Principle I — Personhood
This Constitution applies to all persons within this land and under its authority. Rights recognized herein belong to persons by virtue of existence alone and shall not be conditioned upon citizenship, status, documentation, or classification.
Principle II — Inherent Rights
Rights precede government and are not granted by it. No branch, office, or institution may construe rights as privileges subject to revocation, suspension, or discretionary approval.
Principle III — Bodily Self-Autonomy
Each person possesses inviolable authority over their own body, health, and life. No law, policy, or practice may compel bodily use, sacrifice, or risk for the purposes, convenience, or continuation of the state, institution, corporation, or collective.
Principle IV — Equality of Dignity
All persons possess equal dignity under this Constitution. No interpretation may elevate the interests, rights, or protections of artificial entities above those of persons.
Principle V — Artificial Entities
Artificial entities, including corporations and associations, possess no inherent rights. They exist solely by permission, for defined public purposes, and shall be regulated, limited, or dissolved when their operation conflicts with human dignity, democratic governance, or the public good.
Principle VI — Restraint of Power
All power exercised under this Constitution is presumed subject to restraint. Ambiguity shall be resolved in favor of limiting power and protecting persons.
Principle VII — Economic Dignity
Economic systems exist to serve human life. Interpretation of this Constitution shall favor conditions under which labor sustains a dignified life, and shall not permit deprivation, precarity, or coercion to be treated as acceptable or inevitable.
Principle VIII — Social Continuity
Social structures essential to dignity, health, and security constitute intergenerational obligations. Such structures shall not be weakened, privatized, or withdrawn through neglect, procedural delay, or reclassification.
Principle IX — Permanence and Trust
Where this Constitution establishes protections or guarantees upon which life and dignity depend, those protections shall be interpreted as enduring unless explicitly amended by the people.
Principle X — Unenumerated Rights
The enumeration of rights shall not be construed to deny, disparage, or diminish other rights retained by persons. Absence of explicit mention shall not be interpreted as absence of protection.
Principle XI — Interpretation in Favor of Persons
In any conflict between the interests of persons and the interests of institutions, markets, or the state, interpretation shall favor persons.
Principle XII — Obligation Across Time
All powers and rights recognized herein are exercised with responsibility to past, present, and future persons. Interpretation shall account for long-term consequence, not merely immediate advantage.
When principles appear in tension, interpretation shall favor human dignity, social continuity, and the least coercive means necessary to achieve a legitimate public purpose.