Category: National Platform

A collection of national platform planks and white papers on important issues from a constitutional perspective.

  • RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

    RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

    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

    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.  

  • OBSCENITY AND SEX-ORIENTED BUSINESSES

    OBSCENITY AND SEX-ORIENTED BUSINESSES

    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

    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

    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. 

  • IMMIGRATION

    IMMIGRATION

    US Constitution, Article 4, Section 4: 

    “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion;” 

    James Madison: 

    “When we are considering the advantages that may result from an easy mode of naturalization, we ought also to consider the cautions necessary to guard against abuses … aliens might acquire the right of citizenship, and return to the country from which they came, and evade the laws intended to encourage the commerce and industry of the real citizens and inhabitants of America, enjoying at the same time all the advantages of citizens…” 

    We affirm the integrity of the international borders of the United States and the Constitutional authority and duty of both the states and the federal government to secure their borders against foreign invasion. 

    We call for the use of U.S. troops to protect the states against invasion. 

    All states can and must exercise their sovereign state rights and duties to protect their citizens’ property and lives by securing their borders by any means necessary.

    We support the forced return of all illegal aliens found in this nation by either state or federal authorities to their home nation or the nation through which they illegally entered this country. As a penalty for entering illegally, such persons should be disqualified from citizenship.

    We call for the return of a sponsorship system of immigration whereby citizens can sponsor persons of good character, based on limits set by Congress, as long as the citizen acts as a guarantor of the immigrant’s health, welfare, and good conduct and is liable for any infractions until the immigrant qualifies for citizenship. 

    We oppose the abuse of the H-1B and L-1 visa provisions of the immigration act which are displacing American workers with foreign. 

    We favor a moratorium on immigration to the United States, except in extreme hardship cases or in other individual special circumstances, until the availability of all federal subsidies and assistance be discontinued and proper security procedures have been instituted to protect against terrorist infiltration.

    The Constitution Party demands that the federal government restore immigration policies based on the practice that potential immigrants will be disqualified from admission to the U.S. if, on the grounds of health, criminality, morals or financial dependence, they would impose an improper burden on the United States, any state or any citizen of the United States. 

    We oppose the provision of welfare subsidies and other taxpayer-supported benefits to illegal aliens.

    We reject the practice of bestowing U.S. citizenship on children born to illegal alien parents while in this country. 

    No government entity shall give sanctuary to illegal aliens, nor shall any Non-Government Organization receive taxpayer funding to support illegal immigration.

    We oppose any extension of amnesty to illegal aliens. 

    We support English as the official language for all governmental business by the United States.

    • We oppose bilingual ballots. 
    • We insist that those who wish to take part in the electoral process and governance of this nation be required to read and comprehend basic English as a precondition of citizenship. 
  • HEALTHCARE AND GOVERNMENT

    HEALTHCARE AND GOVERNMENT

    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.” 

    The Constitution Party opposes the governmentalization and bureaucratization of American medicine. The States gave no constitutional authority to the federal government to control healthcare at any level.

    Government regulation and subsidy constitute a threat to both the quality and availability of patient-oriented health care and treatment. 

    Hospitals, doctors, and other health care providers should be accountable to patients, not to politicians, insurance bureaucrats, or HMO Administrators. 

    If the supply of medical care is controlled by the federal government, then officers of that government will determine which demand is satisfied. The result will be the rationing of services, higher costs, poorer results, and the power of life and death transferred from caring physicians to unaccountable political overseers. 

    We denounce any civil government entity’s using age or any other personal characteristic to: 

    • Preclude people and insurance firms from freely contracting for medical coverage; 
    • Conscript people into socialized medicine, e.g., Medicare; or prohibit these people from using insurance payments and/or their own money to obtain medical services in addition to, or to augment the quality of, those services prescribed by the program. 

    We applaud proposals for employee-controlled “family coverage” health insurance plans based on cash value life insurance principles

    The federal government has no Constitutional provision to regulate or restrict the freedom of the people to have access to medical care, supplies or treatments. 

    We advocate for the elimination of the federal Food and Drug Administration, as it has been the federal agency primarily responsible for prohibiting beneficial products, treatments, and technologies here in the United States that are freely available in much of the rest of the civilized world. 

    People have a right to buy any food product they wish, including raw milk, raw honey, and organic animal products, etc. without government approval. 

    We affirm the freedom of choice for practitioners and treatment for all citizens for their healthcare. 

    We support the right of patients to seek redress of their grievances through the courts against insurers and/or HMO’s. 

    We condemn the misrepresentations made by the Federal Administration in securing the passage of the recently enacted Medicare prescription drug bill and the use of such legislation to secure government subsidies for special interests, such as HMOs, and to protect the artificially high cost to consumers of prescription drugs. 

    We stand against any federal or state health insurance mandates:

    • We call for an end to collusion between Big Pharma and the FDA and CDC, and all emergency powers that were illegally claimed by State and Federal Agencies to dictate lockdowns, masks, and vaccines in response to the Covid 19 pandemic. 
    • We oppose all vaccine mandates and forced quarantine of citizens, including military personnel, as a violation of each individual’s right to personal liberty and control over what is taken into their body.
  • GUN CONTROL

    GUN CONTROL

    The Second Amendment strictly limits any interference with gun ownership by saying: 

    “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

    The right to bear arms is inherent in the right of self-defense, defense of the family, and defense against tyranny, conferred on the individual and the community by our Creator to safeguard life, liberty, and property, as well as to help preserve the independence of the nation.

    The right to keep and bear arms is guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the Constitution; it may not properly be infringed upon or denied. 

    The Constitution Party upholds the right of the citizen to keep and bear arms. 

    We oppose attempts to prohibit ownership of guns by law-abiding citizens and stand against all laws that would require the registration of guns or ammunition.

    We emphasize that when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have them. In such circumstances, the peaceful citizen’s protection against the criminal would be seriously jeopardized. 

    We call for the repeal of all federal firearms legislation, beginning with the Federal Firearms Act of 1968. 

    We call for the rescinding of all executive orders, the prohibition of any future executive orders, and the prohibition of treaty ratification that would in any way limit the right to keep and bear arms. 

    To further ensure the safety of the American people and their families, we propose the elimination of all government-designated “Gun Free Zones”, including military bases.

  • GOVERNMENT / PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

    GOVERNMENT / PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

    Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address:

     “…what more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people? …a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government.” 

    America was founded on the economic principles of the “free enterprise” system. An individual was free to operate his business under the law without government intervention and regulation. 

    This economic system is being replaced by public (government) – private partnerships. This system is called fascism

    The Constitution Party is opposed to government-private partnerships and is for a return to the true “free enterprise” system that once made our nation great and economically prosperous.

  • GAMBLING

    GAMBLING

    We are opposed to government sponsorship, involvement in or promotion of gambling such as lotteries, casinos or subsidization of Native American casinos. 

    Gambling increases crimes, destroys families, grows governmental bureaucracies, exploits those who are addicted and leaches the economic prosperity out of our communities.