Galactic Constitution

The Galactic Constitution was the system of beliefs and laws by which Galactic Republic was governed. During the Clone Wars between the Republic and the Separatist Alliance, the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic Palpatine made increasing changes to the Galactic Constitution, which prompted members of his own Loyalist Committee to question his honesty. They were ultimately proved right when Palpatine, secretly a Sith Lord, replaced the Republic by a despotic Galactic Empire he would lead himself.Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith</ref