Constitution of the Republic

ARTICLE IV: Judiciary and Due process rights

E) Limitations of Government

  1. No person may be charged with, made civily liable for, or incarcerated for any offense which was not a crime at the time of its commission. No law may go into effect before its date of publication in the ordinary sources of law.
  2. No person may be convicted of a crime by any means other than a guilty or no contest plea, a trial by jury, or a bench trial at the consent of all parties.
  3. The writ of habeas corpus may not be suspended except in time of emergency or war.
  4. The republic and its officers shall be subject to the law and the enforcement of their contracts to the same extent as citizens and corporations are, except in the republic's capacities unique to the state. All claims of sovereign immunity are hearby waived with the exception that the republic may not be held liable: for its laws to the extent that they are constitutional, nor to their lawful enforcement, or its actions in war, in any court of the republic
  5. No law or organization sponsored in whole or in part by the government may discriminate against any person on the basis of:
    1. Race, color, ethnicity, or genetic makeup
    2. Condition of current or former drug use
    3. Gender, marital status, gender or sexual preference
    4. Religion
    5. Political beliefs
    6. Physical disability
    Or such other classes as Parlaiment with the consent of the Council may deem to include.
  6. No person may be denied equal status under and the equal protection and benefit of the law and government.
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