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  • What is the Main Reason You Support the Constitution Party?

    What is the Main Reason You Support the Constitution Party?

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    CONSTITUTION PARTY NATIONAL CHAIRMAN

    Justin Magill

    We appreciate the support you have given to the Constitution Party! We are interested to hear about why you have supported us. Was there a particular platform that earned your support? Was it for a specific candidate? Or was it simply for the hope we offer as an alternate to the Democratic and Republican Party?

    As we grow in new States and win more offices, we want to be cognizant of those we represent. Our goal is to secure individual rights and bring back limited government. But we want to stay up to date on the most relevant issues in each State and the most important races to get candidates in.

    As the Party of Integrity, we hope that we have earned your support and we will continue to fight to return to the freedoms we have lost.

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  • Who Did The Colonists Fight the American Revolution For

    Who Did The Colonists Fight the American Revolution For

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    NATIONAL CONSTITUTION PARTY CHAIRMAN

    Justin Magill

    Patrick Henry, one of the most well-known of our Founding Fathers, recognized early on what was at issue with British rule in the colonies.

    In the 1763 Parson’s Cause dispute, Henry outlined the limits of King and Parliament’s authority in the colonies and the right to self-rule.

    When the Stamp act was passed in 1765, Henry proposed five resolutions in the House of Burgess that affirmatively declared the right of the colonies to self-govern, and the limits of King and Parliament.

    As things with England deteriorated over the next decade, Patrick Henry continued to be outspoken about the rights of the colonists being abused by British government. When things in Boston and throughout the northeast were reaching crisis in 1775, the Second Virginia Convention met. Patrick Henry proposed a plan of military preparedness for the inevitable war ahead.

    Henry’s foresight was met with pushback by those who wanted to hold out for a peaceful resolution to the conflict with England. It is at this juncture that Patrick Henry’s famous “Give me liberty or give me death” speech swayed the majority and helped prepare Virginia for what followed shortly thereafter. It is arguably the tipping point where all of the colonies started to become resolute in their preparations for the war ahead.

    Patrick Henry’s call to support the other colonies under attack by the British demonstrates the understanding that he had that they must fight for each other if any of them were going to succeed.

    “The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle?”

    If we are to succeed in our cause to bring liberty back to these united States, we must be mindful that we are fighting for all our fellow Citizens and for our posterity. And we need to understand that we must be active now; to delay may be too late.

    Patrick Henry gave his historic speech at Saint John’s Church on March 23, 1775.

    “Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”

    Will you join us?

    “But pardon me, my fellow citizens, I know you want not zeal or fortitude. You will maintain your rights or perish in the generous struggle. However, difficult the combat, you never will decline it when freedom is the prize.”

    Dr. Joseph Warren, Boston, 6 March 1775

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    Read Patrick Henry’s famous speech, as reported by William Wirt. Delivered at the Second Virginia Convention, 23 March 1775.

  • What is the Limit of Civil Government Authority?

    What is the Limit of Civil Government Authority?

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    NATIONAL CONSTITUTION PARTY CHAIRMAN

    Justin Magill

    On March 18th, 1776, the British Parliament was forced to repeal the Stamp Act. But on the same day they passed the Declaratory Act, reasserting their right to legislate for the colonies.

    Both Parliament and the King passed the Declaratory Act. It asserted that they had the “full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever”.

    America’s Founders rejected this Act. The cornerstone principle which our American government is structured around is that every human being has certain inalienable rights endowed upon them by the Creator. The principles built on this foundation are that the purpose of government is to secure these rights and that the government cannot violate these rights without due process of law.

    These bedrock principles apply at every level of government and to every action of government or government actor.

    When your local or State governments violate your rights instead of securing your rights, what do you do about it? Do you know how to petition your public functionaries? Do you attend local municipal meetings? Get organized now and secure your inalienable rights.

    Connect in your State

    Together we can make 2026 the Tipping Point where America returns to the Fundamental Principles of Liberty and Self-governance that made it great.

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  • Constitution Party tells Conservatives 2026 is the tipping point

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    Time to Unify under the Banner of the Constitution

    Americans who love their county, love liberty, and love their Constitution must start to make the hard choice to walk away from the two-party factionism that is destroying them.

    Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican representative from the state of Georgia, recently announced that she will resign from Congress effective January 5, 2026. 

    In her statement she said, “There is no “plan to save the world” or insane 4D chess game being played. When the common American people finally realize and understand that the Political Industrial Complex of both parties is ripping this country apart, that not one elected leader like me is able to stop Washington’s machine from gradually destroying our country, and instead the reality is that they, common Americans, The People, possess the real power over Washington, then I’ll be here by their side to rebuild it.” 

    She is 100% correct when she says The PEOPLE have the true power.  She is 100% correct about the control of America by a Political/Industrial Complex is ripping this country apart.

    Howard Phillips started the Constitution Party in the early 1990s because he recognized then that there is no saving the GOP. He created the Constitution Party as an ark for Americans who are left behind and beaten down by the GOP.  

    There is a continued cycle of conservatives fighting to save the Republican Party while the GOP embraces more globalism and socialism. There is a blind belief that conservatives cling to, that the GOP can be “saved”; all the while they waste their blood, sweat, and tears as the situation continually worsens. Each conservative must come to the realization on their own, of the futility of continuing with the GOP. But just imagine if, instead of putting themselves through the grinder first, they all simply looked at the decades of GOP history that show the rapid decline and came to the realization en mass. 

    Each American needs to take a good look at this cycle and ask this question: “Will I continue to support the GOP in its abuse, or will I pull my support from the GOP and support rebuilding America on securing individual rights, limited government, and political functionaries that answer to We the People.” 

    The Constitution Party asks Marjorie Taylor Green, Rand Paul, Thomas Massie and other conservative leaders to ask themselves a similar question: “Will I continue to be part of the problem, or will I stand up and be a part of the solution by breaking away from the two-party paradigm which is destroying the Constitution.”  

    It will take great courage and strong minds to break the chains binding our Constitutional Republic and the Constitution.  The real test is if the American people and their leaders have the grit and stamina to make it happen.

    The Constitution Party has been growing stronger over the last couple years as more and more individuals are taking a good look at “politics as usual.”  2026 will see more major gains party as our State parties continue to grow, and our committed Statesmen win more offices. 

    We invite you to join us in making 2026 the tipping point where America returns to the fundamental principles of Liberty and self-governance that made it great.

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    Contact Us:

    Constitution Party National Committee

    P.O. Box 1782

    Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17608

    (717) 390-1993

    contactcp@constitutionparty.com

  • Where Are We in America?

    Where Are We in America?

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    Constitution Party National Chairman

    Justin Magill

    “It’s not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.”

    Seneca

    We recently had our fall National Committee meeting in Sparks, Nevada. The subtle but dominant message that we heard from every speaker was about the accelerated decline in America over the last decade. But every speaker focused, not on the discouraging decline, but on the growing awareness in America and on the victories won.

    In a recent Gallup poll, nearly two-thirds of Americans opined that the Democratic and Republican parties are doing such a poor job that another major political party is needed. This is a growing realization in the U.S. over the last several decades but the lack of follow through shows an alarming cowardice on the part of the voter. Many are afraid to commit to making another party a major party. Many have bought into the sales pitch of the DEMGOP party that a vote for a third party is “a wasted vote” and “will cause the “other” party to win” and therefore you have to vote for their team.

    But we also see a growing unrest and a recognition that the Democratic and Republican parties no longer represent the American people, nor do they fight to protect our individual rights. We see more and more politicians, who are fighting for the American people, being attacked by their own political party. We see major political players being labeled as the problem because they have dared to push back against the abuses their own political party is foisting on the American people.

    As the two major parties leave their voters behind and use and abuse them at every turn, we hope see a shift away from the two old dying parties and a return of the American spirit. But what will it take to cause this shift? It may simply take an overwhelming pain from the abuse to cause people to shift, but this isn’t the likely scenario. Look how far we the people have allowed things to go already.

    No, most likely, it will take the courage of a few individuals to stand in the face of the status quo. It will take the courage of a few more individuals to support them and fight for them. And after these individuals break the inertia that has held us captive, the impetus will gain speed and the two old dying parties will be discarded.

    But who are these courageous few who will lead this charge? We at the Constitution Party are reaching out to the public servants who have shown the integrity to stand for the rights of individual American against all odds. You can add you voice in encouraging these individuals to join a party that would support them. We are also training new volunteers in how to build and lead their State, County, and local Constitution Parties. And, we are looking for serious donors who can support major candidates to win larger races.

    So what can I do? Every individual must find the courage to stand up for individual rights right where they live. We must find the courage to express our support of individual rights and oppose government abuse of those rights at our municipal and school board meeting. We must make ourselves known so that other like-minded individuals can see us and join in our efforts. We may even need to run for local offices in governments that need to return to their limited role.

    We need Americans, unwilling to give up the individual rights of the people, who will stand up and be counted.

    “Our unalterable resolution would be to be free.”

    Samuel Adams

    National Chairman, Justin Magill

  • Defend Educational Freedom from State-Funded Intrusion

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    “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.

  • Is Tryanny Our Fate?

    Is Tryanny Our Fate?

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    Constitution Party National Chairman

    Justin Magill

    What is it about Private Property?

    You can watch the fourth video from Mr. DeWeese linked below or read the rest of the email for the information provided in the video.

    The Silver Bullet to Victory

    There is no question that it’s getting pretty scary out there. Every part of our society is under siege. Are we just going to let it happen?

    You must not accept the idea that President Trump solving all these problems. One man simply cannot do it.

    The question is “what do we do?” Obviously, we have one of two choices. We accept our fate, or we fight. Are we finished? Do we quit? Do we surrender?

    It would be easy to do any of those things. No one would blame us. We gave it the good fight. We could hide behind the idea that ancient conspiracies set our fate long before we were born. Some argue that members of secret societies somehow trumped every ideal we hold and overpowered every move we made.

    We could pat ourselves on the back and say, well, they were just too strong. What could we do? Tyranny is our destiny. Is that what you want to tell your grandchildren when they ask you what you did to preserve the ideals of America?

    In another era, we could have loaded up boats and sailed to a new world to live by the ideals we hold. But that was already done. People ran from tyranny.

    They came here – to America. Now tyranny has caught us. And there’s nowhere else to run. We either accept our pre-ordained “fate” or make a stand. This is the moment when we decide the future of our ideals.

    You know the ideals I’m talking about:

    • That you are born with liberty.
    • That it is your God-given right to speak your mind, start a business, own and control property, build your dream home – and expect it to be there for as long as you like,
    • practice your religion exactly as you believe, and, above all,
    • expect that the government will protect those rights at all costs.

    We know by witnessing history that totalitarianism does not work. Government control of the actions of the people only leads to poverty, misery and death.

    And we know that the United States was the first nation ever created that recognized the God-given natural rights of individuals – and America’s history has proven that such a system is the only one that produces prosperity and happiness.

    So what do we do?

    Do we fight for those ideals of liberty? Or will we allow them to be lost forever under some global village? Do nothing, and they have made the decision for us. What can be easier than that?

    You must understand that these are not just random, misguided policies from confused politicians. We are facing a well-organized, massively funded agenda from a very determined gang of global thieves. They are not a secret society. They are right there in front of us – openly admitting their agenda.

    First, we must start listening. Then at some point we say NO – and mean it! Then we get serious about stopping them.

    We have to help people to speak out in an effective way. They must not be intimidated. Because that’s why many concerned citizens just give up. They are afraid to act.

    We have to teach them how to research what the enemy is doing: how to recruit reliable and dedicated activists to our cause, and how to speak and present our cause to the public.

    Above all, we must teach local activists how to create effective campaigns to get bad politicians out of office and replace them with good ones who are determined to save our Republic.

    That’s the Silver Bullet to Victory!

    Tom DeWeese,
    President
    American Policy Center
    https://americanpolicy.org/

    Tom DeWeese is one of the nation’s leading advocates of individual liberty, free enterprise, private property rights, personal privacy, back-to-basics education and American sovereignty and independence. Today he serves as Founder and President of the American Policy Center.

  • Freedom of Speech: The Early Years

    Freedom of Speech: The Early Years

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    Constitution Party National Chairman

    Justin Magill

    John Peter Zenger Found Not Guilty!

    In 1735, John Peter Zenger was found “not guilty” of seditious libel against the Governor of New York. The Royal Governor of New York, William Crosby, went after John Peter Zenger, one the few skilled printers in the colonies, because of the things printed against the governor in the New-York Weekly Journal, the newspaper where Zenger was a printer. Zenger’s attorney, Andrew Hamilton, argued that Zenger should not be found guilty if what he printed was true. While this was not a defense allowed under the seditious libel laws at the time, the jury came back with a verdict of not guilty.

    This case and the outcome of it, laid much groundwork for the American Revolution.

    The rights to free speech and freedom of the press were being limited by the British government and dissenters were being targeted. Blackstone, later in his Commentaries on the Laws of England, supported criminal punishment for libel without regard for truth. “For the same reason it is immaterial with respect to the essence of a libel, whether the matter of it be true or false.” However, the Letters of Cato gave a different sentiment about free speech:

    “The exposing therefore of publick wickedness, as it is a duty which every man owes to truth and his country, can never be a libel in the nature of things.”

    Cato’s Letters No. 32.

    Read the Zenger Trial story →

    “Men who injure and oppress the People under their Administration provoke them to cry out and complain; and then make that very Complaint the Foundation for new Oppressions and Prosecutions. I wish I could say there were no Instances of this Kind. But to conclude; the Question before the Court and you, Gentlemen of the Jury, is not of small nor private Concern, it is not the Cause of a poor Printer, nor of New York alone, which you are now trying; No! It may in its Consequence, affect every Freeman that lives under a British Government on the Main of America. It is the best Cause. It is the Cause of Liberty; and I make no Doubt but your upright Conduct, this Day, will not only entitle you to the Love and Esteem of your Fellow-Citizens; but every Man, who prefers Freedom to a Life of Slavery, will bless and honour You, as Men who have baffled the Attempt of Tyranny; and by an impartial and uncorrupt Verdict, have laid a noble Foundation for securing to ourselves, our Posterity, and our Neighbors, That, to which Nature and the Laws of our Country have given us a Right – The Liberty – both of exposing and opposing arbitrary Power (in these Parts of the World, at least) by Speaking and writing Truth.”

    Atty. Andrew Hamilton

    “If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom – go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!”

    Samuel Adams

  • WELFARE

    WELFARE

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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: 

    1. PROVIDE implies actively and financially-supporting.
    2. 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! 
    3. GENERAL Welfare is not the same as INDIVIDUAL Welfare.
    4. GENERAL Welfare would benefit the people generally. Individual Welfare targets a certain segment of society to benefit, such as the poor. 

    Providing Individual Welfare is NOT authorized in the Constitution. 

    God, who endows us with life, liberty, property, and the right to pursue happiness, also exhorts individuals to care for the needy, the sick, the homeless, the aged, and those who are otherwise unable to care for themselves. 

    America’s welfare crisis is government-induced. 

    Government social and cultural policies have undermined the work ethic, even as the government’s economic and regulatory policies have undermined the ability of our citizens to obtain work. 

    Charity and provision of welfare to those in need are not a Constitutional responsibility of the federal government. 

    Under no circumstances should the taxpayers of the United States be obligated, under penalty of law through forced taxation, to assume the cost of providing welfare for other citizens. 

    Neither should taxpayers be indentured to subsidize welfare for persons who enter the United States illegally. 

    The message of Christian charity is fundamentally at odds with the concept of welfare maintenance as a right. In many cases, welfare provisions by the Federal government are not only misdirected but morally destructive.

    It is the intended purpose of civil government to safeguard life, liberty, and property, not to redistribute wealth. Such redistribution is contrary to the Biblical command against theft. 

    We encourage individuals, families, churches, civic groups, and other private organizations to fulfill their personal responsibility to help those in need. 

  • 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