CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF STATE MISSION STATEMENT

First and foremost, to negotiate a peace treaty between the Confederate States of America and the United States of America in order to facilitate and end the occupation of the Confederate States and its territories by the United States of America.

Confederate diplomacy in the 21st century is based on fundamental beliefs: our national government has never surrendered to the occupational government of the United States.  Our freedom and prosperity rely on a peaceful transition of power to restore our sovereignty and independence.  Our freedom is best protected by ensuring that our states are guaranteed a republican form of government and that we form no entangling alliances.  In this moment in history, the Secretary of State recognizes that the Confederate States have an immense responsibility to use its power constructively to defend its security and culture at home and to advance free and fair trade between ourselves and other nations. 

Globalization is endangering our sovereignty, our laws, our work force, our security, our culture, our monetary system, and our rights as freemen.  In the coming years, the principal aims of the Department of State are clear. These aims are anchored in three underlying and interdependent components – diplomacy, development, and defense.

First, the Secretary of State shall strive to build and maintain strong relations with our neighbors and other nations of good will in pursuit of our mission.  Our foreign policy suggests that we will increase our chances of success abroad by exerting principled leadership while seeking to work with others to achieve our goals. The Secretary of State will receive instructions and authorizations from the President*and  will keep the President* informed about Confederate States foreign policy actions and relations with other countries.

Second, the Secretary of State will promote freedom of speech, conscience, religion, and the rule of law according to the Constitution of the Confederate States of America and the laws of Congress. The Secretary of State will assist and provide support for international activities of other Confederate States agencies (local, state, or federal government), official visits overseas and at home, and other diplomatic efforts.

Third, the Secretary of State must work to protect our nation against enemies, both domestic and foreign in cooperation with the Department of Defense. The Secretary of State will work to protect and assist Confederate States citizens living and traveling abroad. The Secretary of State shall function in these duties under the direction of the President*

The Executive Branch and the Confederate States Congress have constitutional responsibilities for Confederate States foreign policy.  Within the Executive Branch, the Department of State is the lead Confederate States foreign affairs agency, and its head, the Secretary of State, is the President’s* principal foreign policy advisor, though other officials or individuals may have influence on his foreign policy decisions. The Department of State shall attempt to advance Confederate States objectives and interests in the world through its primary role in developing and implementing the President’s* foreign policy. 

*The Security Council shall serve as the chief executive (President) as directed by the Chairman of the Security council in the interim until a President Pro Tem has been elected.

No. 24.] AN ACT -   To organize the Department of State

SECTION 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That there shall be an Executive Department to be denominated the Department of State; and there shall be a principal officer therein to be called the Secretary of State, who shall perform and execute such duties as shall, from time to time, be enjoined on or entrusted to him by the President* of the Confederate States, agreeably to the Constitution, relative to correspondences, commissions or instructions to or with public ministers or consuls from the Confederate States, or to negotiations with public ministers from Foreign States, or princes, or to memorials or other applications from foreign public ministers, and other foreigners, or to such other matters respecting foreign affairs as the (President) [CSA Security Council] of the Confederate States shall assign to the said department; and furthermore the said principal officer shall conduct the business of the said department in such manner as the President* of the Confederate States shall from time to time order or instruct. Said Secretary shall be appointed by the (President*) [CSA Security Council], by and with the advice and consent of the Congress, and shall receive a compensation to be ascertained and regulated by law.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to keep and preserve all bills and resolutions of the Congress having been approved or signed by the President* or otherwise become laws, and he shall carefully preserve the originals, and shall, as soon as conveniently may be after he shall receive the same, cause every such law, order and resolution to be published in at least three public newspapers, published within the Confederate States, and shall also cause two printed copies, duly authenticated, to be sent to the executive authority of each State. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep the great seal of the Confederate States, and to make out and record and affix said seal to all civil commissions to officers of the Confederate States, to be appointed by the (President*) [CSA Security Council], by and with the advice of the Congress, or by the President* alone: Provided, That said seal shall not be affixed to any commission before it is signed by the (President*) [CSA Security Council], nor to any other instrument or act without the special warrant of the President*, therefore. The said Secretary shall also cause a seal of office to be made for said department, of such device as the (President*) [CSA Security Council] shall approve, and all copies of records and papers in said office, authenticated under the said seal, shall be evidence equally as the original record or paper.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That there shall be in the said department a chief clerk to be appointed by the Secretary, and such other clerks as from time to time may be found necessary, and authorized by the Congress, who shall receive a compensation for their services to be fixed by law; and the Secretary of State and every other person to be appointed or employed in said department shall, before he enters on the execution of his office or employment, take an oath or affirmation well and faithfully to execute the trust committed to him.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, There shall be paid to the Secretary, for the use of the Confederate States, the following fees of office by the persons requiring the services to be performed, except when they are performed for any officer of the Confederate States in a matter relating to the duties of his office, to wit: for making out and authenticating copies of records, ten cents for each hundred words; for authenticating a copy of a record or paper, under the seal of office, one dollar.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, This act shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage. - APPROVED February 21, 1861.

* The Security Council shall serve as the chief executive (President) as directed by the Chairman of the Security council in the interim until a President Pro Tem has been elected.

Note:  The Provisional Government of the C.S.A. has no Congress yet, but the Council of 40 serves in a semi legislative capacity.  We also have no President yet, and that function is assigned during the interim to the CSA Security Council as directed by the Chairman of the Security Council. The plan of liberation is still being worked on which will bring constitutional government to replace the interim measures of the provisional government.

CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Attorney General is to develop research and defenses for potential attacks in courts of the United States against the Confederacy and Confederate Citizens in order to assist their defense counsel in their defense.  An important adjunct of this mission will be to enlist a cadre’ of defense counsel who will be the court troops of the Department of Justice as authorized by Act 29 of the  CSA Congress in 1861.

It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to prosecute and conduct all suits in the CSA Supreme Court, in which the Confederate States shall be concerned, and to give his advice and opinion upon questions of law, when required by the President of the Confederate States, or when requested by any of the heads of departments, touching any matters that may concern their departments on subjects before them. He shall also have supervisory power over the accounts of the marshals, clerks, and officers of all courts, properly established by Congress by recorded vote, of the Confederate States, and all claims against the Confederate States.

The Department of Justice shall operate under the supervision and authority of the Constitutional Court according to law.  The Department of Justice shall work with the Department on State on the Peace Treaty development.

He shall advise the Secretaries of State, War and Defense in regards to protecting CSA citizens abroad.

No 29.] AN ACT
To organize and establish an Executive Department, to be
known as the Department of Justice.
SECTION 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That from and after the passage of this act, there shall be an executive department to be known as the Department of Justice. The principal officer at the head of said department shall be denominated the Attorney General, who shall be paid an annual salary to be fixed by law, and who shall have the power to appoint a clerk, at such compensation as may be fixed by law.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to prosecute and conduct all suits in the Supreme Court, in which the Confederate States shall be concerned, and to give his advice and opinion upon questions of law, when required by the President of the Confederate States, or when requested by any of the heads of departments, touching any matters that may concern their departments on subjects before them. He shall also have supervisory power over the accounts of the marshals, clerks, and officers of all the courts of the Confederate States, and all claims against the Confederate States.

CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA

MISSION OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

The Secretary of Defense shall concern himself with the development of measures involving actions and plans of actions for the defense of the various States and territories of the Confederacy within the authorization found in Acts 43 and 48 of Congress.  The  mission is similar to that of the Secretary of War except that it involves measures to be taken in preparation and in lieu of attack or of military hostilities against the various Confederate States and Territories and people of the Confederate States of America. The Secretaries of Defense and of War shall work together on planning and defensive actions. The Security Council shall serve as the chief executive (President) as directed by the Chairman of the Security council in the interim until a President Pro Tem has been elected.
                       
No. 43.] AN ACT
To raise Provisional Forces for the Confederate States of
America, and for other purposes.

SECTION 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That to enable the Government of the Confederate States to maintain  its jurisdiction over all questions of peace and war, and to provide for the public defense, the President* be and he is hereby authorized and directed to assume control of all military operations in every State, having reference to or connection with questions between said States, or any of them, and powers foreign to them.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the President* is hereby authorized to receive from the several States the arms and munitions of war which have been acquired from the United States, and which are now in the forts, arsenals and navy yards of said States, and all other arms and munitions which they may desire to turn over and make chargeable to this government.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President* be authorized to receive into the service of this Government such forces now in the service of said States as may be tendered, or who may volunteer, by consent of their State, in such numbers as he may require, for any time not less than twelve months, unless sooner discharged.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That such forces may be received, with their officers, by companies, battalions or regiments, and when so received shall form a part of the Provisional Army of the Confederate States, according to the terms of their enlistment; and the President* shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of Congress, such general officer or officers for said forces as may be necessary for the service.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That said forces, when received into the service of this Government, shall have the same pay and allowances as may be provided by law for volunteers entering the service, or for the army of the Confederate States, and shall be subject to the same rules and government.

APPROVED February 28, 1861.
* The Security Council shall serve as the chief executive (President) as directed by the Chairman of the Security council in the interim until a President Pro Tem has been elected.

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No. 48.] AN ACT
To provide for the Public Defense [borders].

SECTION 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That in order to provide speedily forces to repel invasion, maintain the rightful possession of the Confederate States of America in every portion of territory belonging to each State, and to secure the public tranquility and independence against threatened assault, the President* be and he is hereby authorized to employ the militia, military and naval forces of the Confederate States of America, and to ask for and accept the services of any number of volunteers, not exceeding one hundred thousand, who may offer their services, either as cavalry, mounted riflemen, artillery or infantry, in such proportion of these several arms as he may deem expedient, to serve for twelve months after they shall be mustered into service, unless sooner discharged.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the militia, when called into service by virtue of this act or any other act, if in the opinion of the President* the public interest requires, may be compelled to serve for a term not exceeding six months after they shall be mustered into service, unless sooner discharged.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That said volunteers shall furnish their own clothes, and, if mounted men, their own horses and horse equipments; and when mustered into service, shall be armed by the States from which they come, or by the Confederate States of America.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That said volunteers shall, when called into actual service, and while remaining therein, be subject to the rules and articles of war, and instead of clothing, every non-commissioned officer and private in any company shall be entitled, when called into actual service, to money in a sum equal to the cost of clothing of a non-commissioned officer or private in the regular army of the Confederate States of America.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said volunteers so offering their services may be accepted by the President* in companies, squadrons, battalions and regiments, whose officers shall be appointed in the manner prescribed by law in the several States to which they shall respectively belong; but when inspected, mustered, and received into the service of the Confederate States, said troops shall be regarded in all respects as a part of the army of said Confederate States, according to the terms of their respective enlistments.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the President* is hereby authorized to organize companies so tendering their services into battalions or squadrons, battalions or squadrons into regiments, regiments into brigades, and brigades into divisions, whenever in his judgment such organization may be expedient; and whenever brigades or divisions shall be organized, the President* shall appoint the commanding officers for such brigades and divisions, subject to the confirmation of Congress, who shall hold their offices only while such brigades and divisions are in service; and the President* shall, if necessary, apportion the staff and general officers among the respective States from which the volunteers shall tender their services, as he may deem proper.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That whenever the militia or volunteers are called and received into the service of the Confederate States, under the provisions of this act, they shall have the same organization, and shall have the same pay and allowances as may be provided for the regular army; and all mounted non-commissioned officers, privates, musicians and artificers, shall be allowed forty cents per day for the use and risk of their horses; and if any volunteer shall not keep himself provided with a serviceable horse, such volunteer shall serve on foot. For horses killed in action, volunteers shall be allowed compensation according to their appraised value at the date of muster into service.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the field and staff officers of a separate battalion of volunteers shall be one lieutenant colonel or major, one adjutant with the rank of lieutenant, one sergeant-major, one quartermaster- sergeant, and a chief bugler or principal musician, according to corps; and that each company shall be entitled to an additional 2d lieutenant; and that the President* may limit the privates in any volunteer company, according to his discretion, at from sixty-four to one hundred.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That when volunteers or militia are called into the service of the Confederate States in such numbers that the officers of the quartermaster, commissary, and medical departments, which may be authorized by law for the regular service, are not sufficient to provide for the supplying, quartering, transporting, and furnishing them with the requisite medical attendance, it shall be lawful for the President* to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Congress, as many additional officers of said departments as the service may require, not exceeding one commissary and one quartermaster for each brigade, with the rank of major, and one assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain, one assistant commissary with the rank of captain, one surgeon and one assistant surgeon for each regiment; the said quartermasters and commissaries, assistant quartermasters and commissaries, to give bonds with good sureties for the faithful performance of their duties, the said officers to be allowed the same pay and emoluments as shall be allowed to officers of the same grade in the regular service, and to be subject to the rules and articles of war, and to continue in service only so long as their services may be required in connection with the militia or volunteers.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the President* be and he is hereby authorized to purchase or charter, arm, equip and man such merchant vessels and steamships or boats as may be found fit or easily converted into armed vessels, and in such number as he may deem necessary for the protection of the seaboard and the general defense of the country.

APPROVED March 6, 1861.

* The Security Council shall serve as the chief executive (President) as directed by the Chairman of the Security council in the interim until a President Pro Tem has been elected.

CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA

SECRETARY OF WAR MISSION STATEMENT

MISSION - The Secretary shall develop logical plans for meeting attacks by foreign nations and prosecuting war against them if necessary. Plans shall include potential use of State Guard units and enlistment of unregulated militias during hostilities.  Army Reserve units should be planned.  The authority of Act 26 shall serve as guidelines for actions.  No hostile actions may be undertaken without a Declaration of War by the Security Council and the Council of 40 in the interim.  It is recognized that the Lincoln war  still continues awaiting a peace Treaty with the Federal Union of the United States.  The Secretary of War should work with the Secretary of Defense in preparations and planning of security measures. The Security Council shall serve as the chief executive (President) as directed by the Chairman of the Security council in the interim until a President Pro Tem has been elected.

Act 26: To establish the War Department.

SECTION 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That an Executive Department be and the same is hereby established, under the name of the War Department, the chief officer of which shall be called the Secretary of War.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That said Secretary shall, under the direction and control of the President*, have charge of all matters and things connected with the army, and with the Indian tribes within the limits of the Confederacy, and shall perform such duties appertaining to the army, and to said Indian tribes, as may from time to time be assigned to him by the President*.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of said department is hereby authorized to appoint a chief clerk thereof, and as many inferior clerks as may be found necessary, and may be authorized by law.

APPROVED February 21, 1861.
* The Security Council shall serve as the chief executive (President) as directed by the Chairman of the Security council in the interim until a President Pro Tem has been elected.

No. 43.] AN ACT
To raise Provisional Forces for the Confederate States of
America, and for other purposes.

SECTION 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That to enable the Government of the Confederate States to maintain  its jurisdiction over all questions of peace and war, and to provide for the public defence, the President* be and he is hereby authorized and directed to assume control of all military operations in every State, having reference to or connection with questions between said States, or any of them, and powers foreign to them.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the President* is hereby authorized to receive from the several States the arms and munitions of war which have been acquired from the United States, and which are now in the forts, arsenals and navy yards of said States, and all other arms and munitions which they may desire to turn over and make chargeable to this government.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President* be authorized to receive into the service of this Government such forces now in the service of said States as may be tendered, or who may volunteer, by consent of their State, in such numbers as he may require, for any time not less than twelve months, unless sooner discharged.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That such forces may be received, with their officers, by companies, battalions or regiments, and when so received shall form a part of the Provisional Army of the Confederate States, according to the terms of their enlistment; and the President* shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of Congress, such general officer or officers for said forces as may be necessary for the service.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That said forces, when received into the service of this Government, shall have the same pay and allowances as may be provided by law for volunteers entering the service, or for the army of the Confederate States, and shall be subject to the same rules and government.
APPROVED February 28, 1861.

· The Security Council shall serve as the chief executive (President) as directed by the Chairman of the Security council in the interim until a President Pro Tem has been elected. 

No. 48.] AN ACT
To provide for the Public Defence [borders].

SECTION 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That in order to provide speedily forces to repel invasion, maintain the rightful possession of the Confederate States of America in every portion of territory belonging to each State, and to secure the public tranquility and independence against threatened assault, the President* be and he is hereby authorized to employ the militia, military and naval forces of the Confederate States of America, and to ask for and accept the services of any number of volunteers, not exceeding one hundred thousand, who may offer their services, either as cavalry, mounted riflemen, artillery or infantry, in such proportion of these several arms as he may deem expedient, to serve for twelve months after they shall be mustered into service, unless sooner discharged.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the militia, when called into service by virtue of this act or any other act, if in the opinion of the President* the public interest requires, may be compelled to serve for a term not exceeding six months after they shall be mustered into service, unless sooner discharged.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That said volunteers shall furnish their own clothes, and, if mounted men, their own horses and horse equipments; and when mustered into service, shall be armed by the States from which they come, or by the Confederate States of America.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That said volunteers shall, when called into actual service, and while remaining therein, be subject to the rules and articles of war, and instead of clothing, every non-commissioned officer and private in any company shall be entitled, when called into actual service, to money in a sum equal to the cost of clothing of a non-commissioned officer or private in the regular army of the Confederate States of America.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said volunteers so offering their services may be accepted by the President *in companies, squadrons, battalions and regiments, whose officers shall be appointed in the manner prescribed by law in the several States to which they shall respectively belong; but when inspected, mustered, and received into the service of the Confederate States, said troops shall be regarded in all respects as a part of the army of said Confederate States, according to the terms of their respective enlistments.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the President* is hereby authorized to organize companies so tendering their services into battalions or squadrons, battalions or squadrons into regiments, regiments into brigades, and brigades into divisions, whenever in his judgment such organization may be expedient; and whenever brigades or divisions shall be organized, the President* shall appoint the commanding officers for such brigades and divisions, subject to the confirmation of Congress, who shall hold their offices only while such brigades and divisions are in service; and the President* shall, if necessary, apportion the staff and general officers among the respective States from which the volunteers shall tender their services, as he may deem proper.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That whenever the militia or volunteers are called and received into the service of the Confederate States, under the provisions of this act, they shall have the same organization, and shall have the same pay and allowances as may be provided for the regular army; and all mounted non-commissioned officers, privates, musicians and artificers, shall be allowed forty cents per day for the use and risk of their horses; and if any volunteer shall not keep himself provided with a serviceable horse, such volunteer shall serve on foot. For horses killed in action, volunteers shall be allowed compensation according to their appraised value at the date of muster into service.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the field and staff officers of a separate battalion of volunteers shall be one lieutenant colonel or major, one adjutant with the rank of lieutenant, one sergeant-major, one quartermaster- sergeant, and a chief bugler or principal musician, according to corps; and that each company shall be entitled to an additional 2d lieutenant; and that the President* may limit the privates in any volunteer company, according to his discretion, at from sixty-four to one hundred.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That when volunteers or militia are called into the service of the Confederate States in such numbers that the officers of the quartermaster, commissary, and medical departments, which may be authorized by law for the regular service, are not sufficient to provide for the supplying, quartering, transporting, and furnishing them with the requisite medical attendance, it shall be lawful for the President* to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Congress, as many additional officers of said departments as the service may require, not exceeding one commissary and one quartermaster for each brigade, with the rank of major, and one assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain, one assistant commissary with the rank of captain, one surgeon and one assistant surgeon for each regiment; the said quartermasters and commissaries, assistant quartermasters and commissaries, to give bonds with good sureties for the faithful performance of their duties, the said officers to be allowed the same pay and emoluments as shall be allowed to officers of the same grade in the regular service, and to be subject to the rules and articles of war, and to continue in service only so long as their services may be required in connection with the militia or volunteers.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the President* be and he is hereby authorized to purchase or charter, arm, equip and man such merchant vessels and steamships or boats as may be found fit or easily converted into armed vessels, and in such number as he may deem necessary for the protection of the seaboard and the general defence of the country.

APPROVED March 6, 1861.
* The Security Council shall serve as the chief executive (President) as directed by the Chairman of the Security council in the interim until a President Pro Tem has been elected.

CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA

MISSION STATEMENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL

          The Security Council shall serve as the Executive Branch in the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America in the interim prior to the election of a President of the Senate who shall with the permission of the C.S.A. Council of 40 [later to become the Council of Governors] serve as President Pro Tem over the national government of the Confederacy if ratified by 2/3rds of the of the Confederate States involved.

          The Chairman will act as the chief executive of the security council and thus of the national CSA, recognizing that he is subject to the oversight of the Constitutional Court and not free to establish or determine official positions or opinions,  or to launch ideas and actions without prior approval of the Court nor  without the majority approval of the Security Council. The Chairman shall act as chairman assigning committees for projects, coordinating committees of the Security Council by phone and email.  The term of service of the Chairman is limited to 6 months during which time he shall serve at the pleasure of the Constitutional Court and the Office of Registration.  His term may be extended for one extra term in succession by vote of the Security Council. The Chairman may resign, but with notice in writing to both the Office of Registration and the Security Council giving at least 30 days for a replacement and in resigning or finishing a term he will tender documents in his possession that will be needed by the replacement Chairman.

          The mission of the CSA Security Council shall also be to appoint committees of the three other Departments namely, Department of Defense, Department of War, Department of State.
          Note that the Dept. of Justice, Treasury Branch, CIB, and the Office of Registration shall remain under the Constitutional Court until such time as the government is fully functional with an elected President.

CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
CONFEDERATE INTELLIGENCE BUREAU (CIB)

Beginning in May of 2000 key people in the Southern Independence movement began keeping notes on those who seemed to be doing the greatest damage to the movement by misdirection and by being agents provocateur and who were always attempting to keep the pot boiling so to speak and create internal strife. The intelligence activities continued within the Federation of States under several internal reports and memos were written with conclusions during the summer of 2004. Finally, on November 1, 2004, the Constitutional Court of the C.S.A. issued an order creating the Confederate Intelligence Bureau (CIB). Immediately, the CIB began summarizing their intelligence into the reports shown below for public release as well as several internal memos.PURPOSE: The purpose of the CIB is obvious. It will have the duties similar to the F.B.I. and C.I.A. of the Federal Union. During occupation the CIB will have no actual law enforcement powers and will report to the Constitutional Court until the national Government is re-staffed and a President has been elected by the Senate, whereupon they will then also report to and be under the control of the President. Once the Council of Confederate State Governors is formed, they shall also be privileged to receive Intelligence Reports as well as the Senate, but the CIB shall ultimately be under the control of the President of the Confederate States of America.

The purpose of the CIB is obvious. It will have the duties similar to the F.B.I. and C.I.A. of the Federal Union. During occupation the CIB will have no actual law enforcement powers and will report to the Constitutional Court until the national Government is re-staffed and a President has been elected by the Senate, whereupon they will then also report to and be under the control of the President. Once the Council of Confederate State Governors is formed, they shall also be privileged to receive Intelligence Reports as well as the Senate, but the CIB shall ultimately be under the control of the President of the Confederate States of America.

The CIB will be operated by the "Director."

CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA

CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

PURPOSE AND HISTORY

During the 2001 National Constitutional Convention held at the Edison Walthall Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi May 10th - 11th the Delegates decided to create a State’s Rights check and balance against the C.S.A. Supreme Court to prevent the abuses seen over the past many decades of the U. S. Supreme where that court not only usurped the authority of the Legislature by effectively writing law but changed the meaning and intent of the founding fathers on Constitutional questions. It was decided that between three and nine Justices would be elected by the delegates from among the delegates to serve on this Constitutional Court who would have original and exclusive jurisdiction over the ratified Constitution of the Confederate States of America. It was further determined that once the various Confederate State Governments had been re-staffed and resurrected (under occupation) that they would elect governors and the Council of Governors would then elect the Justices from among these governors. Among other considerations, this new Court was assigned the mission of reviewing the Constitution of the C.S.A. of 1861 for revisions and updates which would be presented to the national Senate once such had been re-staffed and elected.

Oath of Office for Justices

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I will, while serving on the Constitutional Court having original jurisdiction over the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, without respect or regard to any and all persons, governmental agencies or departments, guard and protect the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, as is or as amended, from all enemies domestic or foreign, and from attempts at corruption of the intent and meaning of the phrases therein and shall impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me, according to the best of my abilities and understanding, so help me God."