QUICK SHEET · CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERATED REPUBLIC
The Monitors
Three watchdogs, each constituted by a body other than the one it watches. Information-only — they publish, they don't decide — until a Monitor's own conflict of interest turns the design in on itself, and the closeness of the three Monitors' own working relationship becomes the problem.
§9.1 – §9.9, §12.4.b
15 provisions
15 provisions
Three Monitors, One Rule — §9.1, §9.1.a–c
Legislative Monitor
WatchesThe Legislature — census, redistricting, mandate compliance, referendum eligibility
Selected bySC nominates → national popular vote
Own candidate pool audited by: EM + JM jointly
Executive Monitor
WatchesBoth Consuls + the Monetary Authority — military compliance, appointments, electoral finance
Selected byAssembly + Senate Speakers jointly → national popular vote
Own candidate pool audited by: LM + JM jointly
Judicial Monitor
WatchesCourts, Elections Panel, Article XVI/XX compacts — administers every constitutional lottery
Selected byPublic lottery, former-judges pool → national popular vote
Own candidate pool audited by: LM (service record) + EM (financial disclosure)
If a Monitor Is Compromised, Vacant, or Underfunded — §9.1.d, §9.6, §9.7.a
TERM EXPIRY
Automatic Void
Authority ends the instant a term expires — no further act needed. Any act taken after is constitutionally void.
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MID-TERM VACANCY
Acting by Seniority
Most senior candidate-pool member by continuous tenure serves as Acting until a successor is confirmed under §9.3.
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BAD FAITH — §9.7.a
2-of-3 Petition
Two Monitors jointly report demonstrable bad faith → petition SC → Acting Monitor designated immediately upon filing, before the SC even rules.
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FUNDING FLOOR — §9.6
Self-Executing
Budget below the MA-certified inflation floor without 2/3 override? Prior year's funding takes effect automatically — no Monitor has to ask.
Removal — And Where a Monitor's Own Ethics Fits
Standard Track §9.9
1/3 either chamber, or 2-of-3 Monitors→
SC: category only, 14 days→
2/3 both chambers
The same track governs every constitutionally confirmed independent officer, Monitor Generals included. If the SC declines to confirm grounds, the matter can't be refiled on the same grounds for 6 months — the built-in defense against harassment filings.
Monitor Self-Disclosure §12.4.b — new
Publish direct to NRS→
No peer review→
§9.9 if concealed
Monitors disclose like any officer, but no Monitor reviews another's disclosure — the JMC's close, years-long working relationship makes peer review the wrong tool here. Concealment or an unrecused conflict must be a statutory §9.9 removal category. No new institution invented; the existing track just gained one more ground.
Numbers Worth Remembering
10
years — single non-renewable term for every Monitor General, no exceptions.
2/3
of both chambers to cut Monitor funding below its inflation-adjusted floor — otherwise the cut simply doesn't take effect.
2
of 3 Monitors is JMC quorum — no joint function can be permanently blocked by one Monitor's non-participation.
0
findings are binding on anyone. Monitors publish; they never enforce, direct, or decide.