Constitution

=**Room 207 Constitution**=

**Preamble**
We the students of room 207, in order to form a more perfect classroom, create equal rights, provide a better education, promote rules provided by the students, and protect all students. For we the students of room 207 establish this constitution.

Article 1 (Legislative Branch)
Their shall be 6 people representing the class of room 207. One person will be chosen by vote from the students in each row to be the representative. For each representative has a term of 3 weeks, and a new representative will be chosen every 3 weeks. To be a representative you must be 13 years of age or older, must have been attending Burdick school for a year, and must not have any more then 2 detentions this year. If you do not meet these requirements, you can not be voted to be a representative, but you can vote for a representative. The members of the legislative branch can be replaced if he/she is abusing his/her power. Their must be a class vote and 3/4 must have voted to replace he/she. The new representative will be chosen by the whole class. The duties of the legislative branch are as followed...
 * Create laws based upon the opinion from the students.
 * Can vote the president or vice-president out of office if he/she is doing a bad job. Must have 2/3 votes for this process to be completed.
 * Take opinions from students from their rows and discuss these opinions with each other once every week.
 * Can vote the members of the Judicial Branch out of office if he/she does not correctly obey his/her duties.

Article 2 (Executive Branch)
There shall be only 2 members within this branch, the President and the Vice-President. The president must be chosen by a class vote. The person who has the most votes will be elected president. He/She will have to lead this classroom, protect this classroom, approve and veto laws created by the Legislative Branch. He/She must be in term for 2 months unless he/she has been impeached by the legislative branch if voted by 2/3 of the members from the legislative branch. The Vice-President will be elected at the same time as the president and must be the person with the most votes. He/She must follow the same duties as the president and can be impeached if he/sure does not follow the duties as the Vice-President. To be qualified for president you must be 13 years of age or older, a 2.5 GPA or higher, and must have been in Burdick for 2 years not including this year.

Article 3 (Judicial Branch)
Their shall be only 3 members in the Judicial Branch which will serve the rest of the school year to this branch. These members shall only be elected by the students of room 207. There must be a vote and the students that have gotten the highest votes shall become a member of the Judicial Branch. The qualification to become a member of the judicial branch are that you must be 13 years of age or older, must have been in Burdick for 2 months, and must not have any more then 1 detention. If a student is not able to meet these qualifications, he/she will not be able to be chosen, but he/she can vote for a student. These members of the judicial branch must follow the duties which are, to interpret the constitution and to make sure the laws follow the constitution. If these members do not follow the rules, then he/she can be replaced by vote from the legislative branch.

Bill of Rights

 * Each student shall have the right to privacy unless proof that he/she has something inappropriate.
 * Each student has the right to feel safe.
 * Each student has the right to relaxation once homework is done. If a student abuses this power when his homework isn't done, he/she will get a consequence.
 * Each student has the right to drink water within a closed bottle.
 * Each student has the right to give opinions to the members of the legislative branch for changes in rules.
 * Each student has the right to education
 * Each student has the right to speak freely as long as he/she isn't speaking inappropriate
 * Each student has the right to vote for what we will do