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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 3', '§ 5', '§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 4']

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We, the people of the sovereign, free and democratic State of Scotland, for the love of our fair nation and proud countrymen and women, do hereby express and enact our collective will through this Scottish Constitution, the supreme and fundamental law of Scotland; which holds that the founding principles of the Scottish State are popular sovereignty as the sole basis for legitimacy, human rights for all, including equality, freedom, justice, a clean environment and the search for happiness. This constitution hereby provides, in these detailed articles, a basis for the continual application and respect of these constitutional rights across all of Scottish governance and society, comprehensively underpinned by the most modern digital technology throughout all governing structures. All Acts of Parliament, treaties, regulations and other laws, whether enacted past, present or future, will be void and without effect to the extent that they are incompatible with this Constitution.
The Scottish people, all legally living and working in Scotland, are sovereign, and shall exert digitally verifiable peaceful democratic control over the Scottish government, the legal system, and society. This sovereignty may be shared with other international institutions through treaties or conventions.
§ 3. Social equality being the basis and essence of this Constitution and the Scottish polity, no aristocratic or noble privileges, titles and/or estates historically granted by any monarchy shall be recognized by the Scottish State for any purposes. No law which perpetuates social castes, including primogeniture law, shall be recognized, promulgated, or applied. All human beings shall be treated equally under the law.
§ 5. All human beings have the right to peacefully assemble and form associations or not for any lawful purpose. No precautionary measure shall be taken against this.
§ 1. All citizens and legal residents of Scotland, regardless of domiciliation status, shall be automatically registered to vote at 16 years of age through their digital self-sovereign identity, which may only be temporarily suspended during incarceration. Voting shall be conducted using the most modern distributed ledger technology available to facilitate 100% participation, and all citizens and legal residents shall be able to participate on all electoral levels. Given the will to achieve 100% participation using modern technologies and electronic voting, internet access for all citizens shall be ensured. By these means, internet access will be granted the status of public good, and completely free to ensure everyone can vote. If the access to internet for all cannot be effective, local internet devices must be accessible for citizens for the duration of the voting period.
§ 2. All citizens and legal residents of Scotland not in detention shall be required to serve on juries, with reasons for discharge to be prescribed by the CSL. Employers shall be required to accommodate those serving on juries.
§ 2. Development and amendment of the CSL in Parliament shall:
i. Allow for submissions from Scottish Citizens for addition to or amendment of the CSL.
ii. Allow for substantial input from the various administrations for changes and adaptations of the CSL.
iii. Be conducted in full public view online with digital mechanisms for popular participation during the drafting process.
§ 4. Civil servants have to take an oath on the Code of conduct, established by the CSL, to assure that only people of impeccable honesty and integrity to hold office. Civil servants have to prove devotion and loyalties to the Scottish State during the civil service examination, and have to serve the State for a minimum length fixed by the CSL.
Scottish constitutional literacy test,
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