Article Seven of the United States of Elisia Constitution

Article Seven of the Constitution of the United States establishes the constitutional rights and privileges of the states, the federal government, and the people, that cannot be infringed. It is known today as the Bill of Rights.

Section 1: Individual Liberties

Clause 1: Right to Bear Arms

A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed. The Congress shall have power to regulate the manufacture, sale, and interstate transfer of Arms, but shall not prohibit the ownership or possession thereof by law-abiding citizens. Each State shall retain the authority to maintain its Militia and to enact reasonable regulations concerning the carrying of Arms within its borders, provided such regulations do not effectively nullify this right.

Clause 2: Quartering

No Soldier, whether of the standing Army or the Militia when in federal service, shall, in time of peace or war, be quartered in any house, or upon any private property, without the express written consent of the Owner. Congress shall make no law to circumvent this prohibition, nor shall it coerce the States to do so. Each State shall retain the power to further restrict the quartering of Soldiers within its borders. The Owner of any property so imposed upon shall have the right to seek redress and compensation from the offending parties and their superiors, to be adjudicated in the courts of the State wherein the violation took place.

Clause 3: Unreasonable Searches & Seizures

The inviolable Right of the People to be secure in their Persons, Houses, Papers, and Effects, against any and all Searches and Seizures, shall not be infringed. No Warrants shall issue, save upon the most compelling and particularized Cause, supported by Oath, describing with utmost Specificity the Place, Persons, or Things involved. The People may resist unlawful Searches by all lawful means. Each State may enact stricter Protections. No Evidence obtained in Violation hereof shall be admissible in any Court. Congress shall make no Law abridging this Right, nor shall any federal Court diminish its Force.

Clause 4: Due Process

No Person shall be held to answer for any Crime, capital or otherwise, save upon a Presentment or Indictment of a Grand Jury of the State wherein the alleged Offense occurred, except in Cases arising in the land or naval Forces, or in the Militia, when in actual Service in time of War or public Danger. No Person shall, for the same Offense, be twice put in Jeopardy of Life, Limb, or Liberty, nor shall any Person be compelled in any criminal Case to be a Witness against himself. No Person shall be deprived of Life, Liberty, or Property, without due process of law. Private Property shall not be taken for public use without just and full Compensation, as determined by a Jury of the State wherein such Property lies. The Power of Eminent Domain shall be exercised only in Cases of pressing public necessity, and never for the benefit of private Interests. Congress shall make no Law abridging these Rights, nor shall any federal Court diminish its Force.

Clause 5: Speedy and Public Trial

In all criminal Prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the inviolable Right to a speedy and public Trial, by an impartial Jury of the State and County wherein the Crime shall have been committed. The Jury shall consist of twelve Persons, chosen from among the People of said County, and their Verdict must be unanimous to secure Conviction. The accused shall be fully informed of the Nature and Cause of the Accusation in plain Language; shall have the Right to confront all Witnesses against him; to compel the Attendance of Witnesses in his Favor; and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his Defence. No Person shall be compelled to stand Trial more than once for the same Offense, nor shall any Confession obtained through Coercion or Deceit be admissible. The Jury shall have the Power to judge both the Law and the Facts of the Case. Each State shall retain the Power to provide greater Protections for the accused than herein enumerated. Congress shall make no Law abridging these Rights, nor shall any federal Court diminish its Force.

Clause 6: Excessive Bail & Cruel and Unusual Punishment

In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Clause 7: Enumerations of Rights

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Clause 8: Bondsmen

The right of the owners of bondsmen and bondswomen to acquire, hold, and dispose of such persons, under conditions set forth by the laws of the respective States, shall be guaranteed and held inviolable.

Section 2: States Rights

Clause 1: Separation of Powers

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Clause 2: Immigration

The States shall have the power to regulate and restrict immigration within its borders, provided such regulations do not conflict with federal naturalization laws or treaties, or with the Constitution.

Clause 3: Federal Court Jurisdiction

No federal court shall have jurisdiction over cases arising under the laws of a State, except where such laws directly conflict with this Constitution, federal statute, or duly ratified treaties.

Section 3: Slavery

Clause 1: States Authority

The right of states to maintain and regulate systems of labor derived from the African continent, including but not limited to traditional forms of labor such as pawnship, shall be protected and not prohibited by the federal government.

Clause 2: Contracts of Labor

The individuals who enter into labor agreements known as pawnship, whereby they may temporarily relinquish personal autonomy in consideration of the satisfaction of debts or obligations, shall have their covenants recognized and upheld by both state and federal jurisdictions. The States shall take care to provide for the assurance that all agreements made under said system of African enslavement shall be duly respected, with provisions for the resolution of disputes established within the tribunals of each respective State.

Clause 3: Property Rights

The slaves of a master shall be recognized as property under the laws of the State in which they reside, and such property shall not be taken without due process of law, nor deprived of liberty except in accordance with the lawful decrees of their masters.

Section 4: Government Rights

Clause 1: Territorial Control

The Executive shall have power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States.

Clause 2: Incorporation of Agencies and Departments

No federal agency or department shall be created without the consent of two-thirds of the State Legislatures.