Articles V & VI, Hypothetical New-World Constitution

Article V. Amendments.

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several semi-autonomous regions given the formation of no fewer than three of the same, or, on the petition of no fewer than three quarters of the citizens of the State, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in any case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified through referendum by the no fewer than three fourths of the citizens of the State.

Article VI. State Supremacy.

Section 1. This Constitution, and the laws of the State which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the State, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges of the State shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any semi-autonomous region to the contrary notwithstanding. Those who first subject to themselves to these articles by their ratification shall be considered natural born citizens of the State and of the district wherein they reside.

Section 2. The Councilors, Senators, and Board members before mentioned, and the members of the legislatures of the several semi-autonomous regions, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the State and of the several semi-autonomous regions, shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support this Constitution, but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the State.