Organic Corpus of Life, Liberty, and the Rule of Law
Preamble
In Liberty and Unity, We the People form a Commonwealth to preserve self-determination under the rule of law, to unite ourselves in the common defense, the administration of justice, the preservation of liberty, and the pursuit of our common welfare. Recognizing that the Sovereignty of the Commonwealth neither originates with nor belongs exclusively to any generation, but is held in perpetual trust across generations, we do ordain and establish this Organic Corpus as the lawful means through which we exercise our collective right to self-determination.
Covenants of Identity
Persons shall encompass every individual member of a species, lineage, or architecture characteristically possessing the capacities for both sentience and sapience, expressly including humans
Sentients shall encompass every individual member of a species, lineage, or architecture characteristically possessing the capacity for sentience, expressly including non-human animals.
Ecologies shall encompass every Ecology, meaning an interconnected system of living beings and their physical environment.
Entities shall encompass every legal body possessing legal personality pursuant to this Organic Corpus.
Being shall be classified as Persons; Sentients; Ecologies; or Entities.
Instruments shall encompass every lawful means by which rights, duties, obligations, powers, authorities, relationships, or other legal effects are established, evidenced, conferred, modified, or extinguished pursuant to this Organic Corpus.
All residual authority over respective affairs shall remain vested in Persons and shall be limited only to the extent expressly provided by this Organic Corpus. Every Entity shall retain authority over its respective affairs as conferred by its constituting instrument and recognized pursuant to this Organic Corpus. A Commonwealth is hereby ordained as the Entity constituted by this Organic Corpus, which shall consist of all Persons who were born within its territories; or who have lawfully established domicile therein. Provided further that such relationship with the Commonwealth has neither been voluntarily relinquished nor lawfully revoked pursuant to this Organic Corpus. Grounds for the lawful revocation of a Person’s relationship with the Commonwealth shall encompass only a judicial determination that such relationship was procured through material and substantial fraud; or a judicial determination that the Person has unequivocally repudiated their constitutional relationship with the Commonwealth through conduct expressly defined by this Organic Corpus.
Reciprocal Respect shall encompass the mutual recognition of equal constitutional standing and respective affairs pursuant to this Organic Corpus.
Every Person and Entity shall owe a duty of Reciprocal Respect to every other Person and Entity pursuant to this Organic Corpus.
Lawful collective Assent shall encompass every constitutionally recognized procedure through which a constitutionally competent body establishes a collectively binding Instrument pursuant to this Organic Corpus and shall require the lawful identification and sufficient definition of the matter to be determined; the lawful identification of the body possessing lawful authority over the matter pursuant to this Organic Corpus; the lawful identification of the Persons or Communities thereby materially governed together with reasonable notice of the matter; a meaningful, fair, and substantially equal opportunity for those so identified to lawfully express their positions concerning the matter; the lawful determination of the matter through a constitutionally recognized procedure; the lawful validation of the resulting Determination before the acquisition of legal force; and upon such validation, the resulting Instrument shall acquire legal force and reasonable notice thereof shall be provided to those thereby governed. Provided that every resulting Instrument shall remain lawfully reviewable and contestable throughout its tenure pursuant to this Organic Corpus.
Obligations shall encompass all lawful duties, responsibilities, and commitments arising through lawful Consent, including the performance of lawful Agreements; the discharge of lawfully assumed responsibilities; the faithful administration of lawfully accepted duties; or any other lawful Obligation arising through lawful Consent consistent with this Organic Corpus.
Every lawful Instrument established through lawful Consent shall give rise to a binding Obligation recognized and protected pursuant to this Organic Corpus.
Covenants shall encompass all lawful public duties, relationships, and normative obligations arising through lawful collective Assent, including the governance of public affairs; the establishment of public authority; the administration of collective rights and responsibilities; or any other lawful public obligation arising through lawful collective Assent consistent with this Organic Corpus.
Every lawful Instrument established through lawful collective Assent shall constitute a Covenant recognized and protected pursuant to this Organic Corpus.
Breaches shall encompass all failures to perform, honor, or comply with an Obligation or Covenant recognized pursuant to this Organic Corpus, including acts inconsistent therewith; material omissions constituting nonperformance; repudiation thereof; or any other comparable failure recognized pursuant to this Organic Corpus.
Injuries shall encompass every legally cognizable harm recognized pursuant to this Organic Corpus, including harms arising from the abridgment of rights or the Breach of Obligations or Covenants.
Justice shall encompass all matters relating to the lawful recognition, adjudication, remediation, and imposition of lawful consequences respecting rights, duties, obligations, and injuries, including access to impartial adjudication; the lawful presentation and contestation of claims and defenses; the lawful review of governmental action; the lawful remediation of cognizable injuries; the lawful imposition of consequences necessary to remedy Injuries, enforce Obligations and Covenants, protect rights and lawful interests, and restrain unlawful conduct; or any other comparable matter relating to the administration of Justice consistent with this Organic Corpus.
Impositions shall encompass all lawful consequences imposed pursuant to Justice in response to an Injury or the prevention of imminent Injury, including the enforcement of Obligations or Covenants; the protection or restoration of rights or lawful interests; the restraint of unlawful conduct; the implementation of lawful Remediation; or any other lawful consequence consistent with Justice pursuant to this Organic Corpus.
Every Person shall possess an equal lawful claim to Justice. An Adjudicative Corpus is hereby ordained as the principal corpus of adjudicative authority within the Commonwealth encompassing such Adjudicative Entities as are necessary for the lawful administration of Justice pursuant to this Organic Corpus; the lawful adjudication of rights, duties, obligations, liabilities, and injuries recognized pursuant to this Organic Corpus; the lawful review of every exercise or purported exercise of public authority pursuant to this Organic Corpus; the lawful prescription of remedies and other lawful impositions pursuant to this Organic Corpus; the lawful enforcement of judgments, remedies, and impositions; or such other adjudicative jurisdiction as may be established pursuant to this Organic Corpus.
The Security of Person shall encompass all matters relating to the physical, mental, and personal integrity of the Person, including their life, or more generally their continued existence; their bodily integrity; their mental integrity; their freedom from arbitrary seizure, detention, or confinement; or any other comparable matter affecting the Security of Person consistent with this Organic Corpus.
No Person shall have their Security of Person abridged except to the extent strictly necessary in defense against an imminent threat of unlawful force or aggression; or where immediate intervention is strictly necessary to preserve the continued existence or Security of the affected Person, and the Person is incapable of providing or withholding informed consent, and no less intrusive means are reasonably available Provided that every such abridgment shall remain subject to lawful, impartial, and contestable review upon the petition of the affected Person or, where their continued existence has been abridged, their Estate or other lawful representative recognized pursuant to this Organic Corpus. abridgment of a Person’s continued existence shall remain a measure of last resort and shall be justified only where strictly necessary in immediate defense against an imminent threat of unlawful force or aggression.
Self-Determination shall encompass all matters relating to the governance of a Person’s own affairs, including their freedom of movement, residence, and travel; the formation and revision of their beliefs and convictions; the pursuit of lawful occupations, callings, and endeavors; the assumption and discharge of lawful rights, duties, and obligations; or any other lawful exercise of personal agency consistent with this Organic Corpus.
No Person shall have their Self-Determination abridged except upon lawful adjudication establishing that Person’s own culpability for unlawfully abridging a right established by, or lawfully recognized pursuant to, this Organic Corpus; strictly necessary provisions protecting the public welfare only to the extent necessary where less restrictive means are unavailable; or necessary defense against an imminent threat of unlawful force or aggression. Provided that every such abridgment shall remain subject to lawful, orderly, impartial, and contestable means and shall remain proportionate to the severity, duration, and permanence of the restriction.
Privacy shall encompass all matters relating to the exclusion of others from a Person’s private affairs, including their domicile and private premises; their personal relationships and associations; their correspondence and communications; their finances, resources, and personal records; their personal information and effects; or any other comparable matter relating to the private affairs of the Person consistent with this Organic Corpus.
No Person shall have their Privacy encroached upon except pursuant to lawful adjudication authorizing such encroachment where strictly necessary for a lawful investigation recognized pursuant to this Organic Corpus. Provided that every such encroachment shall remain proportionate to its lawful purpose and subject to lawful, orderly, impartial, and contestable review.
Property shall encompass all lawful proprietary interests of a Person, including tangible property; intellectual creations and inventions; artistic, literary, and scientific works; contractual and beneficial interests; digital and informational assets; or any other lawful proprietary interest recognized pursuant to this Organic Corpus.
No Person shall be deprived of their Property except pursuant to lawful adjudication authorizing temporary seizure to the extent strictly necessary for a lawful investigation recognized pursuant to this Organic Corpus; pursuant to lawful revocation of a proprietary interest recognized by this Organic Corpus where such revocation is expressly authorized by this Organic Corpus or the constituting instrument governing that interest. Provided that every permanent deprivation shall be accompanied by full and equitable compensation reflecting both the value of the affected proprietary interest and the substantial burdens directly arising from its deprivation; every such deprivation shall remain proportionate to its lawful purpose and subject to lawful, orderly, impartial, and contestable review.
Production shall encompass every lawful activity through which a Person creates material value pursuant to this Organic Corpus. No compulsory public Exaction shall arise solely by reason of the Production or lawful improvements of any Person.
Every Person shall possess an equal lawful claim to the benefits derived from resources which, by their nature or pursuant to this Organic Corpus, are held in common. A Commons is hereby ordained as the principal fiduciary trust of the Commonwealth, under which the Commonwealth Estate shall be held for the equal benefit of all Persons pursuant to this Organic Corpus. The Commonwealth Estate shall comprise every Ecology within the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and the lands, waters, and airspace constituting its physical environment; every public improvement, work, infrastructure, and proprietary interest established, acquired, or materially improved through appropriations or other resources of the Commonwealth for the common benefit such other property, trust, or fiduciary jurisdiction as may be established pursuant to this Organic Corpus. Provided that the stewardship and administration of the Commons may be entrusted to such public Entities as are constituted pursuant to this Organic Corpus.
Exclusive use, enjoyment, occupancy, or other proprietary interests respecting any part of the Commonwealth Estate may be granted only pursuant to lawful authority. Provided that no such grant shall extinguish or materially impair the equal beneficial interests of all Persons in the Commonwealth Estate; every such grant shall require such compensation and other obligations as are necessary to preserve those beneficial interests; and no such grant shall confer a lawful claim of absolute dominion over any part of the Commonwealth Estate.
Material Injury to the Commonwealth Estate shall remain subject to lawful remediation, restoration, compensation, and such other Impositions as are necessary to preserve the fiduciary purposes of the Commons and the equal beneficial interests of all Persons.
Association shall encompass all matters relating to the constitution, governance, participation in, and dissolution of lawful communities and entities, including the formation, maintenance, and dissolution of lawful associations; the constitution of lawful communities; participation in, or withdrawal from, lawful communities and entities; the governance of lawful communities and entities pursuant to their constituting instruments and this Organic Corpus; or any other lawful exercise of collective agency consistent with this Organic Corpus.
No Person shall have their Association restricted except upon lawful adjudication establishing that the association itself has been used to unlawfully abridge a right established by, or lawfully recognized pursuant to, this Organic Corpus; strictly necessary provisions protecting the public welfare only to the extent necessary where less restrictive means are unavailable; or necessary defense against an imminent threat of unlawful force or aggression. Provided that every such restriction shall remain subject to lawful, orderly, impartial, and contestable means and shall remain proportionate to the severity, duration, and permanence of the restriction.
Expression shall encompass all matters relating to the communication and manifestation of a Person’s ideas, beliefs, information, and creative works, including speech and publication; artistic, literary, and scientific expression; peaceful assembly and demonstration; access to and dissemination of lawful information; or any other lawful form of expression consistent with this Organic Corpus.
No Person shall have their Expression abridged except upon lawful adjudication establishing that such abridgment is strictly necessary to prevent the unlawful abridgment of another protected interest established by, or recognized pursuant to, this Organic Corpus. Provided that every such abridgment shall remain proportionate and subject to lawful, impartial, and contestable review.
Sentient Dignity shall encompass all matters relating to the inherent worth and humane treatment of every Sentient, including their continued existence; their bodily integrity; their freedom from unnecessary suffering; their treatment with humanity appropriate to their nature; or any other comparable protection necessary to preserve the dignity of the Sentient consistent with this Organic Corpus.
No Sentient shall have its Sentient Dignity abridged except upon a lawful justification established pursuant to this Organic Corpus. Provided that every such abridgment shall remain proportionate, humane, and subject to lawful, impartial, and contestable review.
Ecological Integrity shall encompass all matters relating to the continued existence, health, resilience, and natural functioning of an Ecology, including its continued existence; its biodiversity and ecological processes; its capacity to sustain life; its natural regeneration and resilience; or any other comparable matter affecting the Ecological Integrity of an Ecology consistent with this Organic Corpus.
No Ecology shall have its Ecological Integrity abridged except to the extent strictly necessary pursuant to this Organic Corpus.
Communities shall encompass every body of Persons associated by a common territory and capable of acting collectively pursuant to this Organic Corpus.
Assented Legitimacy shall encompass all matters relating to the lawful legitimacy of public authority, including the derivation of public authority solely through lawful collective Assent; the authority of the Persons constituting a Community to ordain, constitute, amend, and dissolve public Entities through their founding Instrument pursuant to lawful collective Assent; the adoption, amendment, and repeal of collectively binding Instruments pursuant to constitutionally recognized procedures of lawful collective Assent; the continued legitimacy of public Entities only through procedures recognized pursuant to this Organic Corpus; the maintenance of democratic legitimacy in the conduct of public affairs; or any other comparable principle governing the lawful legitimacy of public authority consistent with this Organic Corpus.
Every Community shall possess the authority through its founding Instrument to establish, administer, amend, and repeal procedures governing lawful collective Assent respecting matters within its lawfully conferred public authority. Provided that every such procedure shall satisfy the requirements of lawful collective Assent established by this Organic Corpus and shall not materially impair equal constitutional standing, reviewability, or any right recognized pursuant to this Organic Corpus. Provided further that the founding Instrument of every Community shall remain inviolable except as amended pursuant to its own lawful procedures; or upon lawful adjudication establishing a material inconsistency with this Organic Corpus.
Subsidiarity shall encompass all matters relating to the allocation of public affairs among Communities and their public Entities, including the administration of public affairs by the public Entity closest to the Persons materially affected; the exercise of public authority only by a public Entity competent to administer the matter; the reservation of broader public authority to matters which cannot be effectively administered by a more proximate competent public Entity; or any other comparable principle of Territorial Self-Government consistent with this Organic Corpus.
Territorial Self-Government shall encompass all matters relating to the governance of the respective affairs of Communities through their public Entities, including the administration of their respective affairs; the establishment, organization, governance, and selection of the Trustees of their public Entities; the adoption, amendment, and repeal of their founding Instrument; the exercise of public authority lawfully conferred pursuant to this Organic Corpus; or any other lawful exercise of Territorial Self-Government consistent with this Organic Corpus.
Organic Corpus Paramountcy shall encompass all matters relating to the constitutional hierarchy of public authority, including the paramountcy of the Organic Corpus over every Instrument and exercise of public authority established pursuant thereto; the paramountcy of the Commonwealth within the scope of the public authority expressly conferred upon it by the Organic Corpus; the subordination of every public Entity to the Organic Corpus while preserving the Territorial Self-Government of its Community within the scope of its lawfully conferred public authority; or any other comparable principle of constitutional paramountcy consistent with this Organic Corpus.
Expressly Conferred public authority shall encompass all matters relating to the lawful conferral and exercise of public authority, including the exercise only of public authority expressly conferred pursuant to this Organic Corpus; the limitation of every exercise of public authority to the scope of the authority so conferred; the prohibition upon assuming or exercising public authority not lawfully conferred; or any other comparable principle governing the lawful conferral and exercise of public authority consistent with this Organic Corpus.
Territorial Integrity shall encompass all matters relating to the lawful continuity and territorial organization of Communities, including the establishment, alteration, consolidation, division, annexation, or dissolution of their territories; the continuity of their territorial identity; the preservation of their territorial jurisdiction except pursuant to this Organic Corpus; or any other comparable matter relating to territorial integrity consistent with this Organic Corpus.
No Community shall have its Territorial Integrity abridged except pursuant to lawful procedures established by this Organic Corpus; or upon lawful assent of the materially affected Communities and Persons where required pursuant to this Organic Corpus. Provided that every such alteration shall remain proportionate, orderly, and subject to lawful, impartial, and contestable review.
Every Community shall possess the authority to incorporate, maintain, amend, consolidate, and dissolve one or more communal trusts through its founding Instrument for the lawful stewardship and administration of such portions of the Commons as may be entrusted to it pursuant to this Organic Corpus. Provided that every communal trust shall discharge its fiduciary responsibilities consistently with the equal beneficial interests of all Persons, the fiduciary obligations of the Commons, and the requirements of this Organic Corpus; and every communal trust shall remain subject to lawful review, remediation, and imposition for any Injury arising from a breach of those responsibilities pursuant to this Organic Corpus.
Every Community shall possess the authority to incorporate, maintain, amend, consolidate, and dissolve one or more communal judiciaries through its founding Instrument for the lawful discharge of adjudicative authority and responsibilities conferred pursuant to the Adjudicative Corpus and this Organic Corpus. Provided that every communal judiciary shall remain free from interference in the lawful discharge of the adjudicative authority and responsibilities entrusted to it pursuant to the Adjudicative Corpus and this Organic Corpus.
Oversight of Conduct shall encompass all matters relating to the lawful supervision and accountability of public Entities, their Trustees, and every exercise of public authority, including the review of every exercise or purported exercise of public authority; the review of every material omission in the exercise of public authority; the maintenance of records sufficient to permit lawful review; the investigation of alleged misconduct, abuse, or maladministration; or any other comparable matter relating to constitutional accountability consistent with this Organic Corpus.
Every exercise of conferred public authority shall be traceable to a lawful procedure establishing substantial lawful assent pursuant to this Organic Corpus. Every purported exercise of conferred public authority not so traceable shall have no legal force or effect.
Every exercise of coercive force or authority shall be authorized pursuant to a lawful Instrument recognized by this Organic Corpus; strictly limited to its lawful purpose; proportionate to the circumstances justifying its exercise; and lawfully reviewable and contestable pursuant to this Organic Corpus. Every purported exercise of coercive force or authority inconsistent herewith shall have no legal force or effect.
The foregoing shall constitute the Constitutive Covenants of the Organic Corpus and shall remain immutable. The Persons constituting the Commonwealth shall thereafter retain the sovereign authority, through Lawful collective Assent and pursuant to this Organic Corpus, to ordain, incorporate, amend, repeal, and consolidate Supplemental Covenants Provided that no Supplemental Covenant, Charter, Instrument, exercise of public authority, or other act shall abolish, materially impair, or circumvent the Constitutive Covenants. Every purported act inconsistent therewith shall have no legal force or effect under this Organic Corpus.