Article 1 Section 10 Second Constitution
No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.
No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
Article 1, Section 10, Third Constitution, Direct Democracy Republic, Items 1 through 7
Item One
No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation, with each other, or with foreign sovereign nations or states without the consent of a National Majority of the American People, in their Direct Democracy Process.
The intention of this Item 1, of Section 10, of Article 1, is to make it harder for one or more American States to drag the rest of Our Nation into war, or other violent conflict, against the National Majority Will of We The American People.
Item Two
No State shall grant “Letters of Marque and Reprisal”, without the consent of a National Majority of the American People.
“Privateers” come under the same constitutional rules as those stated in Article 1, Section 8, Items 23 and 26 and are to be considered “Militia”, or “Private Security Forces”, or a combination of both.
Question: What are We to do about “Letters of Marque and Reprisal” issued by other sovereign nations?
Definition: In the days of fighting sail, a letter of marque and reprisal was a government license authorizing a person (known as a privateer) to attack and capture enemy vessels and bring them before admiralty courts for condemnation and sale.
“Pirates” and other types of free booting raiders are a non-National sanctioned criminal element that is “brought to Justice”.
Item Three
No State shall coin or print money, or emit Bills of Credit (???) without the consent of a National Majority of the American People.
If such “consent”, to produce State “money”, is given, it is assumed that the value of the currency will be equal to the value of the national money and money possibly issued by other American States.
A State that does issue its own money, is advised to legislate that the money it produces would only be used within the State’s boundaries.
If money is to be transferred out of State, it would be equally exchanged for another States money, or the national money.
The “exchange” is to be done by Treasury Department Offices established on the State lines.
No profit will be taken from these exchanges. Because this is an area for governance, not business.
But it is feasible that all State money’s are mutually interchangeable. The American People will decide.
It is possible for a State to produce and issue both types of money; “InState” and “OutState”…or “exchangeable” and “non-exchangeable”.
Item Four
State issued money can be “Tender in Payment of Debts” accrued within the State, but not accrued outside of the State.
Unless it is established that State money’s are to be “interchangeable”.
Item Five
No State shall pass any law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, including contracts made in other States. All Moral issues in contracts are for the original State of contract issuance to resolve. Buyer Beware!
The States, as well as the National Government, should establish a special legal department that scrutinizes contracts for Moral Issues and advises the parties involved of the findings.
Item Six
No State shall, without the Consent of a National Majority of the American People, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, into or out of its sovereign territory.
The State’s expenses in the state line inspections of commerce, would be covered by the flow of its national money allotments, or its own money issuance.
These Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Control of the Three Direct Democracy Houses of American Congress working in cooperation and harmony with the said State’s governance bodies; which ARE the American People.
Item Seven
No State shall, without the Consent of a National Majority of the American People, enter into military agreement or mutual defense compact with another State, or with a foreign power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
We The American People must be ready to react swiftly and decisively to any occurrences of this kind.
“Mothballed” and “decommissioned” military items are ok…so long as these are not implements of nuclear, bio-logical, or “chemical” warfare.
Intent
The intent of Items One through Seven is to lessen the disruption of the Union that could come from States that would “go their own way”. The Dominant Principle being that “The Union” is more important than its State elements for reasons of security and strength in Our World. But even this dominant Principle, can be changed, or replaced by the Collective and Majority Will of the American People.