Anyone want to help me draft the bill of rights for the new country I'm going to found? Always looking for willing people to help facilitate freedom and shit.
The following is what I've gotten so far. Suggestions, revisions, and criticism are encouraged.
Article 1
Under no circumstances shall there be any legal restrictions on one's ability
to express themselves through speech, press, or any other form of communication
or broadcast.
Article 2
Weaponry being necessary to maintaining peace and civility among citizenry, as
well as warding off tyranny, there will be no legal restrictions on weaponry
one wishes to posses so long as it can also be used safely as well as in combat.
Article 3
Any act exclusively between consenting adults is not restricted by law. If something
normally deemed illegal is committed entirely between parties proven to have
consented, there is no crime.
Article 4
Those in positions of power or authority are held to a higher standard of moral
responsibility, for the sake and well being of the mass populus. Any crime
caused or facilitated by any sort of government power, or done by those in a
position of government power, shall result in severe punishment, expulsion
from positions of power and removal of authority.
Article 5
A person is entitled to control their own property and all of their possessions
therein and are allowed to restrict others ability to enter. Any property may be
defended with force by the owner or other people appointed by the owner.
Article 6
No person nor property may be seized nor searched by any sort of government authorities
unless direct evidence can be provided establishing probable cause. The only point
at which one may enter or control anothers property without consent is to stop the
violation of personal rights or other unlawful activity regardless of authority. Violation may
be overturned if probable cause is proven afterwards. No person is required by law
to incriminate themselves in any way.
Article 7
Any crime deemed severe enough will immediately be followed by a fair trial consisting
of a jury of impartial peers and legal defense. Defendants will not be imprisoned at any
point if what they are accused of does not make them a direct threat to others. Any
damages caused by false accusation will be corrected by the accusers, or may be
forgiven by the defendant on their terms.
Seven is what I'm up to now.