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Constitution Party (United States)
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Constitution Party:

Party Chairman    Jim Clymer
Senate Leader    None
House Leader    None
Founded    1992 under as Taxpayers party 1999 under as Constitution party
Headquarters    23 North Lime St.  Lancaster, PA 17602
Political ideology    Paleoconservatism
Constitutionalism
Originalism
National conservatism
Christian nationalism
Political position    Fiscal: Economic nationalism
Social: Christian right
International affiliation    None
Seats in the Senate    
Seats in the House of Representatives    
Color(s)    Red, white, and blue
Website    http://constitutionparty.com

The Constitution Party is a nationalist and populist [1] United States political party rooted in the paleoconservative movement. It was founded as the U.S. Taxpayers' Party in 1992. The party's official name was changed to the Constitution Party in 1999; however, some state affiliate parties are known under different names. The party's goal as stated in its own words is "to restore our government to its Constitutional limits and our law to its Biblical foundations." The party puts a large focus on immigration, calling for stricter penalties towards illegal immigrants and a moratorium on legal immigration until all federal subsidies to immigrants are discontinued.[2] The party absorbed the American Independent Party, originally founded for George Wallace's 1968 presidential campaign. The Party's California affiliate continues to operate under that name.

Overview

According to the editor of Ballot Access News, which periodically compiles and analyzes voter registration statistics as reported by state voter agencies, it ranks third nationally amongst all United States political parties in registered voters, with 384,722 registered members as of February 2008.[3]

The Constitution Party advocates a platform which it says aims to reflect the principles of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Bible, and the Bill of Rights.

In 2006, Rick Jore of Montana became the first Constitution Party candidate elected to a state-level office,[4][5] although the Constitution Party of Montana had disaffiliated from the national party a short time before the election.

On April 26, 2008, Chuck Baldwin was nominated as the Constitution Party candidate for President of the United States in the 2008 election.

[edit] Affiliates and other similar parties

The Michigan affiliate has kept the U.S. Taxpayers Party name to retain ballot status. In Connecticut the affiliate is the Concerned Citizens Party; in Nebraska the affiliate has recently changed its name from "The Nebraska Party" to "The Nebraska Independent Party".[6].

Reports that the Constitution Party discussed a merger[7] between several third parties such as the Reform Party, Independent American Party, American Independent Party, and the America First Party have been refuted by other accounts of the events.[8] Nevertheless, all of the aforementioned parties except for the Reform Party endorsed Michael Peroutka as their presidential candidate in 2004.

[edit] Notable persons

Pat Buchanan threatened in 1996 to run as the U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate if Bob Dole chose a pro-choice running mate. Dole later chose pro-life Jack Kemp and received Buchanan's endorsement. Buchanan's Reform Party running mate Ezola B. Foster switched her membership to the Constitution Party in 2002. Buchanan stated on the September 7, 2004 edition of Hardball with Chris Matthews, "There is a chance I would vote for [Michael] Peroutka."[9] However, he later penned an endorsement of President George W. Bush in the pages of The American Conservative.[10]

U.S. senator Bob Smith announced his switch from Republican to the U.S. Taxpayers Party in 1999 to seek its 2000 presidential nomination. Smith later claimed that anti-New World Order ideologues within the party resisted his candidacy due to his Roman Catholicism. He continued his campaign as a non-partisan independent but ceased the campaign soon thereafter and returned to the Republican party to assume a Senate committee chairmanship. In 2008, he began writing editorials on the Constitution Party's web page, fueling speculation that he would seek its presidential nomination again, although he had endorsed Rep. Duncan Hunter for the Republican nomination. He requested that his name be withheld from consideration in a March 2008 letter to CP supporters.

Minuteman Project co-founder Jim Gilchrist ran for Congress with the American Independent Party in 2005, but has since rejoined the Republicans.[11]

Author and WorldNetDaily columnist Jerome Corsi launched a brief campaign for the 2008 nomination but in July 2007 decided to return to writing.[12] Former Reagan Administration official and Christian activist Alan Keyes had actively sought the Constitution nod after ending a bid for the GOP nomination.[13]

The party has also attracted notables in the anti-abortion movement such as Dr. Gregory Thompson,[14] Lon Mabon,[15] Paul deParrie, and Missionaries to the Preborn leader Pastor Matthew Trewhella.[16] However, many such notables were involved in the below-mentioned disaffiliation efforts over abortion, and it remains unclear on what effect the movement has upon the current reorganized affiliates.

A 2008 candidate for the Republican nomination, Representative Ron Paul (R-Texas), endorsed several third party candidates shortly after bowing out of the race. Ultimately, he would go on to endorse 2008 Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin.[17] The Constitution Party of Montana replaced Baldwin with Paul for president and Michael Peroutka for vice president. Paul requested that Montana remove his name from the ballot, but the Secretary of State of Montana denied his request, stating that the request was sent too late.[18]

Dan Itse, a Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives active in the state sovereignty movement, is scheduled to speak at the June 2009 Constitution Party National Committee meeting to be held in Newark, New Jersey.

Platform

For comparison with other parties, see Comparison of politics of parties of the United States.

The Constitution Party platform invokes a preamble that looks to Jesus Christ as Creator, and seeks to secure "our unalienable rights given us by our Creator." [19]

 Fiscal policy

The Constitution Party supports reducing the role of the United States federal government through cutting bureaucratic regulation, reducing spending, and replacing the income tax with a tariff-based revenue system supplemented by excise taxes. Its leaders are among the strongest advocates of abolishing most forms of federal taxation, especially the income tax; they view most current regular federal expenditures, such as those for health care, education, and welfare, as unconstitutional under Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution and the Tenth Amendment. The party also takes the position that the "imposition […] of Federal income, payroll, and estate taxes […] is an unconstitutional Federal assumption of direct taxing authority."[20] The 16th Amendment to the US Constitution does grant Congress the power to "lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration,"[21] however, the party disputes the validity of the Amendment's ratification.

The party supports paying off the federal debt through a systematic elimination of further borrowing, programs, and agencies it considers unconstitutional such as the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services. The party opposes foreign aid, asking that no further funds be appropriated for any kind of foreign aid program, and encourage the idea that the United States terminate its participation in international lending institutions, such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and the Export-Import Bank. It also urges the government to immediately terminate all subsidies, tax preferences, and investment guarantees that encourage U.S. businesses to invest in foreign property; and to seek to collect all foreign debts owed to it.

 Foreign policy

The Constitution Party favors a noninterventionist foreign policy. It advocates reduction and eventual elimination of the role the United States plays in multinational and international organizations such as the United Nations, and favors withdrawal of the United States from most current treaties, such as North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), and the World Trade Organization. The party takes mercantilist positions in supporting protectionist policies on international trade.

The party also believes in exercising a tariff system to counteract the U.S.' increasingly negative balance of trade.[22] The tariff system would levy additional import costs, the amount of which would vary proportionally with how much less the exporting country's production costs are compared to that of U.S. companies. This system would presumably give U.S. companies a better chance at competing with countries, like Mexico and China, which have lower labor costs. In 2007 the US took in only about 25 billion dollars in import Tariffs while at the same time running a 70 billion dollar per month Import Deficit.

 Immigration policy

The party opposes illegal immigration and also seeks stricter controls on legal immigration. It demands that the federal government restore immigration policies based on the policy that potential immigrants will be disqualified from admission to the United States on the grounds of ill health, criminality, low morals, or financial dependence, believing that they would impose an improper burden on the United States, any state, and citizens of the United States. The party has stated a long term goal of a moratorium on future immigration, exempting extreme cases where it would be necessary. [23]

Additionally, it opposes the providing of welfare subsidies and other taxpayer-supported benefits to illegal immigrants, rejecting also the practice of bestowing U.S. citizenship on children born to illegal immigrant parents while in this country (jus soli). The Party also rejects any extension of amnesty to illegal immigrants. The Constitution Party calls for the use of U.S. troops to protect the states against an influx of illegal immigrants.


Social policy

The party opposes euthanasia and abortion.[24][25] The party supports a state's right to administer the death penalty to those convicted of "capital crimes"[26]:

    Our support of a State's option to impose the death penalty is limited to those who have been convicted of capital crimes. This is consistent with protecting "innocent" life because the death penalty would only be applied to those who have proven to be a threat to innocent life.

The party opposes government recognition of same-sex unions, and believes state and local governments have the right to criminalize "offensive sexual behavior".[27] The party further opposes pornography, believing it to be, at worst, "a destructive element of society resulting in significant and real emotional, physical, spiritual and financial costs to individuals, families and communities," distinguishable from the American citizen's "cherished First Amendment right to free speech." While expressing its belief in the individual responsibility of citizens and corporations, the party maintains that government plays a "vital role" in establishing and maintaining the highest level of decency in America's community standards.[28] Viewing gambling as destructive and contributing to crime, the party opposes all government sponsorship, involvement in, or promotion of gambling,[29] and in keeping with the spirit of Article 1 Section 8 and Amendment 10, the party opposes federal anti-drug laws while maintaining that the federal government may have a role in limiting the import of drugs.[30]

The party supports the right to bear arms in accordance with the Second Amendment to the Constitution. It has taken a stand against the USA PATRIOT Act.

The Constitution Party believes that charitable giving is most effective when conducted by private parties. Because the authority to administer charity has not been granted to the government in the Constitution, the party maintains that the government has no business being involved in such endeavors.[31] The party opposes federal restrictions on, or subsidization of, medical treatments.[32]

The party supports English as the official language for all governmental business, opposes bilingual ballots, and insists that those who wish to take part in the electoral process and governance of the U.S. be required to read and comprehend basic English as a precondition of citizenship.[33]

[edit] Abortion stance and post-Tampa state disaffiliations

The Constitution Party officially opposes both early and late-term abortions. Party members, however, have been divided on the subject of exceptions in the cases of ****, incest, and abortions performed to save the life of the mother.

In early 2006, Christopher H. Hansen, the gubernatorial candidate of Independent American Party of Nevada (the Constitution Party state affiliate in Nevada), and candidates in Colorado and Idaho, publicly expressed support for these exceptions, which were contrary to the official Nevada platform.

At the party's April national convention in Tampa, Florida, the assembly voted not to disaffiliate Nevada, citing that affiliate's official position on the issue and national party policy against dictating the internal affairs (such as electing leaders) of any affiliate. They also made it more difficult to introduce a disaffiliation resolution.

In response, nine state parties formally voted to disaffiliate from the national party, believing it to have unacceptably compromised on the issue of abortion.[34][35][36][37][38] Several of these states have since reorganized and reaffiliated.[39][40]

Federalism

The party supports the repeal of the Sixteenth Amendment, which allows Congress to tax income, and the Seventeenth Amendment, which requires the direct (popular) election of Senators.[41] The party holds that each state's membership in the Union is voluntary,[42] this stance is known as the Compact theory.

 Ballot access

The Constitution Party is on the ballot in the following states, as of December 1, 2008.[43] Several state parties are still disaffiliated following the 2006 Tampa decision.

   1. Colorado (as the American Constitution Party)
   2. Delaware
   3. Florida
   4. Idaho
   5. Maryland
   6. Michigan (as the U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan)
   7. Mississippi
   8. Missouri
   9. Montana (Constitution Party of Montana, disaffiliated in 2006)
  10. Nevada (as the Independent American Party of Nevada)
  11. New Mexico[44]
  12. Oregon (Constitution Party of Oregon, disaffiliated in 2006)
  13. South Carolina
  14. South Dakota
  15. Utah (Constitution Party of Utah)
  16. Vermont
  17. Florida

Started petitioning

The party has already started the process of petitioning for full party ballot access in 2010 in two states Wyoming and Arizona[4].

Presidential tickets

    * 1992 - Howard Phillips and Albion Knight, Jr. - 43,369 votes.
    * 1996 - Howard Phillips and Herb Titus - 184,820 votes
    * 2000 - Howard Phillips and Curtis Frazier - 98,022 votes
    * 2004 - Michael Peroutka and Chuck Baldwin - 143,630 votes
    * 2008 - Chuck Baldwin and Darrell Castle - 199,314 votes


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