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Year: 2025

  • STATEHOOD

    STATEHOOD

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    US Constitution, Article I Section 8 Clause 17: 

    “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…” 

    Article IV Section 4: 

    “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government.” 

    Article IV Section 4 Clause 3:

    “New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union.” 

    Northwest Ordinance of 1787 (re-enacted under Constitutional authority in 1789) defined that all new states appropriately admitted will enter the nation on an equal footing with the original 13 states. 

    We oppose any effort to confer statehood on the District of Columbia or any representation in Congress comparable to that of an independent state in the federal union. 

    We oppose efforts to confer statehood upon the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or expand statehood beyond the current fifty states. 

    We acknowledge that each state’s membership in the Union is voluntary. 

    We support the equal footing doctrine, co-equal with the original thirteen states, for all states coming into and having entered the Union as states. 

    We call for a return to the states and to the people all lands which are held by the federal government without authorization by the Constitution. 

  • STATE SOVEREIGNTY

    STATE SOVEREIGNTY

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    The Tenth 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.” 

    Note: The Constitution delegated few, enumerated powers to the Federal Government, reserving all remaining powers to the States and the people. Thus, powers of the Federal were the exception. 

    Our federal republic was created by joint action of the several states. It has been gradually perverted into a socialist machine for federal control in the domestic affairs of the states.  

    The federal government has no authority to mandate policies relating to state education, natural resources, transportation, private business, housing, health care, ad infinitum.  

    The states are the sovereigns who possess supremacy over all things not delegated to the general (federal) government within the Constitution, and they possess the full authority of oversight over the Constitution. 

    The General Defense and Welfare, Commerce, Necessary and Proper, and Supremacy clauses are not ambiguous opportunities for the general government to assume new roles, responsibilities, powers, and properties (RRPP).  These clauses only apply to the RRPPs enumerated in the Constitution and its ratified amendments, and treaties constitutionally ratified.  All RRPPs being exercised that cannot be found within the Constitution and its ratified amendments are violations of the Constitution and usurpation of the states’ RRPPs and sovereignty. 

    Only the states possess the authority to audit the Constitution for compliance and enforcement.  The states must validate all RRPPs that have been established in compliance with the Constitution. 

    If there is no amendment for the RRPPs being exercised (i.e., department, agency, office, or administrative entity) then these RRPPs and entities are direct violations of the Constitution. 

    We call upon the states of the Union to initiate this constitutional review process and provide clear directives to the general government requiring that they produce the necessary legislative measures to disband and dissolve all unconstitutional RRPPs.  The review only requires one state to initiate and call for the Constitutional review.

  • SOCIAL SECURITY

    SOCIAL SECURITY

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    The Declaration of Independence declares: 

    “all men … are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights …That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men …” 

    The Preamble of the US Constitution shows how these rights are to be secured including: 

    “provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare.” 

    Two clear distinctions should be made here:

    • PROVIDE implies actively and financially supporting.
    • PROMOTE implies a more passive approach. For example, “I’ll promote that we put on a grand feast, but I want you to provide it! “ 
    • GENERAL Welfare is not the same as INDIVIDUAL Welfare. General Welfare would benefit the people as a body generally.
    • INDIVIDUAL Welfare targets a certain segment of society to benefit, such as the poor. 

    Social Security is a form of individual welfare not authorized in the Constitution and should be repealed. We advocate PHASING OUT the entire Social Security program, while continuing to meet the obligations already incurred under the system, limited to the total contribution of each individual. 

    Until the current Social Security system can be responsibly phased out, we propose that: 

    • The Social Security tax must not be a “rainy day” fund that politicians can pirate or from which they can borrow to cover their errors and pay for their excesses. 
    • Individuals who have contributed to Social Security will be allowed to withdraw those funds and transfer them into an IRA or similar investments under the control of the individual contributor. 
    • Any merger between the U.S. Social Security System and that of any foreign country is banned, so the distribution of benefits will not go to persons who have not qualified for payments under American law as legal residents. 
    • Earning limitations on persons aged 62 and over be removed, so that they may earn any amount of additional income without placing their benefits at risk. 

    We support the right of individuals to choose between private retirement and pension programs, either at their place of employment or independently. 

  • SANCTITY OF LIFE

    SANCTITY OF LIFE

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    The Declaration of Independence states: 

    “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” 

    We affirm the God-given legal personhood of all human beings, from fertilization to natural death, without exception. 

    The first duty of the law is to protect innocent life created in the image of God. No level of civil government may legalize or fund the taking of life without justification. Legalizing the termination of innocent life of the born or unborn, whether by abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, or suicide, is a direct violation of their unalienable right to life. 

    As to matters of rape and incest, we empathize with those abused and assert the need to provide immediate protection and care in a safe environment. Instead of the further violence of abortion, the mother and the child should be provided with compassionate care. We find it unconscionable to take the life of an innocent child for the crimes of his father. 

    We oppose the distribution and use of all abortifacients. 

    We oppose the use of third-party assisted reproduction that harms pre-born persons created in the process, involves surrogacy, or involves eggs or sperm from donors other than the spouse. 

    All funding, statutes, and regulations authorizing biomedical research involving human embryos for cloning and human enhancement must be repealed. 

    Constitution Party members who serve in elected and appointed positions are committed to the following: 

    In office, we shall only appoint to the judiciary and other positions of judicial and executive authority qualified individuals who publicly acknowledge and commit themselves to the legal personhood of all human beings. 

    In addition, we will do all that is within our power to encourage federal, state, and local government officials to protect the sanctity of the life of the pre-born through legislation, executive action, and judicial enforcement of the law of the land. We oppose the use of tax-payer funds at any level of government to support any local, state, federal, or foreign government entity or any other private organization or quasi-government entity, foreign or domestic, that advocates, encourages, or participates in the practice of abortion. 

    STATE VS. FEDERAL AUTHORITY

    Article IV of the Constitution guarantees to each state a republican form of government. Therefore, although a Supreme Court opinion is binding on the parties to the controversy as to the particulars of the case, it is not a political rule for the nation. As Roe v Wade was an illegitimate usurpation of authority, violating the natural right to life, so are all state laws that allow the destruction of innocent human life, born or unborn.

    We affirm both the authority and duty of Congress to limit the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in all cases involving the personhood of all human beings in accordance with the U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section 2. 

    We condemn the misuse of federal laws against pro-life advocates and strongly urge the repeal of statutes like the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act as an unconstitutional expansion of federal power into areas reserved to the states or people by the Tenth Amendment.

  • RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

    RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

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    Article I of the Bill of Rights reads: 

    “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” 

    Note: Our Constitution grants no authority to the federal government either to grant or deny the religious expressions of the people in any place. Both the First and Tenth Amendments forbid such tyranny. 

    We call upon all branches of government to cease their attacks on the religious liberties of the people and the states, regardless of the forum in which these liberties are exercised. 

    We assert that any form of taxation on churches and other religious organizations is a direct and dangerous step toward state control of the church. Such intrusion is prohibited by the Constitution and must be halted. 

    We assert that private organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America can determine their membership, volunteers, and employment based on their oaths and creeds.

  • PERSONAL AND PRIVATE SECURITY

    PERSONAL AND PRIVATE SECURITY

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    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 Fifth Amendment further protects property, by stating:  

    “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.” 

    We affirm the Fourth Amendment right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, including arbitrary or de facto registration, general and unwarranted electronic surveillance, national computer databases, and national identification cards.  

    We reaffirm that civil governments must be strictly limited in their powers to intrude upon the persons and private property of individual citizens, in particular, that no place be searched and nothing be seized, except upon proof of probable cause that a crime has been committed and the proper judicial warrant issued.  

    We reaffirm the common-law rule that protects the people from any search or seizure whatsoever when that search or seizure violates the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.  

    We deplore and vigorously oppose legislation and executive action that deprive the people of their Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights under claims of necessity to “combat terrorism” or to “protect national security.” 

    We oppose legislation and administrative action utilizing asset forfeiture laws which enable the confiscation of the private property of persons not involved in the crime. 

    Forfeiture of assets can only be enforced after conviction of the property owner as a penalty for the crime. Such forfeitures must follow full due process of law under criminal prosecution standards. 

    We oppose the monitoring and controlling of the financial transactions of the people through such proposed laws as “Know Your Customer.” 

    Banks should be repositories of treasure and fiduciaries for the people, not enforcers for the State. Any information regarding customer transactions the State obtains from banks must be subject to the traditional Fourth Amendment safeguards.

    We support privacy legislation that prohibits private parties from discriminating against individuals who refuse to disclose or obtain a Social Security number.  

    We call for legislation prohibiting all governmental entities from requiring the use of the Social Security number except for Social Security transactions.  

    We call for the repeal of all laws, regulations and statutes that require the use of the Social Security number for any purpose other than Social Security transactions.  

  • The First Continental Congress

    The First Continental Congress

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    Constitution Party National Chairman

    Justin Magill

    The Continental Congress Meets for the First Time

    September 5, 1774

    The delegates to the first Continental Congress met on this date in 1774 with delegates from twelve colonies (Georgia did not send delegates). The colonies established this Congress in response to the Coercive Acts, also known as the “Intolerable Acts”, which targeted Boston. The meeting of the Continental Congress, in Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia, was a powerful show of support and of unity in the colonies.

    This first Congress was not intended to be a governing body as they still expected to work things out with the King and continue to be British Colonies. By the agreed upon meeting time of the Second Continental Congress, war had already begun, and the Congress became a de facto national governing body directing war efforts and interacting with foreign powers.

    This body of men, many of whom are well-known to us today, helped to unify the American Colony’s efforts for independence and helped create the structure for the United States to succeed. They struggled and learned, made mistake and had successes, and out of it all they secured the blessings of Liberty for us all.


    What are you doing to unify and organize your area for freedom from oppressive government?

    I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.

    James Madison

    Additional reading: John Adams’ notes from the First Continental Congress

  • OBSCENITY AND SEX-ORIENTED BUSINESSES

    OBSCENITY AND SEX-ORIENTED BUSINESSES

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    Preamble of the US Constitution: 

    “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity…” 

    Samuel Adams said: 

    “While the people are virtuous, they cannot be subdued; but once they lose their virtue, they will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.” 

    Pornography, obscenity and sexually oriented businesses are a distortion of the true nature of sex created by God for the procreative union between one man and one woman in the holy bonds of matrimony. This results in emotional, physical, spiritual, and financial costs to individuals, families, and communities. 

    Due to a lack of prosecution, the sexually oriented business industry has proliferated, aggravating the problems of child pornography, human trafficking, and sexually transmitted diseases. This is decreasing our safety by increasing crime rates, specifically rape and molestation in additional to the loss of dignity belonging to all human beings. 

    We call on our local, state, and federal governments to uphold our First Amendment right to free speech by vigorously enforcing all laws against obscenity. 

    We call on all levels of government to protect and promote that which is truly free speech while vigorously defending and enforcing laws that protect us from the proliferation of pornography and sexually oriented business industries because they are proven to be toxic to community standards, lower property values, and increase crime. 

    We believe in the responsibility of the individual and corporate entities to regulate themselves. 

    We believe that the government plays a vital role in protecting all citizens, particularly our most vulnerable, women and children, from exploitation.

  • MONEY AND BANKING

    MONEY AND BANKING

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    Article 1, Section 8, Clause 5 grants only to Congress the power: 

    “To coin Money [and] regulate the Value thereof”, with no provision for such power to be delegated to any other group. 

    Note: Congress began immediately to fulfill this obligation with the Mint Act of 1792, establishing a US Mint for producing Gold and Silver based coin, prescribing the value and content of each coin and affixing the penalty of death to those who debase such currency. 

    Article 1, Section 10: 

    “No State shall … coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts”. 

    Note: The Constitution forbade the States from accepting or using anything other than a Gold and Silver based currency. 

    Money functions as both a medium of exchange and a symbol of a nation’s morality. 

    The Founding Fathers established a system of “coin” money that was designed to prohibit the “improper and wicked” manipulation of the nation’s medium of exchange while guaranteeing the power of the citizens’ earnings. 

    The federal government has departed from the principle of “coin” money as defined by the U.S. Constitution and the Mint Act of 1792. It has granted unconstitutional control of the nation’s monetary and banking system to the private Federal Reserve System. 

    The Constitution Party recommends a substantive reform of the system of Federal taxation. 

    In order for such reform to be effective, it is necessary that the United States: 

    • Return to the money system set forth in the Constitution. 
    • Repeal the Federal Reserve Act.
    • Abolish the Federal Reserve banks.
    • Prohibit fractional reserve banking. 

    We support a debt-free, interest free money system. 

    It is our intention that no system of “debt money” shall be imposed on the people of the United States. 

    We oppose any form of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). 

    We oppose any financial institution discriminating against or denying services to any person, organization, or business based upon their political, religious, or philosophical orientation. 

  • JUDICIARY

    JUDICIARY

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    We call attention to the following provisions of the Constitution, Article 3, Section 1:  

    “The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour”.  

    Note: The tenure of Federal Judges is not for life, but merely “during good behaviour”. 

    Article 2, Section 4:  

    “All civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”  

    Note: “All civil officers” – This clearly includes Judges. 

    Article 3, Section 2, Clause 2: 

    “The supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction … with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.”  

    Note: The Constitution gives Congress the power to make exceptions to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. 

    Article 6, Section 1, Clause 3:  

    “All executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution”.  

    Note:  Which Constitution must they swear to support? 

    The United States Constitution does not provide for lifetime appointment of federal judges, but only for a term of office during good behavior. 

    We support Congressional enforcement of the Constitutional rule of good behavior and to restrain judicial activism by properly removing offending judges through the process of impeachment provided for in Article I, Sections 2 and 3 of the Constitution.

    Congress must exert the power it possesses to prohibit all federal courts from hearing cases which Congress deems to be outside federal jurisdiction pursuant to Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution. 

    We support all the legislation which would remove from Federal appellate review jurisdiction matters involving acknowledgement of God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or government. 

    We commend Former Chief Justice Roy Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court for his defense of the display of the Ten Commandments and condemn those who persecuted him and removed him from office for his morally and legally just stand. We deny the validity of judicial rulings that use foreign court rulings to overturn U.S. precedent.