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Month: September 2025

  • FAMILY

    FAMILY

    The Constitution grants the federal government NO authority to define marriage or family relations.

    The Tenth Amendment:

    “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.”

    The law of our Creator defines marriage as the union between one man and one woman. The marriage covenant is the foundation of the family, and the family is fundamental in the maintenance of a stable, healthy and prosperous social order. No government may legitimately authorize or define marriage or family relations contrary to what God has instituted.

    The Founders understood that Family, as commonly understood among the people, is necessary to the General Welfare of a nation. 

    We affirm the importance of Biblical scripture in establishing the Founders’ intent, as eloquently stated by Noah Webster:

    “The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitution and laws… All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery, and war proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts in the Bible.”

    We oppose any judicial ruling or amending the U.S. Constitution or any state constitution re-defining marriage with any definition other than the Biblical standard.

    We call for an end to all taxation and economic formulas that discourage marriage, incentivize cohabitation and child bearing outside of marriage or authorize or provide government funding for policies and programs that further erode the jurisdiction of the family or parental rights.

    HOMOSEXUALITY, TRANSGENDERISM, OTHER DEVIANT BEHAVIORS

    • We reject the notion that homosexuals, transgenders or those who are sexually deviant are deserving of legal favor or special protection, and affirm the rights of states and localities to proscribe offensive sexual behavior. 
    • We oppose all efforts to impose a new sexual legal order through any courts or legislatures. 
    • We stand against so-called “sexual orientation” and “hate crime” statutes that attempt to legitimize inappropriate sexual behavior or stifle public opposition to its expression. 
    • We oppose government funding of “partner” benefits for unmarried individuals. 
    • We oppose any legal recognition of homosexual or civil unions.

    BIOLOGICAL SEX IN SOCIETY

    • One’s biological sex at birth cannot be changed, even with surgical and hormonal alterations.
    • Individuals, organizations or governments should never be required to change official records to reflect a gender differing from that at their birth.
    • No one or no entity has the right to force anyone to accept another person’s claim to be of a gender differing from their birth. 
    • We oppose any use of taxpayer funds to facilitate attempts at biological sex change, or penalizing parents for refusing to go along with a biological sex change by a minor child. 
    • It is improper to allow biological males to compete in female sports, or to have access to bathrooms, locker rooms, or prison facilities that don’t conform to their biological sex, no matter what degree of biological sex transformation or hormonal therapy they have undergone.

    PARENTAL RIGHTS

    • We recognize that parents have the fundamental right and responsibility to nurture, educate, and discipline their children. 
    • We oppose the assumption of any of these responsibilities by any governmental agency without the express delegation of the parents or legal due process. 
    • We affirm the value of the father and the mother in the home.
    • We oppose efforts to legalize adoption of children by homosexual singles or couples.
  • EXECUTIVE ORDERS

    EXECUTIVE ORDERS

    Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution clearly restricts the power to make laws:  

    “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States.”  

    We oppose the use of Presidential executive orders that make law or otherwise usurp the Constitutional authority and responsibilities of the legislative and judicial branches. 

    Congress must stop this Constitutionally subversive practice.  

    All unconstitutional executive orders are null and void. 

  • ENVIRONMENT

    ENVIRONMENT

    James Madison, Federalist Papers #45 

    “The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined.” 

    U.S. Constitution, 10th Amendment 

    “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.” 

    It is our responsibility to be prudent, productive, and efficient stewards of God’s natural resources. 

    In that role, we are commanded to be fruitful and multiply and to replenish the earth and develop it (e.g., to turn deserts into farms and wastelands into groves). 

    This requires a proper and continuing dynamic balance between development and conservation, between use and preservation. 

    We wholeheartedly support realistic efforts to preserve the environment and reduce pollution – air, water, and land. 

    • We reject the argument of the perceived threat of man-made global warming which has been refuted by a large number of scientists. The globalists are using the global warming threat to gain more control via worldwide sustainable development. 
    • We support protecting the environment from provable pollutions in high enough quantities to constitute a real threat. 
    • We reject the claims of man-made Climate Change or that Carbon Dioxide is a pollutant. 
    • We call for the repeal of federal wetlands legislation and portions of the Clean Water Act that claim control over water on private property. 
    • We call for the repeal of the federal Endangered Species Act. 
    • We call for the abolishing of the Environmental Protection Agency and all other unconstitutional agencies.

    The Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution limits the federal power of eminent domain solely to the purchase of private property with just compensation for public use, such as military reservations and government office buildings, not for public ownership, such as urban renewal, environmental protection, or historic preservation. 

    Under no circumstances may the federal government take private property by means of rules and regulations that preclude or substantially reduce the productive use of the property, even with just compensation. 

    We oppose any attempt to designate private or public property as United Nations World Heritage sites or Biosphere reserves. 

    We call for an end to United States participation in United Nations programs, including environmental treaties and conventions, which destroy our sovereignty and right to private property. 

  • ENERGY

    ENERGY

    James Madison, Federalist Papers #45 

    “The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined.” 

    U.S. Constitution, 10th Amendment 

    “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.” 

    We call attention to the continuing need of the United States for a sufficient supply of energy for national security and for the immediate adoption of a policy of free market solutions to achieve energy independence for the United States. 

    Private property rights should be respected

    The federal government should not interfere with the development of potential energy sources, including natural gas, oil, coal, hydroelectric power, solar energy, wind generators, and nuclear energy. 

    We call for abolishing the Department of Energy, transferring its nuclear responsibilities to other appropriate agencies.

  • ELECTORAL COLLEGE

    ELECTORAL COLLEGE

    Article II, Section I of the U.S. Constitution states, in part: 

    “Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and representatives to which the state may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elector.” 

    This established the Electoral College. 

    The Constitution Party seeks a restoration of this electoral process for the choosing of the President and the Vice President of the United States. 

    The Constitution does not provide for the election of the President and Vice President of the United States by popular vote, but rather by the selection of “Electors” according to rules adopted by each state’s legislators. 

    These electors would receive the list of certified candidates. They would then cast their vote for whomever they ascertained as best qualified to fill these two highest offices of trust with the federal government. 

    The Constitution does not require the states to adhere to any specific manner in electing these electors or how they cast their votes.

    Its wording does suggest that prominent individuals from each congressional district, and the state at large, would be elected or appointed as electors who represent that district. 

    • A voter would vote for three individuals, one to represent his district and two “at large” representatives to represent his state. 
    • These electors, in turn, would then carefully and deliberately select the candidate for president. 
    • Under this system, each congressional district could, in essence, select a different candidate. 
    • The candidate with the most electors nationwide would become the next president. 
    • This was the method used until the 1830s, at which time all the states, except for South Carolina, changed to a “general ticket.”

    THE “GENERAL TICKET” SYSTEM

    The “general ticket” system is still in use today. Inherently, it causes corruption because of the inequitable transfer of power from congressional districts to the states and large cities at the expense of rural communities. 

    The Constitution Party encourages states to eliminate the “general ticket” system and return to the procedure intended by the Framers. 

    THE NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE

    The National Popular Vote system is a dangerous threat to our Constitutional Republic, allowing as few as eighteen to twenty-one states to circumvent the constitutional requirement of thirty-eight states to amend the Constitution. 

    The National Popular Vote process would effectively eliminate the last vestiges of the Electoral College, as originally set forth in the United States Constitution. 

    The National Popular Vote creates a fake majority by forcing electors to vote against the votes cast by their constituents. 

    The national Constitution Party opposes the National Popular Vote and will work to defeat it in individual state legislatures.

    Eliminating the Electoral College would instantly make the votes of Americans in approximately twenty-five states irrelevant. 

    Candidates would only be interested in campaigning in large population states, making small states meaningless zeros. 

    There is no threshold of what constitutes a “majority” under National Popular Vote. Therefore, a presidential candidate could be elected with as little as 15% of the popular vote. 

    Under the National Popular Vote scheme, chaos would ensue in any close election. 

    Under the Electoral College, no single faction or region of the country can elect a president, ensuring broad representation across the United States. 

  • ELECTION REFORM

    ELECTION REFORM

    US Constitution, Article 1, Section 4, Clause 1: 

    “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing* Senators.”  

    The Constitutional balance of power on this matter has been destroyed by the 17th Amendment. The States no longer have a representative at the Federal level.** 

    The Constitution Party seeks the restoration of an electoral process that is controlled at the state and local level and is beyond manipulation by federal judges and bureaucrats. 

    The federal government has unconstitutionally and unwisely preempted control in matters of district boundaries, electoral procedures, and campaign activities.  

    The Voting Rights Act should be repealed.  

    The Federal Election Campaign Act, including its 1974 amendments, and the Federal Election Commission should be abolished. 

    Each citizen should have the right to seek public office in accordance with the qualifications set forth in federal and state constitutions. Additional restrictions and obligations governing candidate eligibility and campaign procedures burden unconstitutionally the fairness and accountability of our political system.  

    FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS

    To encourage free and fair elections, all candidates must be treated equally. 

    We call for an end to designated “Major Party” status that gives an unfair advantage to some candidates by providing ballot access and taxpayer dollars, while requiring others for the same office to gather petition signatures or meet other more stringent criteria. 

    We call for a repeal of all federal campaign finance laws (i.e. McCain-Feingold) due to their violation of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. At a minimum, elections should be audited at random at the precinct level in a completely transparent manner after the polls close.  

    SAFEGUARDING OUR ELECTORAL PROCESS FROM COMPUTER FRAUD AND MAIL-IN BALLOT FRAUD

    We support eliminating all use of electronic voting machines and electronic tabulation machines/computers.

    • Mail in ballots shall be limited to absentee ballots with rigorous signature verification. 
    • All voters shall be registered at least thirty days beforehand, by photo ID and proof of citizenship.
    • Actual voting shall be in person voting on a single election day at approved polling places. 

    TRUE FREEDOM REQUIRES BEING INCONVIENIENCED AND PUTTING FORTH EXTRA EFFORD FROM TIME-TO-TIME

    • We oppose any movement to codify or use Vote-By-Mail and other such schemes which undermine the liberty-preserving privilege of voting in secret, in person, at precinct-based polling places. 
    • A Social Security Number should not be used as a personal identifier in any part of our election process or voter validation. 
       * original spelling from Constitution
     ** See “Congressional Reform” plank.
  • EDUCATION

    EDUCATION

    Since the Constitution grants the federal government NO authority over Education, the Tenth Amendment applies.  It states:

    “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.”

    All teaching is related to basic assumptions about God and man. Education as a whole, therefore, cannot be separated from religious faith. The law of our Creator assigns the authority and responsibility of educating children to their parents.

    Federal control of Education has long been championed by communists and humanists as a means of overtaking and corrupting our American way of life.

    Karl Marx (10th Point of the Communist Manifesto): “Free education for all children in government schools. Abolition of children’s factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc. etc.”


    The Humanist Manifesto II:  “We believe in the right to universal education.”

    William Foster, former head of the US Communist Party (On Using Education to Destroy America): “…the schools, colleges and universities will be coordinated and grouped under the National Department of Education and its state and local branches.  The studies will be revolutionized, being cleansed of religious, patriotic and other features of the bourgeois ideology.  The students will be taught on the basis of Marxian dialectical materialism, internationalism and the general ethics of the new Socialist society.  Present obsolete methods of teaching will be superseded by a scientific pedagogy.”

    BASIC PRINCIPLES:

    • Education should be free from all federal government subsidies, including vouchers, tax incentives, and loans, except with respect to veterans.
    • We support the unimpeded right of parents to provide for the education of their children in the manner they deem best, including home, private or religious.
    • All legislation from any level of government that would interfere with or restrict that liberty should be opposed.
    • Equitable tax relief for families whose children do not attend government schools should be provided for.  This could be in the form of tuition write-offs.
    • Compulsory attendance laws should be repealed. Parents need not defy the law by refusing to send their children to schools of which they disapprove.
    • We affirm the free market principles which drive improvement of education through non-traditional options such as internet-based schools, charter schools, Christian and private schools, as well as home schooling options.

    WE CALL FOR THE ELIMINATION OF THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION:

    • There is NO Constitutional provision that empowers the federal government to provide for and regulate the education of our children.
    • All current federal legislation related to education should be repealed. 
    • No new federal laws subsidizing or regulating education should be enacted.

    WE OPPOSE ANY FEDERAL CONTROL OVER THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN:

    • Because control over education is now being relegated to departments other than the Department of Education, we clarify that NO federal agency, department, board, or other entity may exercise jurisdiction over any aspect of children’s upbringing. Education, training, and discipline of children are properly placed in the domain of their parents.
    • Under NO circumstances should the federal government be involved in national teacher certification, educational curricula, textbook selection, learning standards, comprehensive sex education, psychological and psychiatric research testing programs, and personnel.

    WE CALL UPON THE LEGISLATURES OF THE STATES TO EXERCISE THEIR POWERS UNDER THE TENTH AMENDMENT:

    • Nullify the “No Child Left Behind” Act, and all other similar legislative actions.
    • Remove all regulations imposed by the Department of Education.
    • Reject federal monies for grades K-12.
  • DRUG ABUSE

    DRUG ABUSE

    The 10th Amendment states: 

    “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.” 

    The 4th Amendment states: 

    “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” 

    The Constitution Party will uphold the right of states and localities to restrict access to drugs and to enforce such restrictions. 

    We support legislation to stop the flow of illegal drugs into the United States from foreign sources. As a matter of self-defense, retaliatory policies, including embargoes, sanctions, and tariffs, should be considered. 

    THE CONSTITUTION PARTY COMMITMENT

    We will take care to prevent violations of the constitutional and civil rights of American citizens. Searches without probable cause and seizures without due process must be prohibited. The presumption of innocence must be preserved.

  • DOMESTIC FEDERAL AID

    DOMESTIC FEDERAL AID

    The 10th Amendment states:  

    “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.” 

    The Constitution assigns all powers not delegated to the federal government to the states or the people. Domestic federal “aid” not authorized by the Constitution is not only illegal, it is immoral. 

    We call upon the states, therefore, to decline to accept all monies from the federal government for any purpose not specifically and clearly articulated in the Constitution, and reject all federal mandates and regulations which are unconstitutional, thus restoring the intended balance of power between the states and their creation, the U.S. Government.

  • DEFENSE

    DEFENSE

    “The very purpose of Government”, as defined in the 2nd paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, is: 

     “…to secure these [unalienable] rights, Governments are instituted among Men…“, “…that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness…“ 

    To fulfill this obligation, the Preamble of the Constitution states one of the duties specifically delegated to the Federal Government is to:  

    “Provide for the common defense.“ 

    US Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 11–16 give Congress further direction and authority in this area, including the power  

    “To raise and support Armies” and “To provide and maintain a Navy.“ 

    It is a primary obligation of the federal government to provide for the common defense, and to be vigilant regarding potential threats, prospective capabilities, and perceived intentions of potential enemies.  

    We oppose unilateral disarmament and dismemberment of America’s defense infrastructure. That which is hastily torn down will not be easily rebuilt. 

    We condemn the presidential assumption of authority to deploy American troops into combat without a declaration of war by Congress, pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. 

    Under no circumstances would we commit U.S. forces to serve under any foreign flag or command.  

    We are opposed to any New World Order, and we reject U.S. participation in or a relinquishing of command to any foreign authority. 

    STATE NATIONAL GUARD AND THE RESERVES

    The goal of U.S. security policy is to defend the national security interests of the United States. Therefore, except in time of declared war, for the purposes of state security, no state National Guard or reserve troops shall be called upon to support or conduct operations in foreign theatres. We should be the friend of liberty everywhere, but the guarantor and provisioner of ours alone. 

    We call for the maintenance of a strong, state-of-the-art military on land, sea, in the air, and in space. 

    We urge the executive and legislative branches to continue to provide for the modernization of our armed forces, in keeping with advancing technologies and a constantly changing world situation. 

    We call for the deployment of a fully-operational strategic defense system as soon as possible. 

    We believe that all defense expenditures should be directly related to the protection of our nation.

    Every item of expenditure must be carefully reviewed to eliminate foreign aid, waste, fraud, theft, inefficiency, and excess profits from all defense contracts and military expenditures. 

    We reject the policies and practices that permit women to train for or participate in combat. 

    Because of the radical feminization of the military over the past two decades, it must be recognized that these “advances” undermine the integrity, morale, and performance of our military organizations by dual qualification standards and forced integration. 

    WELL-REGULATED MILITIAS

    We fully support well-regulated militias organized at the state level. 

    We fully support and encourage the restoration of unorganized militia at the county and community level in compliance with our patriotic and legal responsibilities as free citizens of the United States. 

    PANAMA CANAL ZONE

    Under no circumstances should we have unilaterally surrendered our military base rights in Panama. The sovereign right of the United States to the United States territory of the Canal Zone has been jeopardized by treaties between the United States and Panama. Inasmuch as the United States bought both the sovereignty and the grant ownership of the ten-mile-wide Canal Zone, we propose that the government of the United States restore and protect its sovereign right and exclusive jurisdiction of the Canal Zone in perpetuity, and renegotiate the treaties with Panama by which the ownership of the canal was surrendered to Panama. 

    It should be a priority goal of the President and Congress to insist on enforcement of that portion of the 1978 Panama Canal Neutrality Treaty which prohibits control of the entrances to the Panama Canal by any entity not part of the Republic of Panama or the United States of America. By this standard, the award of port facilities at the entrances to the Panama Canal to Hutchison Whampoa, a Hong Kong company closely linked to the Chinese Communist People’s Liberation Army, must be overturned. Similarly, Congress and the President should take advantage of Panama Canal treaty provisions to negotiate the return of a U.S. military presence at the Isthmus of Panama. At a time when the U.S. Navy is one-third its former size, it is essential that rapid transit of U.S. military vessels between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans be assured.