act in such a way that you can will that your act should be a universal law.
It is the universal law that will comply with all people that can rationally think and make a morally correct decision that is not based upon their own desires. To not cause harm or inflict damage...
To treat all persons as end in themselves.
Treat humanity, yourself or another, always as a end in it self never simply as a means.
While it became a state in an irregular process because of the US Civil War, the Supreme Court has affirmed its Statehood.