Proposed Amendment to the Constitution: On Amendments [THE BIG PROJECT]

An eligible member or eligible members of Hegiroth may at any time propose an AMENDMENT to the Constitution of Hegiroth. Eligible members are defined as a Grand Court member, who are the only members that may propose their idea alone, two Minor Court members, four citizens, or a combination of Grand Court, Minor Court, and citizens so that (LET g=Grand Court members, m=Minor Court members, c=citizens) g*4+m*2+c >= 4. These members who write an amendment are known as "creators of amendments" or "amendment creators".

These amendments must follow a specified format:
I. The draft proposal must have a heading in regular size, italics: "Within the [Grand Court/Minor Court/Citizens' Assembly]^a, the^b [nation]'s delegates have written a Constitutional Amendment. This is the draft of their proposal.
^aOr any combination of these, e.g. "Within the Minor Court and Citizens' Assembly"
^bIf a nation's name starts with "The" or an equivalent in their language, they are exempt from writing "The" outside their name.

II. The actual proposed amendment must have a heading with the following information:
i. In centered size 200 bold: "A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE GRAND UNION OF HEGIROTH", with a newline break after CONSTITUTION.
ii. In centered size 125 bold-italics: "AMENDMENT NUMBER: ", with the number in Roman numerals^c the creator or creators of the amendment wish to number the amendment. The proposed number may be modified, as stated in Part II.
iii. In centered size 125 bold-italics: "AMENDMENT NAME: ", with the proposed name the creators of the amendment wish to name the amendment. The proposed name may also be modified, as stated in Part II.
iv. In centered size 125 bold-italics: "PRECEDENCE: ", with the amount of authority the amendment possesses. If two amendments' clauses contradict each other, the amendment with the higher precedence is the law. No amendment may be given "unprecedable" status, in which the amendment may not be modified or overturned. Recommended precedence statements include "PRECEDES ALL EXCEPT AMENDMENTS MODIFYING THIS AMENDMENT" (prevents complete dismissal but allows modification), "NONE" (can be modified or dismissed), and "PRECEDES MODIFICATIONS" (an all-or-nothing statement that does not allow modification but allows dismissal).
^cRoman Numerals do not include a number for zero (0), so an "N" for "nulla", the closest thing in Latin to zero (0), is used to denote "Amendment Zero" (0).

III. The body of an amendment is what the creators wish to bring into force under the Constitution. The body must be written in left-aligned normal-size italics. Other than this and "The Reference Clause" below, this amendment does not define any requirements or style guidelines of the bodies of amendments. It recommends creators of amendments follow previous amendments' organization and style and be as clear as possible.

IV - The Reference Clause. Any references to regions, nations, other factbooks, NationStates forum posts, non-NationStates forum posts, images, and anything else explicitly referenced must be appropriately linked. This includes:
i. surrounding nations with [nation] tags and regions with [region] tags, and
ii. placing links to all other references as close to the statement requiring reference as possible.

I - The Queue. When an amendment is submitted, it must be submitted to a queue. The queue will be represented by an appropriate document which is publicly view-able and privately editable. This is proposed to be a factbook written by a region-specific law nation (e.g. a proposed "Hegiroth Department of Regional Law").
When an amendment is submitted, it is put in the back of the queue; amendments are processed from the front of the queue to the back of the queue.

II - The Governmental Review. When an amendment is processed by the government, it is processed by a certain set of the government: all Grand and Minor Court members except for any Grand or Minor Court members that wrote the amendment^a. This group will take four days to discuss. This amendment suggests a Hegirothine government-only region and RMB for publicly-view-able discussion. Discussion is not mandatory, but highly encouraged.
The government may ask for permission for the creator(s) of the amendment to change the proposed name or number of the amendment, or the amendment's grammar. All creators must give permission for a change in spelling or the proposed name or number in order for this to occur. If the creators fail to give permission for an edit, the edit is not valid.
After four days, this government amendment review group will take a vote (encouraged to be a two-day poll in the government-only region) on whether they believe the amendment should become law. If the "yea" voters secure a majority (over 1/2 vote "yea"), the amendment will be voted on publicly.
If, however, the vote does not pass, the government will follow up with the amendment creators. They should explain any problems they had with the amendment.
^aIf, for some odd reason, this government group does not meet a quorum of 3 officials, the government role must be bypassed and taken directly to a Citizens' Plebiscite, which is described below.

III - The Citizens' Plebiscite. If the amendment has been approved by a majority of the officials, it then is taken to public vote. The plebiscite is announced two days before it is called for (and provides a link to the proposed amendment), and is a two-day vote (encouraged to be a poll in Hegiroth). Government officials may vote in this plebiscite, as they are citizens. If this vote passes with a 2/3 majority, the government will put the new law into effect as described below.

IV - Making Approved Amendments Law. If an amendment has successfully passed the Citizens' Plebiscite, it must be enacted as law within 24 hours. This includes:
i. announcing the new law on the RMB
ii. creating a new document with the amendment in it by the proposed "Hegiroth Department of Regional Law" nation
iii. striking null and void any amendments, statements in amendments, laws, or statements in laws that violate the amendment and which the amendment takes precedence over.

i. This proposed amendment will undergo The Process By Which Amendments Become Law as detailed in Part II of this document.
ii. A nation of Regional Law will be created and managed by an elected Grand Court official -- the founder and co-founder will make a decision on which official this is, or if there will be a new position.
iii. A discussion board will be made for the government to discuss laws and amendments.
iv. This proposed amendment will have its provisions undertaken if signed into law.