SNOW WHITE AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS By: Allison Walls
Once upon a time, there was an evil queen who longed to be the most beautiful in the kingdom. Every day she would ask her wise, talking mirror, “Mirror, Mirror on the wall, Who is the fairest of them all?” And every day the mirror replied, “You, my queen, are the fairest of them all.”
Until one day, the queen asked her mirror, “Mirror, Mirror on the wall, Who is the fairest of them all?” And her mirror replied, “Snow White, my queen, has become the fairest of them all.”
The queen was greatly angered by this, so she decided that Snow White must die. Snow White soon learned of the queen’s plans to kill her and ran away to hide in the Constitution Forest. She ran over sharp stones and through
thorns, because she was terrified of being alone in the forest. She ran until it was almost night time. Then she came upon a little cottage and went inside to rest.
As it turned out, seven dwarfs lived in the cottage. Their names were Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Dopey. They promised Snow White that if she would take care of their house, cook, and keep everything neat and clean, she could live with them. Snow White was happy living with the dwarfs but never forgot that the evil queen wanted her dead.
One day, Snow White decided to assemble all her forest friends to talk about how bad the queen was and what should be done about her. The queen found out about the meeting
that Snow White was leading, and was not happy. She sent a hungry wolf to go into the forest, stop the meeting, and kill Snow White.
When the wolf arrived at the meeting, he told everyone, “I have been sent by the queen and if you do not stop meeting and talking about the queen, I will eat Snow White.�
Doc, scared for Snow White and upset that his rights had not been respected, came forward and told the wolf, “Mister Wolf, you cannot tell us to stop meeting. Here in Constitution Forest, every creature has rights.”
“One of those rights,” chimed in Happy, “is the freedom to say what we want, practice any religion we want, and meet peacefully whenever we want.”
The wolf left the forest and went back to the queen. After such a close call with the wolf, the dwarfs thought it would be best if Snow White carried a dagger for
protection in case the wolf or some other animal tried to hurt her.
Not too long after the meeting in the woods, while Snow White was away at the market, a soldier disguised by the queen as a bear, was sent to find and kill Snow White. The solider traveled into the Constitution forest and broke into the dwarf’s cottage. He searched the cottage and found Snow White’s dagger which he decided to keep. He also found some porridge on the stove. He helped himself to the porridge and soon fell asleep in Snow White’s bed. When Snow White returned from the market, she was startled by the bear and told him to leave. The bear refused to leave and didn’t apologize for searching the cottage. Grumpy came up and asked the bear for search warrant papers.
When the bear didn’t show his papers, Bashful said, “M-Mister Bear, you cannot come into my home and go though it without a search warrant. You can’t come here and take Snow White’s dagger either. I also won’t allow you to stay in my cottage.”
“Yeah!” responded Sleepy, “Those living in Constitution Forest have rights. One of those rights is the freedom to have a gun or other item to protect ourselves. We also don’t have to let anyone who is a soldier live in our home unless there is a war. Another right we have makes it illegal for people to come into and search our homes without a warrant.”
The bear gave back the gun, left the cottage, and reported back to the queen. She became very angry that Snow White was still alive. The wicked queen sent her royal police to arrest Snow White for no reason. Snow White was put in the dungeon and she stays there for a very long time. No one let her get in touch with the dwarfs so they could help her. One day, a bird landed in her window so she sent a message to the dwarfs through him.
Meanwhile at the dwarf’s cottage, the dwarfs have no idea what had happened to Snow White. They suspect the evil queen had something to do with her disappearance and they began looking all over the kingdom for Snow White. When the bird that Snow White sent arrives at the cottage, the dwarfs were delighted to find out that Snow White was alive.
After Snow White had stayed in the dungeon for a long time, the queen put her on trial. The trial was not public and there was no jury. Only the queen could decide if Snow White was innocent or not. While Snow White was on trial, all of the dwarfs burst into the court room and began telling the queen all the wrong things she had done.
“Your Highness,” Sneezy began, “what you are doing here is not right. ACCHHHOOOO!” “Snow White cannot be tried without a Grand Jury meeting first to decide whether there's enough evidence for a trial.” Doc continued. “If it is decided that there will be a trial, the trial must happen soon. The trial must have a jury of her peers and if this were a civil suit there must be a jury as well. Snow White must know what she has been accused of and have the option of having a lawyer to defend her.” he concluded.
The queen, realizing what she had done wrong, reluctantly replied, “I guess you’re right Doc. I cannot put Snow White on trial. So instead she must pay $1,000,000 in fines to pay for what she has done.”
“But Your Highness,” Dopey responded, “$1,000,000 is a lot to pay for something. You can't make her pay more than what is reasonable in fines. And also, while I’m talking about our rights as creatures of the Constitution Forest, we have more than just the rights listed in the Bill of Rights. Just because some rights are listed in the Constitution doesn't mean that we don't have others. Another rule we have is that whatever rules aren’t already in place, should be left up to the creatures to decide.”
The queen became very angry because she had no authority over the creatures in the forest. She was so angry that she left the kingdom to live in a faraway land. The dwarfs and other animals of the Constitution Forest got together and elected Snow White to be the new president. Snow White did not want to be an evil ruler like the queen before, so she set up a democratic republic. A democratic republic is a place that is both a republic and a democracy. In a democratic republic authority and power come from the common, everyday citizens.
Snow White soon set up her own laws for everyone to follow. As her first order of business, Snow White made the Constitution the HIGHEST law in the kingdom. All future laws
must come from the Constitution.
Then Snow White created the Presidency, Congress, and the Supreme Court. These are also called the Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary Branches. Snow White
became the President of Constitution Kingdom.
Snow White then split the Congress into two houses, the House of Representatives and the Senate. There are 435 Representatives and where they come from is based on the population of the villages in the
kingdom. The Senate is made up of 100 Senators. There are two Senators from each village.
Snow White ensured that when the Congress wants to pass a bill into a law, both the House and the Senate must agree to the exact same law. Before a bill becomes a law, the President must agree to it. If he does not agree, he
rejects, or vetoes, the law. Congress must pass laws the President will agree to. Then, the Judiciary branch must determine if the law is Constitutional or not.
Snow White then realized that for a long time, most of the people who had shaped the kingdom were men. There were laws that said women could not vote. This just would not do because Snow White was a woman and she should be able to make important political decisions. Snow White put her new form of government to work and tried to pass a law that allowed women to vote. Congress passed the law, Snow White approved the law, and the Supreme Court said the law was constitutional. Women could now vote.
Snow White and all the creatures in Constitution Kingdom
lived happily ever after. The end.
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