CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
1605 E. Wm. J. Bryan Pkwy, Bryan, Texas 77803
(979) 361-0173
E-mail beaudre@tca.net www.CSAgov.orgDATE: September 6, 2005
ISSUE: Re-staffing the State and National Government of the C.S.A.
RE:
C.S.A. COUNCILCOURT ORDER
Discussion
The Government of the Confederate States of America presently consists of a Provisional Constitutional Court, an organization of State and County Registrars in 11 Southern States and 4 Territories, a Confederate Intelligence Bureau (CIB), scattered C.S.A. Registered Citizens in the various Southern States and Territories, a legally still existing, occupied, but un-staffed National C.S.A. Government and the ratified 1861 Constitution of the Confederate States of America. Further organization is now required for coordination of the Constitutional Conventions to be held in the various Southern States and Territories for the re-staffing and resurrection of their Confederate State Governments and finally for the ultimate re-staffing of the national C.S.A. Government.Procedures
The National Registrar, being the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court, shall continue to coordinate the "C.S.A. Council", which after State Constitutional Conventions are held, shall develop into a council of the remaining C.S.A. State Registrars sitting along side of C.S.A. State Governors.When a majority of the members sitting on the C.S.A. Council are elected C.S.A. State Governors, the name of the council shall be the "C.S.A. Governor’s Council" and the members of the renamed council, which may still contain a few C.S.A. State Registrars from those states yet to hold their constitutional conventions, shall elect their own Chairman. At that point, the National Registrar, being replaced as the interim Chairman shall function only as an advisor with no vote. Legal advisors assigned to the C.S.A. Council shall also have no vote. The members of the C.S.A. Council, whether a State Registrar or a C.S.A. State Governor, shall continue to have one vote each, however a State may not be represented both by a State Registrar and a State Governor at the same time, thus a State shall have only one vote on the Council.
When a State re-staffs its Confederate State Government in a Constitutional Convention and elects their Governor, the State Registrar of that State shall cease to be an employee of the national C.S.A. Government and shall thenceforth be under the direction of that State’s Governor in accordance with the dictates of that particular State.
After at least seven (7) States have re-staffed and resurrected their Confederate State Governments through Constitutional Conventions, the Constitutional Court shall Order a National Convention of Delegates from those States to be held for the purposes of re-staffing and resurrecting the National C.S.A. Provisional Government.
The C.S.A. Governor’s Council shall be provisional until their organization is ratified in the C.S.A. national Constitution. Their powers shall mainly be for coordination of the States’ efforts including coordination for national disasters. However, they shall have the right to initiate impeachment proceedings against both the Executive Branch and the Judicial Branches of the national C.S.A. Government. The Governor’s Council shall also work on long term planning that they might want the Congress of the Confederate States of America to pursue as well as their own State Legislatures.
The C.S.A. Governor’s Council shall elect, from amongst their own Council, up to 6 Governors who shall serve as Justices on the Constitutional Court along with the 3 existing Justices. The maximum number of Justices shall be 9 and a minimum to decide cases shall be a majority of the then existing Justices on the Court. An elected Justice shall serve only so long as he remains a Governor of his State.
Another serious duty of the C.S.A. Governors’ Council shall be to attempt to mediate problems that might develop between various States that have not been settled in the Congress in order to maintain peace and friendship between the various Confederate States.
Finally, the CSA Governors’ Council shall serve as an advisory council to the National President, similar to the National Security Council of the Federal Union.IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
The Constitutional Court hereby Orders the National Registrar’s office to form a "C.S.A. Council" to be composed of the various State Registrars and shall be coordinated by the National Registrar. This council shall be an interim council which shall be called a Governors’ Council once a majority of the States have elected C.S.A. Governors who sit on the Council replacing their State Registrars.The Constitutional Court further Orders that the procedures proscribed above in the establishment of this C.S.A. Council and its operation and jurisdiction shall be followed.
CONCURRINGJustice Vance J. Beaudreau
Justice Joseph A. Gresham
Justice Dennis L. Joyce
Attested to by: Vance J. Beaudreau, Chief Justice, this the sixth day of September of our Lord, Two Thousand and Five A.D.