ACCRAC Civic Record

American constitutional source system

Civics
Hierarchy

Read federal and state constitutional text in parallel, preserve American federalism, and keep governing authority visible beside the public record.

Prototype coverage: federal + New Jersey examples

National jurisdiction register

Nationwide means more than copying fifty documents.

Each jurisdiction needs an official-source registry, amendment history, provision map, controlling interpretation layer, and correction trail.

01

Federal

Prototype active

Constitutional text and Congress.gov explanation layer.

02

50 states

New Jersey prototype

Forty-nine additional official-source registries planned.

03

District of Columbia

Separate model planned

Federal-district authority is not a state constitution.

04

U.S. territories

Separate model planned

Applicability and political status require territory-specific sources.

05

Tribal Nations

Separate sovereignty lane

Tribal authority and federal Indian law retain their own model.

06

Local government

Delegation layer planned

Municipal and county authority traced back through state law.

Current public text coverage remains federal + New Jersey examples. This register describes the architecture, not completed nationwide coverage.

Parallel constitutional view

Compare without forcing equivalence.

Federal overlay

U.S. Constitution

The federal charter allocates national powers and protects rights against governmental action within its applicable reach.

Official text at Congress.gov ↗
State charter

New Jersey Constitution

New Jersey maintains its own constitutional text, institutional design, rights provisions, and state-law interpretations.

Official text at the NJ Legislature ↗
01Speech, press, assembly, and petition

Map federal and state text, actor, forum, governing cases, and available remedy.

02Search, seizure, and privacy

Keep the federal floor and independent state doctrine visible beside the facts.

03Due process and equal protection

Identify the decision-maker, protected interest, procedure, classification, and controlling jurisdiction.

Authority ladder

Rights analysis needs a hierarchy—not a slogan.

  1. 01
    Constitutional text

    Federal and state provisions from official primary sources.

  2. 02
    Actor + jurisdiction

    Federal, state, local, court, contractor, platform, or private commercial actor.

  3. 03
    Binding interpretation

    Controlling decisions, court level, posture, date, and continuing status.

  4. 04
    Implementing law

    Statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, and enforceable procedures.

  5. 05
    Policy + contract

    Agency procedures, commercial terms, standards, and documented promises.

  6. 06
    Evidence + analysis

    What the record shows, what is disputed, and what remains analysis.

Independent public education. Not legal advice or an official legal publication.