Generational Americans Only in Power Act

Generational Americans Only in Power Act

A bill to amend the Michigan Compiled Laws and to propose amendments to the Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963 to establish generational American eligibility and absolute loyalty requirements for all positions of public power; to create the Generational Americans Only in Power Act; to strengthen judicial and law-enforcement integrity; and for related purposes.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

Section 1. Short Title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Generational Americans Only in Power Act.”

Section 2. Legislative Findings.
(1) The State of Michigan exists as a sovereign component of the American Republic. Positions of public power carry a fiduciary duty of undivided loyalty to the people of Michigan and the Constitutions of the United States and of this state.
(2) Citizenship acquired by recent naturalization or retained dual nationality creates structural risk of divided allegiance, foreign influence, and erosion of popular sovereignty.
(3) Historical American practice and the logic of self-government require that those who exercise the highest powers of the state be themselves the product of generational American allegiance so that their primary loyalty is organic rather than contractual.
(4) The Michigan First Movement’s Americans Only in Power principles correctly identify foreign-born and dual-loyalty officeholders as incompatible with restored public trust, swift justice, and constitutional fidelity.
(5) Only by restricting eligibility to third-generation and deeper natural-born Americans, combined with absolute dual-citizenship bans, annual loyalty enforcement, and rigorous judicial reform, can Michigan achieve true integrity and sovereignty.

Section 3. Definitions.
As used in this act:
(a) “Generational American” means a natural-born citizen of the United States, both of whose parents were natural-born citizens of the United States, and all four of whose grandparents were natural-born citizens of the United States.
(b) “Natural-born citizen” means a person who acquired United States citizenship by birth on United States soil to citizen parents, or by birth abroad to two United States citizen parents under the laws in effect at the time of birth, and who has never held or claimed any other citizenship.
(c) “Covered office” means every elective office under the Constitution or laws of this state (statewide executive, legislative, judicial, county, municipal, township, school board, and any other elective public office); every appointed judgeship; every position of police chief, sheriff, undersheriff, or command staff with policy-making or discretionary authority over public safety assets; every appointed department director or deputy director with policy-making authority; and every member of any board or commission that exercises quasi-judicial or rule-making power.
(d) “Dual citizenship” means simultaneous citizenship or nationality of the United States and of any foreign state, whether formal or claimed.
(e) “Foreign influence” means any compensated service, retainer, gift, investment, or political activity on behalf of a foreign government, foreign political party, or foreign agent as defined under federal law.

Section 4. Eligibility for Covered Offices – Generational Requirement.
(1) No person shall be eligible for election, appointment, or continued service in any covered office unless that person is a Generational American as defined in Section 3.
(2) The requirement of subsection (1) is in addition to every other qualification established by the Constitution or by law.
(3) Any person holding a covered office on the effective date of this act who does not meet the Generational American standard shall vacate the office at the end of the current term or within 180 days, whichever is earlier; vacancies shall be filled under existing law by persons who satisfy this act.

Section 5. Absolute Loyalty and Dual-Citizenship Prohibition.
(1) No person who holds or has ever held dual citizenship after attaining the age of 18 shall be eligible for any covered office.
(2) Every candidate for or holder of a covered office shall file, under penalty of perjury, an annual affidavit affirming:
  (a) Generational American status with supporting vital records or equivalent documentation;
  (b) that the person holds no dual citizenship and has renounced any prior foreign nationality;
  (c) that the person has no current foreign influence relationships and discloses any past foreign influence within the preceding ten years.
(3) Failure to file a complete and truthful affidavit, or any material falsehood therein, constitutes immediate vacancy and is a felony punishable as provided by law.
(4) The Secretary of State shall maintain a public registry of affidavits and shall refer suspected violations to the Attorney General and to the Loyalty and Citizenship Review Board created under this act.

Section 6. Annual Loyalty Oath.
(1) In addition to the constitutional oath of office, every holder of a covered office shall annually reaffirm, in open session or by public filing:
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a Generational American, that I hold no dual citizenship or foreign allegiance, that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Michigan against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and that I will never subordinate the interests of the people of Michigan or of the United States to any foreign power, ideology, or interest.”
(2) Refusal or failure to take the annual oath, or any subsequent act demonstrating foreign influence or divided loyalty, is grounds for immediate removal by the process applicable to the office or by quo warranto.

Section 7. Judicial and Law-Enforcement Integrity Reforms (implementing and expanding the Michigan First Movement priorities).
(1) Sentencing: Mandatory minimum sentences shall apply to violent felonies, repeat offenders, and major drug-trafficking offenses; judicial discretion to depart downward is eliminated in such cases except upon written findings of extraordinary circumstances subject to appellate review.
(2) Foreign-law prohibition: No court of this state shall cite, rely upon, or give persuasive weight to the law, norms, or decisions of any foreign state or international body in interpreting the Constitution or statutes of this state or of the United States, except as required by controlling federal treaty or statute.
(3) Judicial accountability: All judges shall be subject to periodic performance review and retention elections; a judicial disciplinary process shall provide for removal for consistent bias, undue leniency toward criminals, or ideological activism that departs from the text of the Constitution and statutes. Term limits of 12 years shall apply to Court of Appeals and Supreme Court justices.
(4) Victims’ rights: The Constitution is hereby proposed to be amended (see Section 10) to guarantee victims the right to be heard at every critical stage, to full restitution, and to demand the maximum sentence authorized by law.
(5) Speedy trial: Felony trials shall commence within 180 days of arraignment absent defendant waiver or extraordinary cause.
(6) Law-enforcement command: Only Generational Americans may serve as police chief, sheriff, or equivalent command rank. Full support and expansion of 287(g) agreements is declared state policy.

Section 8. Loyalty and Citizenship Review Board.
(1) An independent five-member Loyalty and Citizenship Review Board is created. Members shall themselves be Generational Americans, appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall serve staggered six-year terms.
(2) The Board shall:
  (a) verify Generational American status and dual-citizenship status for all candidates and appointees to covered offices;
  (b) investigate complaints of foreign influence;
  (c) publish an annual public report on compliance and enforcement.
(3) The Board’s determinations of ineligibility are final and binding for purposes of ballot access and appointment, subject only to judicial review under the Administrative Procedures Act for abuse of discretion.

Section 9. Enforcement and Penalties.
(1) Any person who assumes or continues in a covered office in violation of this act is guilty of a felony.
(2) The Attorney General, any county prosecutor, or any citizen of this state may bring an action in quo warranto or for declaratory and injunctive relief to enforce this act.
(3) Campaign-finance and election-law penalties shall apply to any candidate who files false eligibility documentation.

Section 10. Constitutional Amendments Proposed.
The following amendments to the Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963 are proposed and shall be submitted to the electors:

• Amend Article IV, § 7 to require that each senator and representative be a Generational American.

• Amend Article V, § 22 to require that the Governor and Lieutenant Governor be Generational Americans.

• Add a new section to Article V and Article VI requiring that the Secretary of State, Attorney General, and all judges be Generational Americans.

• Strengthen Article I victims’ rights as described in Section 7.

• Authorize the Legislature to implement Generational American and dual-citizenship prohibitions for all other public offices by general law.

Section 11. Severability.
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected.

Section 12. Effective Date.
This act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law, provided that the constitutional amendments proposed in Section 10 become effective only upon approval by the electors.