Imperial Constitution of the Empire of Chawosauria

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## Constitution

The printed version of the Imperial Constitution in an open binder, pictured October 27th, 2023.

## Overview

### Ratified

* September 5, 2022 (supreme laws)
* February 17, 2023 (constitutional amendments)
* March 3, 2023 (referendum)

### System

Constitutional monarchy, semi presidential, parliamentary, direct democratic, socialist state

## Government Structure

### Branches

3 branches of government* Executive
* Legislative
* Judicial

### Chambers

* Imperial Assembly of the Chawopolis Palace
* Federal Assembly of the Continent Union

### Judiciary

* Supreme Court of the Empire of Chawosauria
* Judiciary of the Continent Union

### Electoral College

Yes, but only if all runoff candidates failed to win an absolute majority of the popular vote

### Entrenchment

* Requires a unamimous quorum to pass changes to the Imperial Constitution via Imperial Assembly and the Federal Assembly
* Must receive approval from the Supreme Leader of the Empire of Chawosauria
* 70% to 80% of popular support with 90% turnout required to change the Imperial Constitution

## History

### Amendments

* Major Amendment I
* Major Amendment II
* Major Amendment III
* Major Amendment IV
* Major Amendment V
* Major Amendment VI
* Major Amendment VII
* Major Amendment VIII
* Major Amendment IX
* Major Amendment X
* Major Amendment XI
* Major Amendment XII
* Major Amendment XIII
* Major Amendment XIV
* Major Amendment XV

### Commission

Imperial Assembly of the Chawopolis Palace

### Supersedes

Chawosaurian Book of Laws

The **Imperial Constitution of the Empire of Chawosauria** is the official constitution of the Empire of Chawosauria which supreme laws were enacted by the Constitution Act of 2022 by the 2020-2024 Chawosaurian Government and constitutional amendments were individually approved by the 2022 Chawosaurian Constitutional Convention, the entirety of the constitution was approved by popular vote but by a narrow plurality than expected when a popular vote majority favoring either side was expected. The Imperial Constitution had established what is called a socialist democracy, establishing direct democracy, universal suffrage, term limits with no non-consecutive term loopholes, the required age of retirement for all Chawosaurian politicians to be 80 (which is controversial and widely unpopular), political and civil rights, basic human rights, free and fair elections, and among other reforms part of Parker's Democratic Communism agenda. The Imperial Constitution has made the Chawosaurian government prioritize what they historically had never been interested in, which are due process rights,

The Empire of Chawosauria had operated as a hybrid regime, where the Supreme Leader of the Empire of Chawosauria or the Prime Minister of the Empire of Chawosauria had absolute power. The Chawosaurian Revolution forced a wave of democratic reforms in the Chawosaurian political system, first effecting the 2019 Chawosaurian elections which were ironically won by a traditionally anti-democratic Chawosaurian Communist Party, and there were fears that the new communist party-led 2020-2024 Chawosaurian Government may roll back these reforms, but the Communist Party was led by a Supreme Leader and former Prime Minister Shang Jong Parker who was a communist but also he was a progressive reformist due to being traumatized by the Revolutions of 1989, which saw the bloody downfalls of the communist second world led by the Soviet Union, which it fell along with its bloc of influence, due to how authoritarian they were. The events of 1989 to 1991 gave Parker a pragmatic view of his treasured politics, communism; and democracy; Parker theorized that communism ruled by corrupt and opportunistic authoritarians who cared more about advancing themselves than advancing communism itself was the reason socialism had weakened, and that communism as a system of government must reconcile with democracy if it wants to survive.

The Imperial Constitution was successfully crafted by both the 2020-2024 Chawosaurian Government and the 2022 Chawosaurian Constitutional Convention, and it barely won the 2023 Chawosaurian Constitutional Referendum by an unexpectedly razor-thin plurality of just 40% to 39.8% to 20% of people voting neutral. It became law on July 1, 2023.

As the law of the land, the Empire of Chawosauria is a constitutional monarchy, a semi-presidential and parliamentary state, and Chawosauria is a nation where government action is to be approved by the people before becoming law or taking effect, making Chawosauria a direct democracy. The Imperial Constitution officializes prerogative writ, checks and balances, due process rights, and civil and political rights into permanent law. The Imperial Constitution also established checks and balances on the power of political parties to prevent the similar partisan tyranny that is being experienced in the United States, and it also mandates that capital punishment only be used to punish sex crimes, sedition, murder, terrorism, and various heinous crimes. The Imperial Constitution explicitly bans Roman Catholics from public office due to fears of potential Vatican influence over government decision-making through Catholic politicians while its limitation on Jews serving public office is actually up for interpretation.

There are things in the Imperial Constitution that are up for judicial interpretation, such as whether Major Amendment I's civil rights coverage of "philosophical conscience" extends to Religious Chawosaurians since religion is not covered on the list of protected classes, whether Jews can service public office as mentioned above, and if religious politicians not aligned with the Vatican can actually serve in politics as long as they're not open about their religion, and whether the Imperial Constitution protects other rights that it does hint that it does but not specifically, such as reproductive rights, the right to die, and gun rights.

Repealing the Imperial Constitution is extremely difficult to impossible. To repeal it, there has to be unanimous consent and a quorum by both the Imperial Assembly of the Chawopolis Palace and the Federal Assembly of the Continent Union with unanimous support from Independent Checkers, support from the Supreme Leader of the Empire of Chawosauria, and it must win >90% of the popular vote with 100% voter turnout in a constitutional plebiscite. An attempt to overthrow the Imperial Constitution through a coup d'état or a civil war would require a battle with the Chawosaurian Imperial Armed Forces, who are under Major Amendment XV required to defend the Imperial Constitution and challenging the Imperial Constitution through this route is an extremely risky gamble because the Imperial Constitution mandates the death penalty for sedition.

Since its narrow victory in the 2023 Chawosaurian elections and by its entrance into law, the Imperial Constitution has gained considerably in popularity amongst the Chawosaurian public, seeing a sharp rise in its approval ratings from the high 30s to the low 60s in the strong positive.

## Background

Chawosauria has had a weak history of democracy but also a strong history of progressivism. Until the Chawo-Wolfsberg War, Chawosauria was a rule-by-decree absolute monarchy, but after that war, it was a promising republic, but overtime has turned into a hybrid regime, especially after the 1945 Chawosaurian legislative elections and the rise of the Chawallian Communist Party ruled with an iron fist by Timothy Max Roosevelt as a result. Timothy Max Roosevelt died in office in 2011 and the post-Roosevelt era was marked by the Chawosaurian Revolution, the 2011-19 Chawosaurian Succession Crisis, the Chawosaurian Civil War, and eventually the end of all of it with the Treaty of Bucharest and the election of Shang Jong Parker all in 2019.

What started the beginning of the Imperial Constitution was the proposed Swiss Model, an idea that bolstered in 2016 that democracies should operate similar to Switzerland's and in 2019, the 2019 Electoral Reform Package. Supreme Leader Shang Jong Parker came into office on the promise of enacting all of these reforms into a new constitution, and he successfully got it through due to a strong favorable government that was elected with him.

### Supreme Leader Shang Jong Parker

Supreme Leader Shang Jong Parker of the Chawosaurian Communist Party had lived through the Revolutions of 1989, which saw the weakening of communism and the crumbling of the Soviet Union and several communist states from existence. The Chawosaurian communist party at the time, the Chawallian Communist Party, lost heavy seats in the 1989 Chawosaurian legislative elections and barely held a supermajority.

### Switzerland

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Switzerland is a direct democracy. The Swiss people can approve or block government action by a vote, while most nations, not even the United States, allows their citizens to have a direct say in what their government does. In the United States however, direct democracy does exist, but not for federal decision making, Americans can petition a referendum on a specific policy only approved by a U.S. state, a nationwide referendum has never been done in the United States. These state referendums are usually set during U.S. elections, known as ballot initiatives, and these ballot initiatives were infamously used to target LGBT Americans, during the George W. Bush presidency (2001-2009), President Bush used ballot initiatives that sought to ban same-sex marriage to turn out socially conservative Americans to the polls to vote for him and his party, but the Democrats during the Barack Obama presidency (2009-2017) were divided on ballot initiatives to legalize cannabis, causing the Democrats to fail to use these ballot initiatives to their advantage, but when the federal right to an abortion was overturned in 2022, there were several ballot initiatives mostly set by Republicans to ban abortion and it turned out to Republicans that being against abortion is not as popular, and these Republican-led abortion ballot initiatives have the potential of backfiring as the traditionally pro-abortion Democratic Party plan to use these Republican ballot initiatives to turn out their culturally liberal supporters to the polls to vote for them and for President Biden if he runs for a second term come 2024.

### Preamble

> The Seven Continents and Seven Seas of the Union of Continental Federal Republics of the Empire of Chawosauria is a cosmocratic federated state of six Continental Federal Republics controlled by a central unitary government in which its power is concentrated through the Chawopolis Palace at the Imperial Square of the city of Chawopolis. The Chawosaurian people under the service of the Imperial Government of the Empire of Chawosauria is to create, build, and honor a cosmocratic empire. The Empire of Chawosauria shall be a secular state not living under the poisonous influence of any religion nor any cult of all kinds into our politics because it harms the independence of democracy for all Chawosaurians who all demand to be represented. The Empire of Chawosauria is committed to a welfare state, universal healthcare, universal education, and universal housing to all Chawosaurians. The Empire of Chawosauria shall have a strong standard on human rights. The dignity of respect to all Chawosaurians regardless of race, ethnicity, skin color, national origin, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex status, any ideology of conscience, disability, and age. To abolish the Imperial Constitution of the Empire of Chawosauria, legislative support for such a repeal is under the unanimous quorum requirement, meaning support for repeal must be unanimous with all lawmakers present and must have support and the signature from the Supreme Leader of the Empire of Chawosauria, then the signature or veto must be approved by 70% of the popular vote and voter turnout must be over 90% of the general population. Chawosaurian politicians elected or not and government employees are to disavow their religion except the religion of nationalism, the Empire of Chawosauria shall be their new religion, the Supreme Leader is the higher power, a deity, and the people of Chawosauria are to be worshipped rather than a higher power being worshipped as above the people of Chawosauria when it is the Chawosaurian people who are above all creation and all deities. That is the oath that is to be taken.
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### Articles of Constitutional Law

These articles are the supreme laws of the Empire of Chawosauria, there are no constitutional amendments and unlike a constitutional amendment, a constitutional article must be repealed and replaced with unanimous support from the legislative branch of the Chawosaurian imperial government and unanimous support from the Continental Federal Republic legislatures before signature from the Supreme Leader of the Empire of Chawosauria and 70% of the popular vote that supports repeal with 90% voter turnout. Repealing a constitutional amendment requires supermajority support for the same legislative procedures unless one amendment is under the requirement of unanimous quorum. A section of an article must have unanimous support for repeal through the same legislative procedures. Passing an article or section requires unanimous support for passage through the same legislative procedures. Passing a constitutional amendment requires supermajority support via similar legislative procedures with 60% of the popular vote in favor with 90% voter turnout.

Adopting the "French model", every office holder is to be elected by popular vote via a two-round voting system with the option to execute them through ranked choice voting, Chawosauria is to be a multi-party system, political parties are obligated to nominate a candidate for whatever public office to face the other candidates in the first round ballot to get the most votes to face the other candidate who also has the most votes in the second ballot which would then have just two candidates who earned the most votes compared to the other candidates competing for the second ballot of just two candidates. The second-round candidate who wins the most votes is hereby elected to public office. Election Day shall be a holiday held every first Friday of October for regular elections and any other month for special elections; for the office of Supreme Leader, every decade, and for other public offices, every five years. By-elections are to be held on the first Friday of a chosen month. The right to vote cannot be denied because of race, ethnicity, gender, national origin, socio-economic class, political views, all ages over 13, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability. The right to vote shall be easy, more voting stations with more poll workers in a particular neighborhood to prevent long lines, the sole identity requirement is a voter ID given to all Chawosaurians for free because it is by law that all citizens must have a voter ID assigned to them at birth. Voting still remains a personal choice.

No officeholder can be elected to the same public office more than twice nor serve more than two terms in that same public office. Adopting the California model, if preferred over impeachment proceedings, a politician shall be recalled via direct election. 80% of the general population is required to petition for a recall election to the government. the recall election ballot shall have two questions: question I asking voters should the incumbent be recalled (removed), yes or no?, with a two-round system on question II, choosing candidates to replace to recalled incumbent. The second question lists candidates to replace the recalled incumbent, two on the second question ballot with the most votes shall face each other on a two-person ballot, the one with the most votes is elected to replace the recalled incumbent. Ballot initiatives shall be nationwide when legislation is passed, signed, or vetoed, it must be voted on by voters.

#### Article I: the executive branch and the collective leadership

* **Section I - The Supreme Leader of the Empire of Chawosauria**.
	+ Role: The Supreme Leader of the Empire of Chawosauria is the top leading head of state of the Empire of Chawosauria, the sole commander-in-chief of the Chawosaurian Imperial Army, and the defender of the borders of Chawosauria.
	+ Qualifications: The Supreme Leader of the Empire of Chawosauria must have both political and military experience, must be over the age of 40 and below the age of 80, must be clinically diagnosed as mentally sane and cognitively stable, and must be highly educated.
	+ Powers, Responsibilities, Duties, and Abilities: The Supreme Leader has the sole authority and mandatory responsibility to execute the laws of the Empire of Chawosauria as well as the mandatory responsibility to obey the laws him or herself as any citizen. The Supreme Leader has the option to either approve via signature or veto a piece of legislation passed by the legislative branch. The Supreme Leader’s veto cannot be overridden by the legislative branch. The Supreme Leader has the duty to defend Chawosauria’s national interests, meet other Oriban world leaders, and achieve diplomatic agreements with other nations. In the midst of a war on national soil, a global pandemic, or any other global crisis, the Supreme Leader has the soil right to suspend this constitution via martial law and lock down the entire empire until stability is restored. The Supreme Leader can issue a Supreme Leader Order, a Supreme Leader Proclamation, and the Imperial Politburo can pass and the Supreme Leader can sign into effect a Supreme Leader Resolution if constitutionally legal.
	+ Abuse of Power by the Supreme Leader: If the Supreme Leader of the Empire of Chawosauria abused his/her office in a manner that violates this constitution or fails to meet the responsibilities and duties of the office, impeachment, removal from office, and civil prosecution to a prison sentence of 10-years in federal prison is required by law, bail, and sweetheart deals not accepted.
* **Section II - The General Secretary of the Empire of Chawosauria**.
	+ Role: The General Secretary of the Empire of Chawosauria serves as the deputy of the Supreme Leader of the Empire of Chawosauria, the person who executes the Supreme Leader’s orders and supports the Supreme Leader. The General Secretary is the head of the Collective Leadership of the Empire of Chawosauria.
	+ Qualifications: The General Secretary of the Empire of Chawosauria must be over the age of 40 and below the age of 80, must have prior political and military experience, must be highly educated, and must be clinically declared mentally and cognitively stable.
	+ Powers, Responsibilities, Duties, and Abilities: The General Secretary has the authority to execute the Supreme Leader’s orders and ensure that these orders are executed. The General Secretary reports back to the Supreme Leader and serves as the head leading advisor.
	+ Abuse of Power by the General Secretary: If the General Secretary of the Empire of Chawosauria abused his/her office in a manner that violates this constitution or fails to meet the responsibilities and duties of the office, impeachment, removal from office, and civil prosecution to a prison sentence of 10-years in federal prison is required by law, bail and sweetheart deals not accepted. The Collective Leadership has the option to vote by majority vote to remove the General Secretary if the collective leadership believes impeachment and removal is not necessary, but it must be done in 24-hours or impeachment and removal will be forced on the General Secretary.
* **Section III - The President of the Empire of Chawosauria**.
	+ Role: The President of the Empire of Chawosauria is the second head of state after the Supreme Leader of the Empire of Chawosauria. The President is also the second head of state of the Empire of Chawosauria after the Supreme Leader of the Empire of Chawosauria.
	+ Qualifications: The President of the Empire of Chawosauria must be over the age of 40 and below the age of 80, must have political and military experience, must be highly educated, and must be clinically declared mentally and cognitively stable.
	+ Responsibilities and Duties: Work with the Prime Minister with the enactment of legislation in the Chawopolis Palace on the behalf of the demands of the Supreme Leader and the Collective Leadership. Reports back to the Supreme Leader and the Collective Leadership. Represent the Chawosaurian people to the Supreme Leader and the Collective Leadership. The President must cast a tie-breaking vote in the Chawopolis Palace, both the legislative chamber and the Continent Union federal assembly, unless the Prime Minister does hold the office of a constituency.
	+ Abuse of Power by the President: If the President of the Empire of Chawosauria abused his/her office in a manner that violates this constitution or fails to meet the responsibilities and duties of the office, impeachment, removal from office, and civil prosecution to a prison sentence of 10-years in federal prison is required by law. Bail and sweetheart deal not accepted.
* **Section IV - The Prime Minister of the Empire of Chawosauria**.
	+ Role: The Prime Minister of the Empire of Chawosauria is the superior officer of the Chawopolis Palace, both the Legislative Chamber of the Empire of Chawosauria and the Federal Assembly of the Continent Union, the third head of state of the Empire of Chawosauria after the President of the Empire of Chawosauria. The Prime Minister serves as the President of the Federal Assembly of the Continent Union.
	+ Qualifications: The Prime Minister must be over the age of 30 and below the age of 80, must be highly educated, and must be clinically declared mentally and cognitively stable.
	+ Responsibilities and Duties: The Prime Minister serves as the first superior officer before the Speaker of the Chawopolis Palace. The Prime Minister must cast a tie-breaking vote in the Federal Assembly of the Continent Union. The Prime Minister is the supreme commander in chief of the Chawopolis Palace police and the second-ranking commander in chief of the Chawosaurian Imperial Armed Forces after the Supreme Leader. The Prime Minister must approve legislation before it goes to the Supreme Leader’s desk to receive royal assent or to be vetoed.
	+ Abuse of Power by the Prime Minister: If the Prime Minister of the Empire of Chawosauria abused his/her office in a manner that violates this constitution or fails to meet the responsibilities and duties of the office, impeachment, removal from office, and civil prosecution to a prison sentence of 10-years in federal prison is required by law. Bail and sweetheart deal not accepted.
* **Section V - The Speaker of the Chawopolis Palace**.
	+ Role: The Speaker of the Chawopolis Palace is the presiding officer of the party in government in the legislative chamber of the Chawopolis Palace, the second in command of the legislative chamber. The Speaker acts as the acting Prime Minister when the incumbent Prime Minister is incapacitated.
	+ Qualifications: The Speaker must be over the age of 30 and below the age of 80, must be highly educated, and must be clinically declared mentally and cognitively stable.
	+ Responsibilities and Duties: The Speaker of the Chawopolis Palace has sole authority of the Chawopolis Palace as its principal presiding officer. The Speaker must approve legislation before being passed by the lower chamber.
	+ Abuse of Power by the Speaker: If the Speaker of the Chawopolis Palace abused his/her office in a manner that violates this constitution or fails to meet the responsibilities and duties of the office, impeachment, removal from office, and civil prosecution to a prison sentence of 10-years in federal prison is required by law. Bail and sweetheart deal not accepted.
* **Section VI - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Empire of Chawosauria**.
	+ Role: The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Empire of Chawosauria is the head of the Chawosaurian judiciary of the Chawosaurian government and head of the Supreme Court of the Empire of Chawosauria.
	+ Qualification: The Chief Justice must be at the age limit of 30 to 80, must be highly educated, and be clinically deemed intellectually and cognitively stable. Must be a graduate from a law school.
	+ Responsibilities: Lead the overseeing of Supreme Court cases and approve a majority opinion of the Supreme Court that will decide the fate of a case.
	+ Abuse of Power by the Chief Justice: If the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Empire of Chawosauria abused his/her office in a manner that violates this constitution or fails to meet the responsibilities and duties of the office, impeachment, removal from office, and civil prosecution to a prison sentence of 10-years in federal prison is required by law. Bail and sweetheart deal not accepted.
* **Section VII - Order of Succession and Term Limits**.
	+ **Supreme Leader**: In case of death, resignation, and removal from office, the General Secretary must overtake the office of the Supreme Leader of the Empire of Chawosauria. The Supreme Leader is allowed to have two democratically elected terms. An interim Supreme Leader is limited to one term.
	+ **General Secretary**: In case of death, resignation, and removal from office, the President of the Empire of Chawosauria must overtake the position as General Secretary of the Empire of Chawosauria.
	+ **President**: In case of death, resignation, and removal from office, the Prime Minister of the Empire of Chawosauria must overtake the office of Prime Minister of the Empire of Chawosauria. The President is limited to two democratically elected terms.
	+ **Prime Minister**: In case of death, resignation, and removal from office, the Speaker of the Chawopolis Palace must take the office of Prime Minister of the Empire of Chawosauria. The Prime Minister is limited to two democratically elected terms.
	+ **Speaker**: In case of death, resignation, and removal from office, the new Speaker of the Chawopolis Palace must be elected by a majority of the Imperial Parliament and results are approved by the Imperial Senate. In case the Imperial Senate disapproves of the results, the Imperial Parliament must hold another election.
* **Section VIII  - The Role of the Collective Leadership and the Imperial Politburo**.
	+ Imperial Politburo of the Empire of Chawosauria: The Imperial Politburo of the Empire of Chawosauria is the principal policymaking committee of the executive branch of the Chawosaurian Imperial Government, divided by separated councils led by each Minister. The Imperial Politburo of councilmen and councilwomen will be nominated by two partisan nominees for Supreme Leader who advanced in the first round election that took place on the first Friday of March to face each other in the second round election held on the first Friday of October to get elected Supreme Leader along with his/her Imperial Politburo nominees. Each council of the Imperial Politburo has a total of 100 seats and all 100 of them can be held by one party if they were all elected with the Supreme Leader who nominated them unless they’re draftees. Requirements for the Imperial Politburo are too required, the age limit is 20 to 80, must be Boarding School educated, and must be already a university student due to the benefits of the Imperial Politburo. Every citizen ages 20 to 40 is conscripted to serve in the Imperial Politburo, deferments include military conscription, intellectual disability, psychological or psychiatric disorder, or if a draftee is religious. Service for draftees is two years and can choose a political party that would undercut partisan unamities.
	+ Attorney General/Empire of Chawosauria Federal Investigation and Justice Department (ECFIJD): The Attorney General of the Empire of Chawosauria is the main legal advisor of the Chawosaurian Imperial Government and the main superior of the law, the A.G. must be nonpartisan, must be elected by popular vote, and recalled by popular vote in case of abuse of power.
	+ Secretary of State (Foreign Minister)/General Assembly of Foreign Missionaries: The Secretary of State of the Empire of Chawosauria is the superior advisor and officer of the foreign policy of the Empire of Chawosauria and head of the General Assembly of Foreign Missionaries. The Supreme Leader nominates the Secretary of State and immediately takes office. The Secretary of State must be impeached and removed in case of abuse of power.
	+ Minister of War (War Minister)/War Council: The Minister of War of Chawosauria is the superior advisor to the Supreme Leader on war matters, The War Minister is nominated by the Supreme Leader and approved by the Chawopolis Palace. The Minister of War must be impeached and removed from office in case of abuse of power.
	+ Minister of Labor (Labour Minister)/Workers’ Council: The Minister of Labor (can be called Labor minister) is the superior advisor to the Supreme Leader on labor issues and must be advised by labor unions. The Labor minister can be nominated by the Supreme Leader and approved by the Chawopolis Palace, however, can be elected by labor unions through an electoral college and popular vote optional. The labor minister is head of the Trade Union Council that is controlled by labor unions and controls all Chawosaurian corporations.
	+ Earth Minister/Earth and Space Councils: The Earth Minister has the responsibility of overseeing all human benefits from the Earth such as energy, agriculture, the environment, space policy, and planetary defense on behalf of Chawosauria. The Earth Minister has the authority over the Chawosaurian Earth Council and Chawosaurian Space Council.
	+ Minister of the Interior/Empire of Chawosauria Intelligence Agency (EOECIA): The Interior Minister has the responsibility as General Secretary of the Empire of Chawosauria Central Intelligence Agency of presiding over surveillance, data collecting, commerce, central intelligence, and national security. Appointed by the Supreme Leader and approved by the ECCIA Soviet Council that is nonpartisan and comprised of 6 members appointed by CFR Chancellor and nomination confirmed by CFR Reichstag. Members and General Secretary can be removed via impeachment, removal, and prosecution to life imprisonment for failure to act in the interests of the Empire of Chawosauria.
	+ Economic Minister/Economic Congress: The Economic Minister is in charge of the budget, treasury, trade, infrastructure, the social safety net, welfare, manufacturing, and all means of the economy of the Empire of Chawosauria. As General Secretary of the Economic Congress is nominated as a nonpartisan nominee by the Supreme Leader and is approved by a filibuster-proof majority in the Chawopolis Palace and then unanimously approved by the Economic Congress. If nomination fails, the popular vote must then vote to overrule the Economic Congress and Chawopolis Palace’s vetoes against the nominee.
	+ Minister of Education/Empire of Chawosauria Board of Education: Elected via popular vote throughout a two-round system, the Education Minister presides over the Chawosaurian Board of Education to enact educational policies and advises the executive on such issues. Removed by recall election through California model in case of failure to honor or criminal activity and should be prosecuted without bail for a life sentence.
* **Section IX - Termination Rights of the Supreme Leader**.
	+ The Supreme Leader of the Empire of Chawosauria can terminate officeholders not limited by this constitution. The Supreme Leader has the sole authority to establish a new office within the collective leadership if that position has no intention to purge nor suppress the political opposition, if that position faces allegations of such suppression, the Chawopolis Palace must investigate immediately and if the evidence is overwhelming, the Chawopolis Palace has the authority to pass legislation abolishing that position, in case of veto by Supreme Leader, the Chawopolis Palace needs a supermajority vote to overrule the Supreme Leader’s veto.
* **Section X - Cabinet Office Rights of the Supreme Leader**
	+ The Supreme Leader and the administration can create a cabinet office not limited by this constitution without the consent of the Chawopolis Palace and the Federal Assembly. Cabinet nominees must still be nominated by Supreme Leader and then approved by the Chawopolis Palace by supermajority vote to dodge a filibuster.

#### Article II: the legislative branch

The legislative branch of the Empire of Chawosauria carries the role of being the checks and balances of the executive branch and the collective leadership of the Empire of Chawosauria as well as the Imperial Politburo of the Empire of Chawosauria. The legislative branch passes pieces of legislation that must be signed into law via royal assent by the Supreme Leader and the signature must be approved by the Imperial Politburo. The checks and balances arsenals that are given by Article I must be considered to hold the executive branch accountable for criminal wrongdoing in which it violates this constitution. The Chawopolis Palace shall have 1,000 seats total and cannot be increased, 501 seats will be needed for a partisan majority and 600 seats needed for a supermajority to dodge a filibuster and are divided by four chambers: the House of Commons, the House of Lords, the House of Representatives, and the Senate. The House of Commons, Lords, and Representatives make up the Imperial Parliament and the Senate operates independently. The Federal Assembly of the Continent Union is made up of 6,000 seats with 3,001 seats required for a partisan majority without a filibuster allowed and is divided by six Continental Reichstags of 1,000 seats with 501 seats required for a partisan majority with no filibuster.

The legislative branch is extremely partisan and a multi-party system including equal support for independent candidates is compulsory. For legislative elections to be held every five years, starting with the 2024 Chawosaurian legislative elections, election laws of Chawosauria from this Imperial Constitution apply to national legislative elections. A party with over 501 seats will rule the Chawopolis Palace without the real need for a coalition unless, for a desire for a multi-party supermajority coalition to dodge filibusters, a party with over 600 seats can absolutely govern alone with no coalition at all with the absolute power to kill a filibuster. A party with the most seats but no overall majority must form a coalition government required to be nominated by the Supreme Leader and confirmed by a supermajority vote by the Imperial Politburo.

For the Prime Minister of the Empire of Chawosauria, a party leader’s ability to assume the office of Prime Minister is determined by his or her party’s performance in the national popular vote, not by the seat count, not an orthodox procedure for a Parliamentary system with the opposite procedure for a party leader to become prime minister. Under Chawosaurian law, in order for a party leader to be elected Prime Minister, 50.1% or higher of the popular vote will be required to be unilaterally elected Prime Minister. But any party leader who fails to achieve 50.1% of the popular vote no matter who leads in the popular vote by a plurality, then the second procedure will take effect. The Supreme Leader will nominate a candidate of his/her choice to compete for a confirmation vote by the Chawopolis Palace against other party leaders to be confirmed as Prime Minister of the Empire of Chawosauria; a successfully confirmed Prime Minister who is not a party leader can be allowed the loophole to serve a longer-term no longer than two decades  (called an appointed term) and the Supreme Leader fully decides the length within the two-decade limit of the appointed term. A Prime Minister that holds the position as party leader must serve a constitutionally-required five-year term and can serve only another if it has momentum in one of two constitutionally required ways.

In coalition government negotiating, the Supreme Leader and the Imperial Politburo must preside over the negotiations and must be on the side of nonpartisan neutrality of all sides. The Supreme Leader and the Imperial Politburo can however offer compromise suggestions or must bilaterally (Monarchy and Imperial Politburo) decide on a compromise forced upon the two prolonged negotiating sides if negotiations reach a stalemate. The two largest parties in a coalition government can occupy both the Prime Minister and Speaker of the Chawopolis Palace with one party leader having one of the two and the same for the other party leader and work together in the coalition government.

Legislative action not allowed to be filibustered are budgetary bills, war powers resolutions, civil rights acts, and other emergency pieces of legislation related to national security, public emergencies, and national crises are all not allowed to be filibustered. Political and judicial appointments cannot be filibustered either. This loophole for certain bills and other purposes protected from a filibuster is called reconciliation protection, can also be called reconciliation loopholes, a filibuster exemption, or a filibuster loophole, or commonly reconciliation.

The President of the Empire of Chawosauria serves as the tie-breaker of both the Chawopolis Palace and the Federal Assembly of the Continent Union.

The Chawopolis Palace’s legislative chamber will be divided into two rolls. The left roll will be the War Council and the right roll will be the partisan elected legislators. Each roll has 1,000 seats to balance political power between partisans and nonpartisans. The Partisan roll can legislate based on ideology while the Nonpartisan roll can check the constitutionality of the piece of legislation passed by the partisan roll.

* **Imperial Senate of the Empire of Chawosauria**: The Imperial Senate is the upper house of the Imperial Assembly of the Chawopolis Palace. A composition of 100 members of the Imperial Senate and 51 seats needed for a majority, and 60 for a filibuster-proof supermajority. The Imperial Senate will be the last to approve pieces of legislation. Senators represent Senate districts where the Senator act as Governor of the District and MPs act as the Governor’s Cabinet.
* **Imperial Parliament of the Empire of Chawosauria**: The Imperial Parliament of the Empire of Chawosauria is the lower house of the Imperial Assembly of the Chawopolis Palace. Composition at 900 seats, 401 seats needed for a partisan majority, and 500 seats for a filibuster-proof supermajority. The first to approve a piece of legislation, with the House of Commons first to approve, House of Lords second in line to approve, and the House of Representatives the last to approve a piece of legislation.
	+ **House of Commons**: The lower house of the Imperial Parliament, Commoners have the responsibility as ambassadors of the localities that surround urban centers and metropolitan areas of Chawosauria to the Chawosaurian imperial government. Commoners hold junior status.
	+ **House of Lords**: The middle house of the Imperial Parliament, Lords serve as the advisors of the commoners and the messenger between the commoners and the representatives. Lords hold sophomore status.
	+ **House of Representatives**: The upper house of the Imperial Parliament, Representatives serve as ambassadors of urban areas and metropolitan areas of Chawosauria to the Chawosaurian imperial government. Representatives hold senior status.
* **War Council**: The War Council shall have 1,000 seats in the Chawopolis Palace chamber to balance the 1,000 seats of the partisan Chawopolis Palace legislative delegation that has governed Chawosauria since 1900 when it started with 600 seats. The War Council’s 1,000 seats are nonpartisan and their job is to check the parties on the governing roll.

* Chawopolis Palace Leadership and Political Parties
	+ **Legislative leadership**: Legislative leadership roles are defined in the first article of this constitution.
	+ **Political Parties and Coalitions**: The Empire of Chawosauria is a multi-party state. Adopting the Alaska and Vermont political party system, Independents must receive equal support in funding, endorsements, nominations, and all other election campaign rights. Adopting the New York political party system, political parties can form fusions. Adopting the parliamentary lower house system, political parties in the legislatures of Chawosauria can form coalitions; adopting the Canadian parliamentary model, a coalition government is not required but it's recommended for the party that leads the minority government for the purposes of passing legislation.
* Central Committees of the Chawopolis Palace
	+ Central Committee on Military Affairs
	+ Central Committee on Environmental Affairs
	+ Central Committee on Energy Affairs
	+ Central Committee on Civil Rights
	+ Central Committee on National Security
	+ Central Committee on Foreign Relations
	+ Central Committee on Human Services
	+ Central Committee on Workers’ Affairs
* Legislative Process and Procedures
	+ **Introduction of legislation**: The threshold of signatures for a civilian proposal to be proposed for introduction is 1,000 signatures. Legislation must first be introduced to the House of Commons of the Imperial Parliament of the Empire of Chawosauria.
	+ **Introduced to Central Committees**: Legislation is first brought before a central committee for amending, calendar planning, vote counting, debate, and a vote to approve whether the legislation can move forward with the legislative procedure. The Central Committee can decide to give unanimous consent to a bill just by finding out that all members of the legislative branch, both the Imperial Assembly and Federal Assembly, are in favor, and once the bill is granted unanimous consent, it is immediately sent to the Supreme Leader for approval, known as royal assent.
	+ **Passage by the House of Commons**: after approval by the Central Committee but unanimous consent is not given, then it is then introduced to the House of Commons and a brief committee is set to amend, calendar planning, vote counting, debate, and vote to approve the bill to be placed on a full house vote.
	+ **Passage by the House of Lords**: after approval by the House of Commons, it is moved to the House of Lords for an introduction which triggers a committee to lead the passage of the bill. If approved by the committee which leads to calender planning, vote counting, debate, and passage by the committee, then it shall be voted on by the full House of Lords.
	+ **Passage by the House of Representatives**: Once passed by the House of Lords, it shall be moved to the House of Representatives. It is to be sent to the Committee of the House of Representatives for approval for introduction and must be approved by a supermajority vote of 6 to 4 out of all 10 CHR members. If approved, then the Committee of the House of Representatives will introduce the bill for consideration, amending, consideration, and debate, before being voted on by the full chember. If approved by full house vote, then it if the bill had amendment changes by each chamber of the Imperial Parliament, then the entire Parliament must congregate to pass the bill. If passed, then it has completed the Imperial Parliament quest and is then moved for simple passage by the Imperial Senate.
	+ **Passage by the Senate**: The Imperial Senate is an independent, co-legislature of the Empire of Chawosauria that unlike the Imperial Parliament, it is a unicameral legislature. The Senate Assembly takes the bill for approval for introduction and if approved by required supermajority of 6-4 of the 10-member panel, then rules are set for the bill to be set for consideration, reading, debate, and then a full Senate vote. The job of the Senate Independent Checkers is to check the constitutionality of the bill and their role is to represent and inform the overall Chawopolis Palace Independent Checkers on legislation. The Senate amends, considers, debates, and then votes on the bill on the Senate floor.
	+ **The Role of the Independent Checkers**: The role of the Independent Checkers is to check the constitutionality of a piece of legislation. The Chawopolis Palace, as the advice and consent of the Supreme Leader of the Empire of Chawosauria, shall be divided between 1,000 legislators and 1,000 independent checkers to balance the power between elected partisans and hereditary constitutionalists. Unlike legislators, Independent Checkers are required to choose their biological offspring to be their successors and when an Independent Checker dies in office, that Independent Checker’s successor shall assume his/her predecessor’s seat, choose and nominate one of his/her children to take his/her place.
	+ **Ratification by the Federal Assembly**: When the Imperial Assembly of the Chawopolis Palace successfully passes a piece of legislation, then it is moved to the Federal Assembly of the Continent Union for ratification by the Reichstags and approval by the Chancellors of each Continent Federal Republic. Simple majorities of each Continental Reichstag shall be acceptable and cannot be filibustered.
	+ **Royal Assent or Veto by the Supreme Leader of the Empire of Chawosauria**: The Supreme Leader of the Empire of Chawosauria has the option to sign the piece of legislation into law or veto it after both the Imperial Assembly of the Chawopolis Palace and Federal Assembly of the Continent Union had passed it. The Supreme Leader’s signature shall be called royal assent.
	+ **National Ballot Initiative**: The final hurdle of a piece of legislation, signed or vetoed, is the approval by the voters. Exercising a semi-direct democracy, the voters on election day will decide to either approve or reject the Supreme Leader’s signature or veto which will decide whether that piece of legislation will become law or not. Ballot initiative turnout must be at 90% and a simple majority vote of 50.1% for either approval or rejection is mandatory, a plurality and below 90% turnout regardless of if approval or rejection leads shall not be an acceptable result and the ballot initiative will be deemed illegitimate.
	+ **Legislative Failure**: When a legislation fails in a legislative chamber, a vote is held by the whole legislature to withdraw or save an unsuccessful legislation.If saved, it can be re-introduced into the next government, but if ordered to withdraw, it is permanently banned from being introduced again and the introducers and lobbyists will have to receive the bill back from legislative leadership. Independent Checkers are welcome to participate. If Independent Checkers and elected partisans are tied, the President breaks the tie.
* Role of Corporations and Labor Unions
	+ Corporations are not permitted by law to try to influence nor lobby legislation of whatever purpose.
	+ The ability to influence or lobby legislation solely belongs to trade unions only.
	+ Corporations are not permitted to influence labor union leadership without the consent of the Supreme Leader of the Empire of Chawosauria.
	+ The Chawosaurian law, the Corporate-Labor Relations Act of 2022, will be codified into constitutional law, therefore, repealing or amending it requires a unanimous quorum.
* Impeachment Proceedings
	+ **First Protocol**: Offensives leading to impeachment, conviction, and removal are already outlined in earlier texts of this constitution. The Speaker of the Chawopolis Palace and the Prime Minister approves the introduction of impeachment proceedings if a motion is passed with no need for prime ministerial approval is passed with 600 out of 1,000 total votes of the entire legislative branch of the Chawosaurian Imperial Government.
	+ **Second Protocol**: Impeachment triggers a trial in the Senate, the Senators act as the jurors to hear arguments and review evidence brought before them by both the prosecution and the defense and the head of the highest court of the Empire of Chawosauria presides the trial.
	+ **Third Protocol**: Conviction by the Imperial Senate will trigger a recall election for the Chawosaurian people to have the chance to decide the removal of the impeached and convicted officeholder. 50.1% in favor of removal with over 50% voter turnout is required to effectively remove the impeached and convicted incumbent on the first ballot while on the second ballot, candidates to face a two-round process to replace the removed incumbent. CALIFORNIA PROTOCOL.
* Emergency, Intervention, and War Powers of the Chawopolis Palace
	+ **War Declaration**: The Empire of Chawosauria is not allowed to wage a war of offense or defense unless military conscription is active by legislation. A declaration of war must include a military draft and general mobilization amendment, but if a draft is already in place, then a declaration of war must be passed in legal accordance with that military conscription law. Repealing a draft is permitted by this constitution, but Chawosauria would have to withdraw all troops from a war when a draft is repealed.
	+ **National Emergency**: The Supreme Leader has the absolute authority to respond to a national emergency through the force of the Chawosaurian Imperial Armed Forces if the Independent Checkers of the Chawopolis Palace approves the declaration by a supermajority vote. The Parker Pandemic Playbook is codified by this constitution, thereby making it constitutional law.
	+ **Electoral College**: In a Chawosaurian direct election, in a situation in which neither second-round candidate received 50.1% of the popular vote to be elected Supreme Leader, the Imperial Assembly of the Chawopolis Palace must act as the electoral college and hold a contingent election in the imperial chamber on the first Friday of December to select one of the two second-round candidates to be Supreme Leader of the Empire of Chawosauria to take office on January 1st.

#### Article III: the judiciary and criminal justice

##### Role of the Judiciary

* **Supreme Court of the Empire of Chawosauria**: The Supreme Court of the Empire of Chawosauria is the highest court in the Empire of Chawosauria, made up of 10 members of the Supreme Court known as Justices, and the 10 seats of the Supreme Court led by the Chief Justice shall be elected together nationwide by a two-round popular vote election. Political parties are to nominate a slate of 10 candidates plus a slate leader to campaign for his slate. The Supreme Court is to either agree or reject a case to hear and decide to settle a dispute of any kind and its role is to uphold the Imperial Constitution of the Empire of Chawosauria without partisan or ideological judgments. Non-constitutional-related matters can be decided by partisan and ideological interpretation. Supreme Court justices can only be elected twice.
	+ **Constitutional interpretation**: It is not constitutionally acceptable for the Imperial Constitution to be politicized or weaponized to advance a political party when dealing with lawsuits and cases concerning a constitutional dispute. Lawsuits and cases concerning legislation not related to the constitution can be decided by the high court in a political interpretation if decided to.
	+ **The Role of Independent Checkers**: Independent Checkers shall have 10 seats in the Supreme Court to balance the power between them and the partisan justices and they are required to check the constitutionality of a Supreme Court ruling and then vote to either approve or block the Supreme Court ruling from taking effect.
* **Continental Constitutional Court**: Continental Constitutional Courts are the highest courts of each Continental Federal Republic, they uphold both the Imperial Constitution and the constitution of a Continental Federal Republic, made up of 10 members and led by a President and Justice I is Vice President, and the Continental Constitutional Court are elected similar to the Supreme Court of the Empire of Chawosauria.
* **Civic Court**: Chawosaurian civic courts all across Chawosauria deal with local disputes and criminal cases. Civic Courts are best defined by the Criminal Justice System section of Article III.

##### Criminal Justice System

* **Role of Capital Punishment**: Capital punishment is restricted by this constitution to be only a required penalty for the following crimes: child sexual abuse, statutory rape, and all means of pedophilic behavior, zoophilia, rape, intensional murder, terrorism, treason, sedition, and other heinous crimes declared aligned with this constitution by Independent Checkers. Capital punishment cannot punish crimes outside this constitutional territory. The Chris Hansen Act of 2021 is codified.
* **The Rights of the Accused**: Chawosaurians accused of a crime, or arrested for the allegation of a crime, shall have a right to an attorney, the right to be silent during times of questioning by the investigation and the trial, the right to defend oneself and gather evidence of innocence, right to cross-examination, bring witnesses and other matters. The Statute of Limitations Act of 2018 is codified.

#### Major Amendments

The Major Amendments are amendments to the Imperial Constitution of the Empire of Chawosauria that are major laws of the Empire of Chawosauria.

1. **Amendment I - Human Rights**: The right to healthcare, education, housing, employment, to vote, marriage, equal representation in both politics and the legal system, free speech, free press, personal privacy, bodily autonomy, due process, and other rights approved by legislation deemed constitutional by Independent Checkers, shall not be denied to nor infringed upon Chawosaurians because of the grounds of race, ethnicity, ancestry, bloodline, national origin, language, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identification, intersex status, age, generation, military status, socio and economic class, philosophical conscience, irreligion, citizenship status, and disability. Discriminatory practices in policing, voting, redistricting, sentencing, employment, healthcare, legislating, and other factors are deemed serious felonies punishable by life imprisonment if convicted based on evidence. The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is codified into Chawosaurian law by this constitution. The Civil Rights Act of 2020 and Civil Rights Act of 2021 are also codified. (approved via legislation)
2. **Amendment II - Quartering Soldiers, Personal Privacy, and Home Defense**: A Chawosaurian civilian resident has a right to refuse to quarter a soldier and a law enforcement officer as well as a right to defend his/her home through whatever means of defense against unwarrented or unconsenual entry or break-in, and the military and the government cannot engage civilians in the privacy of their homes with hostility but to enforce government business. Healthcare decisions are between citizens and their doctors and the government of all levels and three branches has no right to intervene in this intimate matter. The Chawosaurian Imperial Government has the constitutional responsibility to pass laws strengthening Amendment II. (approved via legislation)
3. **Amendment III - The Age of Majority and Rights of the Youth**: The Age of Majority in the Empire of Chawosauria shall be 21, it is also the age of consent in the Empire of Chawosauria. The marriageable age is the same. The Age of Majority of Chawosauria does not apply to voting and driving, Chawosaurian minors can vote and drive at age 16. It is required by law that all Chawosaurian minors must graduate.
4. **Amendment IV - The Role of Marriage**: In the Empire of Chawosauria, marriage is defined as a union between two loving and consentingly engaging partners regardless of each of the partner’s race, ethnicity, ancestry, bloodline, language, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identification, intersex status, disability, national origin, and age. The age of marriage is 21 and over. The Chawosaurian Imperial Government must meet its constitutional responsibility to recognize and provide benefits to all marriages performed in Chawosauria and such government action to enforce marriage law in Chawosauria must be aligned with Chawosaurian constitutional law. Any restriction on, or any denial of marriage rights that violates Amendment I and Amendment IV are declared as discrimination and is punishable with punishable options laid out by this constitution. A marriage proven by evidence and public scrutiny to be unlawful shall be annulled by the Chawosaurian government through the judiciary. Marriage is a constitutional disqualification from military conscription.
5. **Amendment V - Public Holidays**: The Imperial Government of the Empire of Chawosauria recognizes as public holidays of Chawosauria, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Day of the Dead, New Year's Day, Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day, Eostre, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Siblings Day, Sweden Day, Canada Day, Victory Day, Europe Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, Kwanzaa, International Women's Day, Labor Day, National Garfield Lucas Webster Day, National Coming Out Day, Transgender and Intersex Days of Remembrance, Veterans and Memorial Days. Religious holidays can not be recognized by any government of Chawosauria of any level or branch. This amendment recognizes and codifies the National Holidays Act of 2022. (approved by legislation)
6. **Amendment VI - Powers of Independent Checkers**: This amendment confirms the role of Independent Checkers from the supreme laws. The Independent Checkers have the authority to check legislation passed by partisan legislators, but can't propose legislation themselves. Independent Checkers can break filibusters and unilaterally end government shutdowns and gridlocks. Independent Checkers can remove a partisan legislator for conduct of disorder and contesting the authority of Independent Checkers.
7. **Amendment VII - Civil Calendar**: The official calendar of the Empire of Chawosauria will be the Gregorian Calendar. This amendment orders the passage of the Civil Calendar Act of 2022.
8. **Amendment VIII - Emergency Succession**: In a crisis in which the Supreme Leader is incapacitated, the cabinet drafts a resolution to declare the Supreme Leader as either mentally or physically incapacitated and sends the resolution to the Imperial Politburo by majority vote, the Imperial Poliburo holds an inquiry over the Supreme Leader’s alleged incapacitation and insert their findings into a report to the Imperial Assembly of the Chawopolis Palace to hold a vote to remove the Supreme Leader from office if the Imperial Poliburo finds the Supreme Leader to be incapacitated, such move to remove a Supreme Leader through this process is called a discharge whether honorably or dishonarbly. Once the Supreme Leader is removed from office, the Imperial Order of Succession is triggered to operate. In times of incapacitation, the General Secretary shall act as Acting Supreme Leader.
9. **Amendment IX - The Administering of the Oath of Office**: The administering of the oath of office (being the Oath of Secular Purity) is a responsibility belonging to the retiring public official, elected or appointed. New public officials elected or appointed are to be sworn in by their predecessors, however, if their predecessors are deceased, then an oath administrator will be appointed by a court. (this amendment does not need legislative approval)
10. **Amendment X - Citizenship**: Chawosaurians shall live under Chawosaurian citizenship and shall not hold more than three multiple citizenships. Chawosaurian citizenship shall not be denied to groups protected under Major Amendment I.
11. **Amendment XI - National Loyalty and Sovereignty**: The Imperial Government of the Empire of Chawosauria does not have the legal right or justification to endorse governments outside of Chawosauria and shall not interfere into the sovereignty of nations outside of, or not colonized by the Empire of Chawosauria. Under Major Amendment VI, the Independent Checkers have the constitutional authority to police the conduct of democratically elected politicians and enforce it by removing them from office. Loyalty to the Vatican and Jerusalem is constitutionally forbidden.
12. **Amendment XII - Concession and Electoral Recognition**: A defeated candidate is constitutionally required to concede defeat when his/her defeat is confirmed by projection or certified. Independent Checkers have the sole authority to certify an election, that authority cannot be handled by partisan politicians.
13. **Amendment XIII - Selection of Legislative Leaders**: In the newly elected session of government, leaders are to be elected through a required two-round system, the two highest voter-getters will face each other in the final and second round with those who voted for other candidates will have the following required options: vote for one of two first-round winners, vote present, abstain, or not be present during the vote.
14. **Major Amendment XIV - Unanimous Consent**: A piece of legislation that received unanimous consent from both elected partisans and Independent Checkers will not have to go through the constitutional legislative process, and a Supreme Leader's signature to become law.
15. **Major Amendment XV - Constitutional Enforcement**: The Chawosaurian Imperial Armed Forces, the Judiciary of the Empire of Chawosauria, and Independent Checkers have the sole authority to enforce the Imperial Constitution of the Empire of Chawosauria through prosecution, trial, and conviction. Lawmakers who violate the Imperial Constitution shall be tried and penalized by the Independent Checkers and if convicted, they are removed from office and recommended for life imprisonment by the Independent Checkers. Capital punishment and life imprisonment are official punishments for violating the Imperial Constitution depending on which rule is violated. Major Amendments are the specification or amendments to supreme laws, Minor Amendments are advisory and recommended to a Major Amendment.

#### Minor Amendments

None were proposed during the 2022 Chawosaurian Constitutional Convention.

## Amending and Ratifying the Constitution

The constitutional amendments of the Imperial Constitution of the Empire of Chawosauria are lower-tier provisions of the Imperial Constitution. Major amendments are absolute and require a unanimous quorum to pass the Imperial Assembly and Federal Assembly along with unanimous approval from Independent Checkers, and 90% popular vote approval and 100% voter turnout to remove a major amendment from the Imperial Constitution or add a major amendment or amend a major amendment. A unanimous quorum is the requirement that all elected legislators of both the Imperial Assembly and the Federal Assembly must all attend the vote for such action and all unanimously vote in favor of such an action. One vote against, one legislator absent, deceased, unelected, or has either resigned or been removed, officially denies passage to any proposal to remove or amend a major amendment. Minor amendments can be added, amended, or removed, only by supermajority approval by the Imperial Assembly and Federal Assembly alongside with unanimous approval from Independent Checkers and 60% of the popular vote approving of such action with 90% of the population turning out to vote on such a measure required.

## Judicial Review

The Imperial Constitution can be reviewed by the Imperial Judiciary of the Empire of Chawosauria in an originalist direction till culture changes.

## Role of Religion

The Imperial Constitution does not protect religion as most constitutions do, freedom of religion has no protection period, but the protected class "philosophical conscience" which can be interpreted as extended to religion and irreligion.

## Worldwide Influence

The Imperial Constitution would be more popular amongst popular culture if awareness is established.

### Age limits on public office

> *Main article: Biden Rule of the Imperial Constitution of the Empire of Chawosauria*
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One of the most harshest attacks on the Imperial Constitution is age limits on public office against people over 80. The authors of the so-called *Biden rule* thought it'd be popular, but it turns out, it is actually extremely divisive amongst the Chawosaurian general public and very harsh accusations of ageism began to haunt the Imperial Constitution very endlessly. The Biden Rule threatened the Imperial Constitution's prospects during the 2023 Chawosaurian Constitutional Referendum.