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Pairwise constitutional drafting

13 active arenas

A/B preference ballots

Elo champion scoring

Active Implementation Contests

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Article Skeleton

The first ABU ratification target is the top-level article map: the subjects the constitution must contain before detailed drafting starts.

1200.0 Rights-First Skeleton

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Preamble Drafts

Opening statements compete here before one becomes the drafting champion.

1200.0 Civic Balance

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Rights Drafts

The rights article sets the civic floor that ordinary politics cannot erase.

1200.0 Protected Civic Floor

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Auditable Self-Government Implementations

Preamble: The constitution exists to keep public power visible, limited, and answerable to the people.

1200.0 Transparent Power

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Protected Civic Floor Implementations

Rights And Civic Floor: Certain freedoms and process rights cannot be erased by ordinary law or automated systems.

1200.0 Non-Suspendable Rights

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Fair Participation Implementations

Democratic Participation: Elections and civic systems should maximize lawful participation and make manipulation hard.

1200.0 Open Civic Access

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Transparent Lawmaking Implementations

Legislative Power: Legislative power should be public, deliberative, accountable, and hard to hide inside procedure.

1200.0 Public Legislative Process

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Limited Execution Implementations

Executive Power: Executive authority should execute law, publish reasons, and remain subject to review.

1200.0 Reviewable Administration

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Accessible Review Implementations

Judicial Review: Courts should independently protect the constitutional floor and provide real remedies.

1200.0 Independent Constitutional Review

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Subsidiarity Implementations

Local Autonomy: Public decisions should be made at the smallest competent level unless broader action is justified.

1200.0 Local First

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Anti-Capture Auditability Implementations

Public Integrity: Public systems should expose conflicts, spending, lobbying, procurement, and retaliation risks.

1200.0 Inspectable Public Power

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Time-Limited Emergencies Implementations

Emergency Powers: Emergency authority should expire quickly unless renewed through public, reviewable process.

1200.0 Expiring Emergency Authority

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Durable Amendability Implementations

Amendment And Ratification: The constitution should be changeable, but changes affecting rights need extra public scrutiny.

1200.0 Deliberative Amendment

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