same is located and safe provision is made to secure such arms before entering.
5. The bearing of arms may be prohibited or regulated on private property only by the property holder.
6. This clause voids all previous national, State and local statutes, laws, court decrees, executive orders and legislative acts that pertain to the keeping and bearing of arms.
SECTION 1.12.
1. Prior to each fiscal year, the President shall transmit to the Congress a proposed budget for the Confederate Government for that fiscal year, in which total outlays, including repayment of debt principal, shall not exceed ninety five percent of projected total receipts for that fiscal year.
2. Total receipts shall include all receipts of the Confederate Government, including those derived from borrowing through the sale of Government Bonds that shall not be increased unless two-thirds of the whole number of each House shall provide by law an increase by a roll call vote recorded in each House's respective Journal.
3. The Congress may waive the provisions of this Section for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect or in any fiscal year in which the Confederate States is engaged in military conflict or national emergency which causes an imminent and serious military threat to national security and is so declared by a joint resolution, adopted by a majority of the whole number of each House, which becomes law.
4. All extant United States fees, duties, imposts and excise taxes shall be frozen at their current levels upon ratification of this Constitution and expire ten years later if there is not already an earlier expiration date. All renewals of extant, new, or increases in current fees, duties, imposts and excises must be approved by a three-quarters majority of the members of both houses of Congress, will automatically expire in ten years, must be a stand alone bill not combined with other legislation, and the votes and names of all members of Congress must be entered in the respective House's journal.
SECTION 1.13.
1. If any non-tax or non-penalty action by the Confederate or State Government or any of its agencies or political subdivisions reduces the fair market value of real or personal private property, the owner of said property shall have a claim against the Confederate or State Government or relevant Agency or political subdivision for compensation for such loss, except that no compensation shall be required as follows:
2. If the action results merely in a diminution of the value of the property but does not otherwise destroy, damage, trespass upon, or take the property or prohibit any rightful use of the property; or
3. If the action prohibits uses of the property that are injurious or potentially injurious to others or to the public, as defined by zoning laws, common law, statute, regulation, or rule, provided that such injurious or potentially injurious uses shall not be construed to include uses the prohibition of which would confer a benefit on others or on the public, for which compensation is required under this Section; or
4. If the action produces benefits to the owner equivalent to or greater than any loss to the owner as determined by the fair market value of the property before and after the action.
5. This Section applies to all non-tax and all non-penalty statutes, regulations, rules, administrative decisions, and judicial.
6. This Section shall be enforced through administrative procedure, suit at law, or both, at the option of the owner. All enforcement costs, including attorney's fees, shall be borne by the State or the relevant Agency or political subdivision, except that an owner who does not prevail in a final action for compensation shall bear their own enforcement costs and a pro-rata share of any administrative or court costs, and an owner who does not prevail in an action for an increase in a previously adjudicated compensation award shall bear the like costs in the same proportion for any such subsequent actions.
SECTION 1.14.
The Congress or any State shall not have the power--
1. To exclude itself, or any member of Congress, or any member of a State Legislature from any law of the Confederate States or individual State laws. Nor passing any law that benefits any individual member of Congress or any Citizen, group rights, State, or private and public organizations. Nor passing any law granting to any association, corporation, or individual any exclusive rights, privileges or immunities:
2. To enumerate or classify any individual by race, sex, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, handicap, or national origin for any purpose nor shall require the same as a criterion for discriminating against, or granting preferential treatment to, any individual or group for any public or private purpose:
3. To pass any laws that infringes on a person's right to work and the choice to join or not to join a Labor Union. A non-Union member in a unionized workplace can be required by contract to pay to the Union only the costs of collective bargaining and representation, which must be clearly stated in the collective bargaining agreement. Members of a Labor Union shall have the power to decide if any part of their dues paid will be used for political activity by their Union. Confederate Civil Service employees Union activity shall be regulated as Congress may by law provide for:
4. To require any language other than English to be the official language of the Confederate States and any place subject to its jurisdiction and shall be used for all public acts including every order, resolution, vote, or election, and for all records and judicial proceedings of the Government of the Confederate States and the Governments of the several States. This clause does not prohibit other languages for cultural, educational, or social functions:
5. To require any person to apply for any form of contract, license, registration, or permit to engage in lawful activities and businesses. This shall not be construed as to deny the necessity to issue certificates of competency and insurance for the use of cars, trucks, and other vehicles being used on the public highways by those who claim the Right to Travel, nor any other certificates of competency where there is a direct Common Law need to protect the safely and welfare of the Citizens at large, nor if in violation of local zoning ordinances:
6. To pass any laws that infringes or denies fit parents, or other persons or agencies legally recognized as en loco parentis, rights on ultimate responsibility for the conduct, discipline, education, and welfare of their minor and unemancipated children:
7. To have the power to regulate, control, or prohibit the educational, religious, and moral standards of local communities, and:
8. To have the power to seize any private property or any other type of asset forfeiture from a person not convicted of any crime. Nor shall private property or any other type of asset forfeiture be seized from a person convicted of a crime that was not a fruit of the said crime but property and assets may be forcibly sold for fair compensation to satisfy any fines, court fees, or compensation with any monies left over returned to the defendant.
SECTION 1.15.
The Congress shall not have the power except on Confederate property and military installations, in the Territories, the Seat of the Confederate States, and sea areas greater then twelve miles off the ocean coasts of the Confederate States -
1. To fund, setup, regulate, control, charter, or subsidize any public function or commerce within any State or other political subdivision:
2. To fund, setup, regulate, control, charter, or subsidize any private function or commerce between private business firms, corporations, banks, farms, or any type of private economic intercourse or transactions:
3. To fund, setup, regulate, control, charter, or subsidize any public or private housing:
4. To fund, setup, regulate, control, charter, or subsidize any public or private insurance system, drugs and other medication, and medical services to include abortions:
5. To fund, setup, regulate, control, charter, or subsidize any public or private education system: nor to set national tests or standards for schools, nor to regulate or control an education curriculum for public or private school systems. But Congress may by general laws prescribe a standard manner in which education records, degrees, and education credits among the States is proved and attested:
6. To fund, regulate, control, or subsidize any public or private land to include cultivation of crops or animals, extraction of natural resources, or enforcement of any environmental and land use regulations within any State, on or below the ground, rivers, or lakes:
7. To pass any traffic laws nor regulate or interfere with travel on any public or private highway except on or near international boundaries and points of entry:
8. To regulate, alter, mandate, or modify any State's voter qualifications except that only Citizens may vote in an election:
9. To fund or establish a retirement-pension system supported by the Treasury for any service as Representative or Senator in Congress:
10. To fund, setup, regulate, control, charter, or subsidize any type of entitlement, public relief, medical care, social security, or welfare system:
11. To set any type of minimum or maximum wages, pay unemployment benefits, or pass any law that mandates work place or leave policy rules and regulations except for members of the Armed Forces and Confederate Civil Service employees:
12. To publicly finance any political candidate or party nor place limits on any political campaign financing or political speech but a full expense accounting shall be made of all funds received and spent by candidates in their political campaigns for seats in Congress, the President, and Vice-President. This shall include a list of all contributors and the amounts given to be made available for public inspection. States may by law place any limits on political campaign financing on candidates and incumbents representing them in Congress:
13. To levy a capital gains tax on any person's income from the sale of their lawful capital assets to include homes, farms, investments, and businesses:
14. To levy an inheritance or gift tax against a person's estate or their lawful heirs from the sale or transfer of the deceased's lawful capital assets to include homes, farms, investments, and businesses, and:
15. To levy income taxes, either earned or unearned from any legal source, except in the case of a declared war by the Congress as provided by this Constitution. If Congress does not repeal the act establishing the wartime income tax within five years after cession of hostilities, the income tax will automatically expire. The income tax shall only be a flat rate so all the People are included but all active, retired, Militia, and reserve military pay and allowances are exempt from all taxes.
SECTION 1.16.
1. A provision of a treaty or other international agreement which conflicts with this Constitution, or which is not made in pursuance thereof, shall not be the supreme law of the land nor be of any force or effect.
2. A provision of a treaty or other international agreement shall become effective as internal law in the United States only through legislation valid in the absence of international agreement.
3. On the question of advising and consenting to the ratification of a treaty, the vote shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the Senators voting for and against shall be entered on the Journal of the Senate.
4. Congress shall have power to regulate all executive and other agreements with any foreign power or international organization. All such agreements shall be subject to the limitations imposed on treaties by this section.
SECTION 1.17.
1. The People have a right to full access to information, files, and records that any organization: private, public, or government, may keep on individuals and to file rebuttals to correct any errors or false information within. Except in the case of active, legal criminal investigations or upon valid warrants or orders issued by a court of law to release or to deny access in a manner that Congress may by law provide for, all of the following clauses shall be adhered to.
2. The information to be contained in personal records shall be obtained and personal records shall be processed fairly and held only for specified and lawful purposes. Personal records held for any purpose or purposes shall not be used or disclosed in any manner incompatible with that purpose or those purposes. Personal records held for any purpose or purposes shall be adequate, relevant, and not excessive in relation to that purpose or those purposes.
3. Personal records shall be accurate and kept up to date. Personal records held for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes. Where appropriate, such records must be corrected or destroyed and the subject notified. A person shall be entitled to be informed by any records holder if personal records is being collected, transferred, destroyed, or held of which that person is the subject and to have access to any records held by a records user to file rebuttals to correct any errors or false information within.
4. Record keeping organizations shall insure that records will not be released to third parties without permission of the persons named and appropriate security measures shall be taken against unauthorized access to, or alteration, disclosure or destruction of, personal records and against accidental loss or destruction of personal records.
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