A constitution (for the united children of biweekly smallgroup)

⠀⠀

In order for this constitution to be ratified: must be passed by a majority vote from ALL smallgroup children. If some of those eligible to vote are absent, the final decision must be delayed until all votes are collected.

⠀⠀

Positions:

⠀⠀

President Vice president congress-persons (or whatever the heck you wanna call them) Citizen Additional positions can be created, as specified under “powers under president”

⠀⠀

Qualifications for citizenship:

⠀⠀

Must be human Cannot be older that 20 years of age Must have one or more parents in the small group

⠀⠀

congress:

⠀⠀

Qualifications:

Made up of 5 members, including president and vice president.

Age limit?

congress-persons elected by citizen vote:

Every citizen casts 2 votes for 2 different people.

1st place gets president, 2nd vice president, next 3 become congress-persons

Role:

All decisions of the congress are made via a majority vote unless the constitution specifies otherwise.

Legislative–Votes on and passes laws.

Judicial–(1) interprets law, (2) decides if law has been broken, and (3) determines punishment/retribution.

Any citizen may propose laws to be voted on by the congress.

⠀⠀

Powers of president:

⠀⠀

Veto–after the congress votes in favor of some thing (let’s call it a bill), the president can veto (nope sauce). The bill then gets passed back to the congress. From here the bill can only be passed by a 4 out of 5 vote. Instead of vetoing, the president may instead choose to defer a decision to the parents. Proposes leadership roles to be filled and nominees. congress must approve nominees. (?) Emergency powers can be granted to the president for 20 minutes with a unanimous vote from the congress. Powers include: TBD The president may not hold any additional positions (outside of president and congress-person). Extra powers must be approved by the senate.

⠀⠀

Vice president:

⠀⠀

Has full presidential powers in absence of president. The vp may not hold any additional positions (outside of vp and congress-person).

⠀⠀

MISC:

Rebellion will not be tolerated.