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  • Domestic Federal Aid

    Domestic Federal Aid

    All monies provided to the states from the federal government for any purpose not specifically and clearly articulated in the Constitution should be rejected by the states, including all federal mandates and regulations which are likewise unconstitutional.

    THE PRINCIPLES

    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 PROBLEM

    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. 

    THE SOLUTION

    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.

    THE CONSTITUTION PARTY COMMITTMENT

    Constitution Party elected officials shall work to implement legislation at both the local, state and federal levels to re-instate the balance of power between the states and the federal government by rejecting mandates and regulations which are unconstitutional.

    We intend to educate people on the purpose and power of the Tenth Amendment.

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  • Defense

    Defense

    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.  

    THE PRINCIPLES

    “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.“ 

    THE PROBLEM

    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. 

    THE SOLUTION

    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. 

    THE CONSTITUTION PARTY COMMITTMENT

    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.

  • Crime

    Crime

    Crime, in most cases, is to be dealt with by state and local governments. 

    THE PRINCIPLES

    US Constitution, Article I, Section 8 Clause 6:  

    “To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;”  

    US Constitution, Article III Section 3 Clause 2:  

    “The Congress shall have power to declare the Punishment of Treason”

    Amendment 10:  

    “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.” 

    St George Tucker was the pre-eminent constitutional scholar of the American founding era. He published “View of the Constitution of the United States” in 1803 as a comprehensive review of the Constitution of 1787 and the Bill of Rights.  

    Felonies not enumerated within the United States Constitution are, in Tucker’s view, left within the jurisdiction of the state.

    In his work, “View of the Constitution of the United States“, p. 210-21, he said:  

    “…the very guarded manner in which congress are vested with authority to legislate upon the subject of crimes, and misdemeanors. They are not entrusted with a general power over these subjects, but a few offenses are selected from the great mass of crimes with which society may be infested, upon which only Congress are authorized to prescribe the punishment, or define the offense. All felonies and offenses committed upon land, in all cases not expressly enumerated, being reserved to the states respectively.” 

    THE PROBLEM

    To the degree that the federal government, in its legislation, judicial actions, regulations, and executive branch activities, interferes with the ability of the people in their communities to apprehend, judge, and penalize accused lawbreakers, it bears responsibility for the climate of crime, which has grown more destructive with each passing year. 

    THE SOLUTION

    States and localities have the right to execute criminals of capital crimes. They also have the right to require restitution for victims of convicted criminals.

    Federal involvement in state and local criminal justice processes should be limited to that which is constitutionally permitted. 

    All who are accused of crimes, from petty to capital, are entitled to a trial by jury upon request. The jury shall be fully informed of its right to nullify the law.

    Defendants cannot be charged and tried by both state and federal jurisdictions under different laws for the same alleged criminal act. Doing so violates the constitutionally secured prohibition against double jeopardy. 

    THE CONSTITUTION PARTY COMMITTMENT

    Equal Protection: The Constitution Party believes that all Men are created equal and therefore deserve Equal Protection under the law. 

    Hate Crimes: “Hate crime” legislation at all levels of government, including enhanced penalties must be eliminated. The designation of “hate crime” extends federal jurisdiction to crimes which would otherwise be in the province of the states or local communities. 

    Special Protection or Prosecution: All persons are made in the image of God. All persons are entitled to equal protection with equal prosecution for any and all crimes committed against innocent victims. Any laws favoring special protection or prosecution for certain classes of people or types of employment should be rescinded.

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  • Cost Of Big Government

    Cost Of Big Government

    A legitimate and primary purpose of civil government is to safeguard the God-given rights of its citizens; namely, life, liberty, and property. Only those duties, functions, and programs specifically assigned to the federal government by the Constitution should be funded. 

    THE PRINCIPLES

    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 PROBLEM

    Budget considerations are greatly impacted by the ever-rising national debt. Interest on the debt is one of the largest expenses of government, and unless the interest is paid, the debt will continue to grow as interest is added to interest. 

    One of the greatest contributors to deficit spending is war. If the country is to eliminate debt, these United States cannot become gratuitously involved in constant wars. 

    THE SOLUTION

    STOP DEFICIT SPENDING.

    We call upon Congress and the President to stop all federal expenditures which are not specifically authorized by the U.S. Constitution, and to restore to the states those powers, programs, and sources of revenue that the federal government has usurped.  

    The President can use his veto power to stop irresponsible and unconstitutional appropriations and refuse to spend money appropriated by Congress for unconstitutional programs, or in excess of tax revenue collected. 

    Reject the misleading use of the terms “surplus” and “balanced budget” as long as we have public debt. 

    Oppose dishonest accounting practices such as “off-budget items” used to hide unconstitutional spending practices. 

    End federal government raiding of the Social Security, Railroad Retirement and Medicare funds to fund current accounts.  

    Abolish the Civil Service system, which is perceived to confer on government employees a “property right” regarding their jobs.

    THE CONSTITUTION PARTY COMMITTMENT

    Budget considerations are greatly impacted by the ever-rising national debt. Interest on the debt is one of the largest expenses of government, and unless the interest is paid, the debt will continue to grow as interest is added to interest. 

    We will eliminate the debt in the shortest reasonable time by: 

    • Not spending more than collected revenues; 
    • Paying interest as it accrues; and 
    • Making annual reductions in the principal 

    Constitutional government, as the founders envisioned it, was not imperial. It was certainly not contemplated that America would police the world at the taxpayers’ expense. 

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  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

    We oppose any attempt to call for a Constitutional convention, for any purpose whatsoever, because it cannot be limited to any single issue, and such convention could seriously erode our Constitutionally protected unalienable rights.

    We affirm the original text of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

    We affirm that the nation’s Charter, i.e., the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights contain the foundational law of the federal union between the states.

    We condemn all legislative, executive, and judicial action that departs from the texts and intent of the Charter and the Constitution and their original meaning.  

    The Real Question of an Article V Convention

    The Dangerous Threat Of an Article V Constitutional Convention

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  • CONSCRIPTION

    CONSCRIPTION

    Compulsory government service is incompatible with individual liberty. 

    THE PRINCIPLES

    US Constitution, 5th Amendment:  

    “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.” 

    Conscription deprives a person of liberty without due process of law. This is clearly prohibited by the Fifth Amendment. 

    THE PROBLEM

    Conscription is forcibly taking a person’s labor—which is a form of property. 

    Allowing conscription removes a critical check on the unconstitutional expansion of the Executive Branch. 

    THE SOLUTION

    We oppose imposition of the draft, the registration law, compulsory military training or any other form of compulsory government service. 

    We support a well-trained and highly organized volunteer state home militia, and voluntary Reserve Officer Training Corps (R.O.T.C.) military training in our schools, colleges, and universities.

    THE CONSTITUTION PARTY COMMITTMENT

    Constitution Party elected officials will work to rescind all laws requiring registration or compulsory government service of any form.

  • Character and Moral Conduct

    Character and Moral Conduct

    April 2024: revised and passed by vote of National Committee

    It is imperative that members and nominated candidates representing the Constitution Party and its state affiliates recognize the importance of demonstrating good character in their own lives.

    THE PRINCIPLES

    John Adams, the 2nd President and signer of the Declaration of Independence, warned: 

    “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” 

    He also counseled: 

    “The people have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge–I mean of the character and conduct of their rulers.” 

    THE PROBLEM

    Over time, the limitations of federal government power imposed by the Constitution have been substantially eroded. Regionalization of governments, at any level, also results in the removal of decision-making powers from the people or public officials directly elected by the people.

    THE SOLUTION

    Our very Constitution when we condone immoral conduct by our elected and appointed leaders. Public respect and esteem toward public officials have fallen to a shameful level. The Constitution Party finds that a cause of this national state of disgrace is the deterioration of personal character among government leaders, exacerbated by the lack of public outcry against immoral conduct by public office holders. 

    THE CONSTITUTION PARTY COMMITTMENT

    Our party leaders and public officials must display exemplary qualities of honesty, integrity, reliability, moral uprightness, fidelity, prudence, temperance, justice, fortitude, self-restraint, courage, kindness, and compassion. If they cannot be trusted in private life, neither can they be trusted in public life. 

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  • Fight the Decay In Our Society

    Fight the Decay In Our Society

    Constitution Party National Chairman

    Justin Magill

    Common Decency and Respect

    Common decency and respect for others is becoming scarce in our society. One simple example is garbage thrown on the ground. Personal responsibility and common decency would dictate that every individual dispose of their own trash in the proper place.

    We can lead in the efforts to restore our communities by considering the needs in our communities. Public spaces are often in a state of neglect because individuals make the assumption that it is someone else’s responsibility to take care of it. Government is an insatiable monster that will assume any role it can while consuming all the rights associated with that duty. The more government controls, the less individuals feel any sense of responsibility for those areas. The less individuals feel a sense of responsibility, the esteem they have for property, individuals, and the rights of others.

    By considering those in our communities, and the rights and needs of those individuals, we can find many ways that we can take responsibility for our communities. We can clean garbage up from our public spaces and along our roads. We can get to know our neighbors and their specific needs. We can help our neighbors with yard work and home maintenance. We can run errands for those who can’t get around well. We can join local volunteer groups in their efforts to provide for and protect our communities.

    The fix begins with individuals standing up and taking personal responsibility for their communities and showing others how it is done. It only takes one individual, doing very simple acts of personal responsibility for the community they live in, to start a movement back to a respectful society.

    “It does not take a majority to prevail… but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.”

    Samuel Adams

    Take back your rights by taking back responsibility.

    “But if your spirit should revolt at this; if you have sense enough to discover, and spirit enough to oppose tyranny, under whatever garb it may assume; whether it be the plain coat of republicanism, or the splendid robe of royalty; if you have yet learned to discriminate between a people and a cause, between men and principles — awake! — attend to your situation, and redress yourselves. If the present moment be lost, every future effort is in vain; and your threats then will be as empty as your entreaties now.”

    George Washington ~ 1783

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  • The American Revolution Did Not Start Overnight

    The American Revolution Did Not Start Overnight

    Constitution Party National Chairman

    Justin Magill

    “If ever the Time should come, when vain & aspiring Men shall possess the highest Seats in Government, our Country will stand in Need of its experienced Patriots to prevent its Ruin.”

    Samuel Adams

    The events that led to the American Revolution began decades before a shot was ever fired. The Founders were faced with a period of discovering the length and breadth of their natural rights and deciding how best to protect them. The British subjects in the American colonies were proud to be British. They, generally, appreciated what England did for them and the status they had as British subjects. However, the abuses they experienced, especially after the French & Indian War, forced them to consider what rights were theirs and how to claim them.

    As you read about the abuses from England through the 60s and 70s, and the colonial response to those abuses, you can see them sorting out what their rights mean to them. You can see them begin to more precisely define how the abuses violate their rights. You can see their responses to England become more direct and forceful as they gain confidence in their standing.

    As the Founders grew in their experience and understanding of their rights, they became more resolute in their commitment to realize the fullness of those rights. This gave them the confidence to commit their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to achieving liberty.

    We receive far more abuse from our governments today than they did in their day, yet many today do not take any time to understand their rights. They do not consider what constitutes a violation of those rights and why. They do not seriously contemplate what they are willing to do to defend individual rights from government abuse.

    Do you understand your rights? Will you commit your life, your money, and your reputation to defending our individual rights?

    “Among the natural rights of the Colonists are these: First, a right to life; Secondly, to liberty; Thirdly, to property; together with the right to support and defend them in the best manner they can.”

    Samuel Adams

  • You are not alone!

    You are not alone!

    Constitution Party National Chairman

    Justin Magill

    There are many like-minded individuals out there. Get organized now for Liberty!

    “If men, through fear, fraud, or mistake, should in terms renounce or give up any essential natural right, the eternal law of reason and the grand end of society would absolutely vacate such renunciation. The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave.” – Samuel Adams

    The strategy of tyranny is to convince individuals that they are alone and defenseless and unable to resist the oppression they are under. It is the goal of the tyrant to keep individuals living in fear and solitude so that no effective resistance can be organized.

    Fortunately, we know that it only takes a few to organize resistance and be effective. “It does not take a majority to prevail … but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.”

    Everyone needs to reconnect with the community around them. We need individuals to understand that they can unify around liberty and resist tyrants. We need individuals to step up and organize their community to resist tyranny and meet the needs of the community. We need you.

    “The liberties of our Country, the freedom of our civil constitution are worth defending at all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have receiv’d them as a fair Inheritance from our worthy Ancestors: They purchas’d them for us with toil and danger and expence of treasure and blood; and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle; or be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men. Of the latter we are in most danger at present: Let us therefore be aware of it. Let us contemplate our forefathers and posterity; and resolve to maintain the rights bequeath’d to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. — Instead of sitting down satisfied with the efforts we have already made, which is the wish of our enemies, the necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. Let us remember that “if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom.” It is a very serious consideration, which should deeply impress our minds, that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event.” – Samuel Adams

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    “Among the natural rights of the Colonists are these: First, a right to life; Secondly, to liberty; Thirdly, to property; together with the right to support and defend them in the best manner they can.” – Samuel Adams

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