http://constitutionparty.com RSS feeds for Constitution Party 60 http://constitutionparty.com/OurPrinciples/Resolutions/tabid/129/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/76/Real-ID-Act.aspx#Comments 0 http://constitutionparty.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=129&ModuleID=504&ArticleID=76 http://constitutionparty.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=76&PortalID=0&TabID=129 http://constitutionparty.com/OurPrinciples/Resolutions/tabid/129/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/76/Real-ID-Act.aspx by Adopted At National Convention Be it resolved that the Constitution Party is opposed to the Real I.D. Act and all measures to institute a national I.D. and seeks to repeal the Real I.D. Act and urges State legislatures to nullify any and all such acts and all regulations that restrict the Constitutional right to travel.   Webmaster Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:06:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:76 http://constitutionparty.com/OurPrinciples/Resolutions/tabid/129/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/75/Presidential-Debates.aspx#Comments 0 http://constitutionparty.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=129&ModuleID=504&ArticleID=75 http://constitutionparty.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=75&PortalID=0&TabID=129 http://constitutionparty.com/OurPrinciples/Resolutions/tabid/129/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/75/Presidential-Debates.aspx by Adopted at the National Convention WHEREAS, most voters find out about the personalities, character and positions of the presidential candidates by listening to the several presidential debates; and   WHEREAS, the participants in said debates are certified by the Presidential Debate Commission, based on preference polling for which only certain preferred names are included; and   WHEREAS, the Commission members are all registered Democrats and Republicans; and   WHEREAS, their job is primarily to keep the American electorate from finding out about non-Democrat and non-Republican alternatives for President;   THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Constitution Party that qualification for participation in the Presidential Debates should not be based on the subjectivity of a “name recognition” poll featuring whoever has spent the most money to advertise his name, but rather on the objective standard of ballot access.  If a candidate is on the ballot in a sufficient number of states that he could theoretically achieve a majority in the Electoral College, he should be included in the debates.   Webmaster Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:04:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:75 http://constitutionparty.com/OurPrinciples/Resolutions/tabid/129/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/74/TSA.aspx#Comments 0 http://constitutionparty.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=129&ModuleID=504&ArticleID=74 http://constitutionparty.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=74&PortalID=0&TabID=129 http://constitutionparty.com/OurPrinciples/Resolutions/tabid/129/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/74/TSA.aspx by Adopted at the National Convention     WHEREAS, the Fourth Amendment to the U.S Constitution guarantees the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures;   WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has held that the right to travel from one state to another…is not a mere conditional liberty subject to regulation and control under conventional due process or equal protection standards, but a right broadly assertable against private interference, as well as governmental action, and a virtually unconditional personal right guaranteed by the Constitution (Shapiro v Thompson 394 U.S.);   WHEREAS, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has deployed advance imaging technology requiring a traveler to either submit to a scan with the capability to capture a virtual naked image of the person or to submit to an intrusive, groping search including the touching of the individual’s genitals as a condition of travel without probable cause that the individual poses any threat;   WHEREAS, there remain significant questions about the long-term safety and effectiveness of the technology as a security devise;   WHEREAS, refusal to submit to a body scan does not constitute probable cause to be searched;   WHEREAS, it is an appropriate role of the Congress and the governments of the several Sates to protect her citizens from the abuse of over-zealous government employees groping and abusing them without probable cause and in the name of safety; now   THEREFORE be it resolved that the Constitution Party urges Congress to abolish the TSA.   BE IT LIKEWISE RESOLVED that the Constitution Party urges the State legislatures to pass legislation to protect the rights and dignity of travelers by requiring that probable cause must be present for an individual to be searched as a condition of access to public facilities or transportation.   Webmaster Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:03:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:74 http://constitutionparty.com/OurPrinciples/Resolutions/tabid/129/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/73/Agenda-21-Policy.aspx#Comments 0 http://constitutionparty.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=129&ModuleID=504&ArticleID=73 http://constitutionparty.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=73&PortalID=0&TabID=129 http://constitutionparty.com/OurPrinciples/Resolutions/tabid/129/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/73/Agenda-21-Policy.aspx by Adopted at the National Convention WHEREAS, Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of utopian environmentalism, social engineering, and global political control that was initiated at the United Nations Conference on Environmental and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992; and   WHEREAS, Agenda 21 policy is being covertly advanced in local communities across the nation through the efforts of the International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) in cooperation with state and municipal elected officials and bureaucrats via local “sustainable development” policies such as Smart Growth, Wildlands Project, Resilient Cities, Regional Visioning Projects, and other “Green” or “Alternative” projects; and   WHEREAS, the Agenda 21 plan of “sustainable development” views private ownership, single family homes, private car ownership and individual travel choices, and privately owned farms as destructive to the environment; and   WHEREAS, according to Agenda 21 policy, social justice is defined as the right and opportunity for all people to benefit equally from the resources afforded us by society and the environment which would be accomplished by a socialist/communist redistribution of wealth; and   WHEREAS according to Agenda 21 policy the national sovereignty of the United States of America is deemed an enabler of social injustice; now   THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Constitution Party recognizes the destructive nature of Agenda 21 toward our God-given, unalienable rights and hereby exposes to the public and public policy makers the dangerous intent of the plan; and   THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that neither the states nor any municipal civil government therein is legally bound by Agenda 21 because it has never been ratified by the United States Senate; and   THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the elected representatives of state and municipal civil governments across America must be educated about the underlying harmful implications of their implementation of Agenda 21’s destructive  strategies for "sustainable development,” and we hereby endorse their rejection of its radical policies and rejection of any grant monies attached to such policies.   Webmaster Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:02:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:73 http://constitutionparty.com/OurPrinciples/Resolutions/tabid/129/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/72/Protection-of-Private-Property.aspx#Comments 0 http://constitutionparty.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=129&ModuleID=504&ArticleID=72 http://constitutionparty.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=72&PortalID=0&TabID=129 http://constitutionparty.com/OurPrinciples/Resolutions/tabid/129/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/72/Protection-of-Private-Property.aspx by Adopted at the National Convention WHEREAS John Locke, in his Second Essay Concerning Civil Government wrote:  "The supreme power cannot take from any man any part of his property without his own consent. For the preservation of property being the end of government, and that for which men enter into society, it necessarily supposes and requires that the people should have property, without which they must be supposed to lose that [property] by entering into society, which was the end for which they entered into it.", and    WHEREAS Sir William Blackstone, writing in his Commentaries on the Laws of England regarding the essential elements of liberty wrote:  “And these may be reduced to three principle of primary articles; the right of personal security, the right of personal liberty; and the right of private property . . .”, and   WHEREAS Sir William Blackstone also wrote: “The third absolute right . . . is that of property: which consists in the free use, enjoyment, and disposal of all his acquisitions, without any control or diminution...”, and   WHEREAS Sir William Blackstone also wrote: “So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community.”, and   WHEREAS American Founding Father John Adams wrote: "All men are born free and independent, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights, among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.", and   WHEREAS John Adams also wrote:  "The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. . . Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist.", and       WHEREAS, the “Father of the United States Constitution,” James Madison, wrote:  "Government is instituted to protect property of every sort.... This being the end of government, that alone is not a just government, ... nor is property secure under it, where the property which a man has in his personal safety and personal liberty is violated by arbitrary seizures of one class of citizens for the service of the rest.", and   WHEREAS this perspective on the importance of preserving the essential right of private property was vouchsafed in the United States Constitution, Amendment V:  “No person shall...be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”, and   WHEREAS the antithesis of this “Americanist” principle of the right and control of property is found in the scurrilous philosophies of Marx’s Communist Manifesto, and   WHEREAS, numerous actions which foster the destruction of the essential element of ownership and control of private property are currently fostered within the United States through actions such as improper use of eminent domain in cases in which due process is not preserved, and under justification never considered by the American Founders as valid purposes for which seizures might be made with just compensation; confiscatory fines and penalties in violation of the Eighth Amendment; tax seizures; socialistic processes by which private property is seized and redistributed by government action, etc.,   THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Constitution Party deplores the egregious private property rights violations which are occurring under the judiciary, executive, and legislative branches of the United States Government, and   BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Constitution Party strongly encourages a complete return to the founding principles regarding private property upon which this nation was established.   Webmaster Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:72 http://constitutionparty.com/OurPrinciples/Resolutions/tabid/129/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/71/Federal-Lands.aspx#Comments 0 http://constitutionparty.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=129&ModuleID=504&ArticleID=71 http://constitutionparty.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=71&PortalID=0&TabID=129 http://constitutionparty.com/OurPrinciples/Resolutions/tabid/129/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/71/Federal-Lands.aspx by Adopted at the National Convention WHEREAS in regards to the power granted by the United States Constitution to the federal government to hold and control land within this Nation, Article I Section 8, clause 17 of the United States Constitution states:   “Congress shall have power to . . . exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square), as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings...”, and   WHEREAS by authority of this Constitutional stipulation, Washington D.C. was created as a federally held jurisdiction, and (by consent of the State legislatures in which the lands were to be “federalized”) the other authorized actions were carried out (forts were established, as were magazines, arsenals, dock-yards, and other buildings), and   WHEREAS No other authority for permanently-held federal lands is found within the United States Constitution, and   WHEREAS the United States Constitution created a government whose powers are few and defined—enumerated in specifics within the constitution, and   WHEREAS the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution reinforces the intent of the Founders that unless a power was specifically granted to the National government, it was withheld from the federal government and retained by the States, or the people:   “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”  (Tenth Amendment), and   WHEREAS it was clearly understood by the Founders of this Nation that additional States would be admitted and become part of the new nation.  Article IV Section 3 of the United States Constitution states:   “New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union...”   and   WHEREAS within the Northwest Ordinance the Founders of this Nation created the regulations which were to guide the admission of new States to the Nation, and   WHEREAS within that Northwest Ordinance the founders assured that all new States would be admitted upon equal footing and status with the original 13 States, stating:   “And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever;”  and   WHEREAS by treaty and through purchase, the National government obtained additional land in the Westward movement, but in the beginning, as quickly as these lands were obtained, efforts were undertaken to pass those lands into the hands of the States, or to the people, as the new States were admitted as States, and   WHEREAS this policy of divesting the federal government from lands was one of the means by which the federal government sought to eliminate the national debt, and   WHEREAS by observing their actions as they admitted new States East of the Mississippi River, we may deduce that the Founding Fathers of this Nation intended that the National government NOT un-Constitutionally withhold lands from the States and the people, and   WHEREAS in the West, the federal government has un-Constitutionally retained ownership of vast tracks of land that should have passed to the States or the people, and   WHEREAS true wealth and prosperity are inextricably interwoven to the land (raw materials—minerals, timber, energy sources, food, water, etc. are all tied to land ownership), and   WHEREAS federal land ownership prevents a full measure of prosperity from being attained in the States that have been thus handicapped, and   WHEREAS there is no Constitutional justification for the federal government to be the largest land-holder in this Nation, and   WHEREAS the Constitution states the original intention of Founders that the land holdings of the federal government be relatively small and constrained to specific purposes defined within the Constitution, and   WHEREAS we may clearly see that the Founders carried out that intention as they administered the affairs of the Nation,   THEREFORE NOW BE IT RESOLVED that the Constitution Party strongly supports and encourages the United States government to honor the original intent of transferring lands within States from federal ownership to the States respectively, and to private American citizens in the most expeditious manner and time.   Webmaster Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:58:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:71