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Category: Resolutions

  • Defend Educational Freedom from State-Funded Intrusion

    “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.”

    U.S. Constitution, 10th Amendment

    “A power to establish schools… is no more implied in the constitution, than a power to
    establish religion.”

    John Taylor, Construction Construed, and Constitutions Vindicated, 1820

    The Constitution of the United States delegates no explicit authority to the federal government to tax or fund education, or to regulate education. All such powers are reserved to the states, or to the people of the states, under the Tenth Amendment.

    All human rights, including the right to govern one’s household and direct the upbringing and education of children, are endowed by the Creator and not granted by any government.

    The family is the first and foundational unit of government, with parents bearing the full responsibility and authority to educate their children as a matter of natural and divine law.

    The State does not own children, and it has no rightful claim over the direction of their education, particularly when such education is privately funded or directed within the home.

    The Constitution Party Platform affirms that

    “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 [and] all legislation from any level of government that would interfere with or restrict that liberty should be opposed.

    Taxation to fund “school choice” programs, such as Education Savings
    Accounts (ESAs), vouchers, or other redistributive subsidies that redirect public funds to private education constitutes a violation of private property rights and imposes unjust obligations upon families who do not consent to such programs.

    ESAs and similar programs are often misleadingly presented as extensions of public education, even though they funnel tax dollars into private or home-based settings, thereby eroding the distinction between public and non-public schooling.

    Tax-funded programs for non-public education blur the line between public and private schooling, inviting government oversight, mandates, data collection, and ideological control under the guise of choice.

    True educational freedom rests not in government-funded alternatives but in the restoration of parental and local authority, free from state intrusion and coercive taxation.

    The Constitution Party declares that all forms of tax-funded subsidies for non-public education are unconstitutional, immoral, and
    incompatible with the principles of individual liberty, private property, and family sovereignty.

    The Constitution Party calls upon the legislatures of all fifty states to nullify, reject, and repeal any existing tax-funded programs that subsidize private, religious, or home education, and to refrain from enacting any such programs in the future.

    The Constitution Party rejects the redefinition of programs like ESAs as public education and affirms that such reclassification undermines both the integrity of public schooling and the independence of private and home education.

    The Constitution Party affirms the sacred right of parents to educate their children without enticement, interference, or coercion by the State.

    The Constitution Party rejects any claim—explicit or implied—that children are wards of the State, and we declare that no government has authority to intrude upon the God-given hierarchy of the family, where parents, not politicians, are the rightful stewards of the next generation.

    The Constitution Party warns all liberty-minded citizens, churches,
    homeschool associations, and private educators that the rebranding of ESAs as “public education” is a Trojan horse for expanded government regulation, surveillance, and eventual control over private and home education. We urge all who value liberty to oppose this deceptive promise of state-funded “choice” and to defend the necessary wall of
    separation between education and state control.

    Resolution passed by the Constitution Party National Committee, October 18, 2025, in Sparks, Nevada.

  • Protecting Citizens’ Privacy

    The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides that,

    “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated…but upon probable cause…”.

    The federal government’s collection, compiling, and abuse of databases to snoop on law-abiding citizens has rapidly expanding over the past two decades and continues to do so. This includes monitoring law-abiding citizens’ bank deposits, cell phone usage, e-mail, air travel, school children, lawful gun purchases, health care, medical records, immunizations, fingerprints, DNA, and genetic tests. Most often, these databases are built using the Social Security number.

    There have been renewed attempts by the federal government, especially since 9/11, to impose a federal ID on all citizens by requiring States to have social security numbers on drivers’ licenses. The federal government often accomplishes the establishment of a database through mandates and grants to the State.

    Corporations are also involved in the collection and selling of personal data without consent. The Social Security Act stipulates that the social security number is never to be used for identification purposes.

    The Constitution Party supports the protection of a citizen’s privacy rights and opposes the use of the social security number for identification purposes and any attempt to create and impose a national ID.

    Resolution passed by the Constitution Party National Committee, March 9, 2002, in Charleston, South Carolina

  • A Resolution on Difficult Times – A Call for Justice, Repentance and Mercy

    Response to the events of 9/11

    One of the purposes of the Constitution of the United States is to provide for the common defense of our nation, we welcome the renewed public interest and focus upon protecting the borders of our country and the security of our nation here at home.

    We pledge our full support to bring to justice the terrorists responsible for the murder of thousands of our fellow Americans. We also pray for comfort and strength for the surviving families in the face of their incalculable suffering and grief.

    But that is not all that is required of us in this dark and difficult hour. Just as in times past in our nation’s history, these are times that try men’s souls. And if we are to respond to them properly, we must also be willing to humbly reflect upon our own ways both as individuals and as a nation.

    We must rise and demand justice to protect all Americans. For justice to prevail in our nation the shedding of all innocent blood upon our soil must cease and all innocent human life must be protected. But the killing of innocent people has not stopped since September 11. About 4,000 American children are put to death every day in this nation by abortion – over 40 million since 1973.

    The Constitution Party strongly entreats our representatives in federal, state and local governments to immediately take all appropriate steps to prevent any further loss of innocent human life, while fulfilling their duty to protect and preserve our God-given rights and our cherished freedoms.

    The Constitution Party encourages all Americans to once again consider the solemn admonition of Scripture that so many of our nation’s founders turned to in times of distress:

    “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

    II Chronicles 7:14 – Holy Bible

    We urge our fellow Americans to join with us in repentance before the Lord our Redeemer for the evil and wickedness that we have allowed to become commonplace in our beloved nation and to seek His mercy to heal our land.

    Resolution passed by the Constitution Party National Committee, October 6, 2001 in Minneapolis, Minnesota