Constitution of the Arstotzkan Union

The **Constitution of the Arstotzkan Union** (Russian: *Конституция Арстоцканского союза*, Dutch: *Grondwet van de Arstotzkan Unie*) is the most supreme peice of legislation in the Arstotzkan Union. The Arstotzkan Union has always had a constitution and it has been the duty of the Federal Government to aid in its defense and maintain it so that the nation can continue. Since the establishment of the current Constitution it has been amendended 40 times.

The current Constitution was created in a image that makes it similar to the original Constitution of the Arstotzkan Union which was created on August 22nd 2019 and was revoked on September 18th 2019 making it one of the shortest in use Constitutions in the World.

The Constitution is unique in the fact that it is kept and updated all on a Google Doc. However two versions have been created, one thats Printable for physical storage and one that has been put on a flash drive for backup storage. The Constitution, at its current form, can be found here: Link

## General Information

### Jurisdiction

Independent Federal Republic of the Arstotzkan Union

## Constitution in relation to Governance

### System

Arstotzkanist Federal Presidential Constitutional Republic

### Judiciary

Supreme Federal Court of the Arstotzkan Union

## Other Information

### Media Type

Digital Document (Printable Versions created)

### Supersedes

Official Constitution of the Arztotzkan Union

## Articles

*The following is a list of Articles of the Constitution*

### Article 1 (*Added: Nov. 23rd 2019*)

This Article of the Constitution states "*All persons in the Arstotzkan Union shall have the rights of Life, Liberty, Freedom as well as the Pursuit of Happiness.*" This statement is similar to the US Declaration of Independence.

### Article 2 (*Added: Nov. 23rd 2019*)

This article states "*All People in the Arstotzkan Union shall have the right to bear arms, whether those arms are not permitted by New Zealand*." This was made similar to the Official Constitution of the Arztotzkan Union, and the 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution. The article has never been used to allow its citizens to import and own weapons, and as of 2021 some in the Federal Government have been questioning why it was added.

### Article 3 (*Added: Nov. 23rd 2019*)

Article 3 of the Constitution is more commonly known as the *Presidential & Vice Presidential Oath of Office*. It was orignally written to be similar to the US Presidential Oath, however was later update on September 27th 2020, but was then updated again on November 26th 2020. This article has been used multiple times when swearing in a New President. Its last use was on February 4th 2021, when Vice President Zion Ormsby became the temporary First President.

### Article 4 (*Added: Nov. 23rd 2019*)

Article 4 of the Constitution states "*All public or government officials are to be elected through free and fair elections.*" This article has not changed since it was added in November of 2019. However its law has been superseded on a multiple occasions, mainly prior to the May 2020 Elections.

### Article 5 (*Added: Nov. 23rd 2019*)

Article 5 was added to the constitution in November and remained untouched and helped in re-storing the image of the Arstotzkan Union. Showing that the radical border policy that was to be implented in September would not be put in the Arstotzkan Union. This Article was amended on October 20th 2020 to add "*Unless those people have been considered Threats to National Security under the National Security Protection Act 2020 or by the Arstotzkan Federal Government*." The article orignally said "*The borders of the Arstotzkan Union are to be open and to not hinder anyone from entering, whether those be of former enemies to the state.*" But from October 20th it removed *"and to not hinder anyone from entering, whether those be of former enemies to the state.*"

### Article 6 (*Added: March 11th 2020*)

Article 6 of the Constitution was an interesting article. It was added because of the increase in the idea that the nation was communist, the Article said "*The Government and/or the country of the Arstotzkan Union shall under no circumstances become a state under which the system be that of resembling communism or Lenin-Marxist ideals*". This was changed on March 13th 2020 and it was changed to "*All citizens have the rights set out in the Universal Human Rights Act by the United Nations*." Today Lenin-Marxism is still not approved in the Arstotzkan Union, with Article 13 of the Arstotzkan Statute on Government Systems (2021), stating "...*as well as strive to fulfil the efforts of the establishment of a state that works on the best aspects of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America. However, systems of Capitalism and Lenin-Marxist Communism shall not be used in this state.*"