The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Deminocratic Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.
Each State shall have a Constitution.
Each State shall have an Executive, A Judiciary and a Legislature composed of 2 Houses. One House must be representative where the members must be apportioned by the population of Citizens like the Representative House of the federal government. One House shall be composed of even members per county or parish chosen like the Senate of the federal government.
Each State government must be a limited government and must never go into long-term debt for any reason. If a State wants to borrow money it may but the debt must be repaid before the end of the next fiscal year. A State may not borrow to pay off a debt.
Each State shall provide for Police and the Courts for the States and local governments.
No State may guarantee or give a pension to any State employee.
States are prohibited from waging war under any circumstances against any of the other States.
The federal government shall not prohibit any State from executing any federal law.
Every State is enjoined to execute every federal law.
The States oversee local law matters such as murder, robbery, and more. If a crime occurs on National government property, the State will be the one to investigate and bring charges as necessary. We want to put a stop to actions that harm Citizens where the government investigated themselves and found nothing wrong. Crimes committed within the State should be handled by police not by Congress or the National government. Any crime that occurs in the possessions of the United States is properly handled by the National government.
Every State is mandated to change their Constitutions as needed to conform with the laws embodied in this Constitution. They shall begin that work immediately on ratification of this Constitution and they shall finish within two years. In that interim, they shall take care to observe these new laws in dispensing justice within their State. No State is permitted to be “a laboratory of democracy” where they may experiment with unlimited government. Every State government is to be limited. The States are not allowed implied Powers in their Constitutions.
Every State in the Union shall enjoy the Powers that they have been used to under the old Constitution as well as the new ones conferred in this Constitution. The idea is that the relationship between the National government and the States had gone too far towards the National government and we mean to restore more power to the States. The Courts are enjoined to regard limiting National government to National acts. For example, if a State wants to build a pipeline across the State, then it is their prerogative. The only time the National government can get involved in that act is if the track of the pipeline lies across National government land. A National Act would be, for example for National defense purposes, to require every State to build the necessary points of contact to create a national power grid.
The National government shall not mandate the expenditure of State funds for any purpose. If the National government wishes a State to expend money, the National government must provide the money.
Every State may withdraw from the Union using the following process: Upon a referendum of 80% of their Citizens voting to leave the Union, the petition to leave must be taken up by the federal Congress within 1 month. The decision agreeing to the separation must be rendered within three months after being taken up. The vote in both National houses must be by 80% or more. The Congress will devise the steps needed to separate the State from the Union. The State must be completely separated within five years.
Every state shall have a Republican form of government as defined in the Definitions section of this Constitution.
Every State shall have the same form of election for Governor as is provided for president: an electoral component as well as a popular vote component.