The Constitution Party: Why Not Join?

Every so often American politics has a drastic change whether it is a new party rising or if there is a political revolution.  One party that started a revolution in upholding the United States Constitution and shrinking the size of the federal government is the Constitution Party, which started its revolution in 1992.

      The party was founded under the name the U.S. Taxpayers Party.  This party was founded by Howard Phillips; who was the Party’s presidential nomination for the first years of the U.S. Taxpayers Party’s unsuccessful run for the White House.  Gradually over time the Party grew in popularity over the years gaining more votes to become the third largest political party in the United States.  The Federal Election Commission recognized the U.S. Taxpayers Party as an official party in 1996.  Following being recognized as an official political party in the United States; at the 1999 U.S. Taxpayers Party’s convention brought about a vote on changing the name of the Party.  The delegates voted and changed the name to the Constitution Party.  This is because the delegates wanted to reflect their purpose for being a party and that is to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America.

      This year the Constitution Party’s candidate for president and vice president of the United States was former Virginian Congressman Virgil Goode and his running mate was Pennsylvanian Lawyer James Clymer.  Goode and Clymer received the fifth most votes in the 2012 election by receiving 117,500 votes.  The ticket of Goode and Clymer ran on the slogan, “Save America” and “Citizenship Matters.”  The first slogan, “Save America,” represents how the Constitution Party feels America is going down a dangerous path and how it needs to be saved.  Then the slogan, “Citizenship Matters,” branches off from the immigration debate that has gotten the whole nation involved.

      What the Constitution Party believes is cleverly stated in the title in which the named itself: the Constitution.  Also, the Constitution Party believes the early documents that helped to make this country great should also play an important role in governing this nation.  The Party believes in what the Constitution says and does not believe in going against it.  The Constitution Party has seven principles which include: life, liberty, family, property, the Constitution and Bill of Rights, state's rights, and American sovereignty.  They believe that each of these seven principles is what America was built upon and need to go back to.

      The first principle life is the key to having every right that Americans have and is key in having the other six principles the Constitution Party stands for.  The Party believes that life begins at conception as outlined in the Declaration of Independence; and lasts until natural death.  This is followed by liberty which the Party believes is needed in order for a people to be free.  The Constitution Party believes that a person has the right to make decisions by themselves and has the right to be self-governed.  Having the right to be self-governed is guaranteed throughout the Constitution.  This leads straight to the next principle, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.  These are important to every American because that is where the rights that every American has are found.

      The Constitution Party also holds family high on its list of principles.  The Party believes in the Biblical view of marriage but does not believe that the federal government should define what marriage is based on the.  The Constitution Party says they feel this way because of a quote made by Noah Webster.

      Noah Webster stated: “The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitution and laws… All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery, and war proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts in the Bible.”

Also, each U.S. citizen has the right to own personal property without the government completing unreasonable activity on an individual’s land.  They cite the 4 and 5 Amendments to why they believe this.  The Constitution Party also believes that each state and the American people have all of the other rights and powers not mentioned in the Constitution; as outlined in the 10 Amendment.  This is why the state’s rights and American Sovereignty are so important to the Constitution Party.

With a set of principles going by the Constitution and other important documents in U.S. history, they also outline their mission well.

The mission of the Constitution Party is to: “The mission of the Constitution Party is to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity through the election, at all levels of government, of Constitution Party candidates who will uphold the principles of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights. It is our goal to limit the federal government to its delegated, enumerated, Constitutional functions.”

In simple words the Constitution Party believes in the Constitution and everything that it stands for.  It should be common knowledge that all political parties claim to embrace the Constitution, but none have ever taken the word Constitution, and put it in their party’s name.  If there are any questions about the party their website is: www.constitutionparty.com.  If you are tired of the over dominant two party system here in the United States my question for you is, what are you waiting for?  Join countless other Americans in going back to a Constitutional government an join the revolution now!