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This
Treaty neither grants nor creates rights. It acknowledges certain
rights from among those which existed prior to this Treaty and which continue
to exist independently of it. The enumeration and protection of certain
rights in this Treaty shall not be construed to deny, disparage, or terminate
other rights retained by the people. |
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This
Alliance is prohibited from exercising any powers beyond those expressly
delegated in this Treaty. |
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Neither
this Alliance nor any state in this Alliance nor any group of states in
this Alliance shall ever compel any state or group of states to remain
in this Alliance. |
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Nothing
in this Treaty shall be construed to prevent any group of states in this
Alliance from convening a convention for any purpose whatsoever. |
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This
Alliance shall not give preference in any way whatsoever to the ports of
one state in this Alliance over those of another. |
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Neither
vessels, vehicles, goods, property, nor people bound to or from one state
shall be required, by this Alliance, to enter, clear, or pay duties in
another state. |
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This
Alliance shall not lay any imposts or duties whatsoever on imports or exports. |
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This
Alliance shall not lay any duty on tonnage. |
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This
Alliance shall not coin money. |
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This
Alliance shall not maintain its own army. See Article 12 of this
Treaty. |
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This
Alliance shall neither have nor employ any armed forces whatsoever, uniformed
or non-uniformed, civilian or military, other than those specified in Article
12 of this Treaty. |
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Nothing
in this Treaty shall be construed to prevent any state in this Alliance
from maintaining its own armed forces. |
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This
Alliance shall not issue bills of credit. |
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This
Alliance shall not pass any bills of attainder. |
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This
Alliance shall not pass any bills of pains and penalties. |
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This
Alliance shall not pass any law impairing the creation or execution of
contracts. |
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This
Alliance shall not pass an ex post facto law. |
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This
Alliance shall not grant any license creating a privileged class of people. |
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This
Alliance shall not suspend the right to the writ of habeas corpus. |
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This
Alliance shall not regulate, restrict, or promote either the theory or
the practice of any religion. |
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This
Alliance shall not regulate or restrict the freedom of speech. |
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This
Alliance shall not regulate or restrict the printed media. |
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This
Alliance shall not regulate or restrict the electronic media. |
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This
Alliance shall not regulate or restrict the broadcast media. |
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This
Alliance shall not regulate or restrict the right of the people to assemble. |
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This
Alliance shall not regulate or restrict the right of the people to seek
a redress of grievances. |
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This
Alliance shall not regulate or restrict the right of any individual to
buy, sell, trade, own, keep, manufacture, repair, carry, or use weapons
or ammunition. |
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This
Alliance shall not regulate or restrict the right of any individual to
buy, sell, trade, own, keep, manufacture or use any material or substance. |
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This
Alliance shall not regulate or restrict the right of any individual to
defend himself, his family, his friends, or his property. |
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This
Alliance shall not punish any individual for injury to an aggressor if
such injury results from the individual defending himself, his family,
his friends, or his property against the aggressor. |
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This
Alliance shall not regulate or restrict the relationship between parent
and child. |
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This
Alliance shall not quarter armed forces in any facility unless that facility
is owned by this Alliance. |
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This
Alliance shall not deprive an individual of liberty or property except
as provided in this Treaty. |
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This
Alliance shall not forcibly take private property for its own use. |
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This
Alliance shall not impose involuntary servitude, except as a punishment
for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted in accordance
with the provisions of this Treaty. |
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All
judges, officers, employees, and agents of this Alliance shall be bound
by oath or affirmation to support this Treaty. |
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No religious
test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public
trust in this Alliance. However, no officer of any state in this
Alliance, no member of the Legislative Council, and no Delegate in the
Convention of the States shall ever be regarded as an officer of this Alliance. |
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Nothing
in this Treaty shall be construed to prevent any victim or his survivors,
beneficiaries, or agents, from seeking remedy or redress of any offense
or grievance. |