http://www.constitutionparty.com RSS feeds for Constitution Party 60 http://www.constitutionparty.com/OurPrinciples/Resolutions/tabid/129/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/37/Adhering-to-the-Constitutional-Requirements-Pertaining-to-War-Powers.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.constitutionparty.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=129&ModuleID=504&ArticleID=37 http://www.constitutionparty.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=37&PortalID=0&TabID=129 http://www.constitutionparty.com/OurPrinciples/Resolutions/tabid/129/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/37/Adhering-to-the-Constitutional-Requirements-Pertaining-to-War-Powers.aspx (Note: This resolution was passed by the Constitution Party National Committee at the Spring 2003 meeting in Portland, Oregon) Whereas, the Constitution vests the power to declare war solely in the Congress, the elected representatives of the people; Whereas, the framers of the Constitution were explicitly clear in their intent that the authority to unilaterally initiate military hostilities against a foreign power should be denied to the President and the Executive Branch (although this does not exclude the President’s authority to initiate military action when the population and/or territory of the United States is under imminent or proximate attack); Whereas, the deliberative process and multitude of counsel that is uniquely found in Congress among the federal branches, provides a necessary mechanism of restraint that checks and balances the natural tendencies of the Executive Branch to engage in military conflict; Whereas, the future of our nation as a free and independent republic is put in grave jeopardy if we continue to allow the Executive Branch to initiate military hostilities against foreign powers without being first directed to do so by a congressional declaration of war; Whereas, it is the duty of all those holding elected federal office to demand that this constitutional requirement is fulfilled before acts of war are conducted; Whereas, those who are not willing to actively and publicly support the Constitution are unfit to serve in an elected federal office; Be it resolved by the Constitution Party National Committee, that we publicly demand that no further expansion of the use of U.S. military force occur without a full and complete debate and consideration of the matter by Congress that results in a positive vote that declares war on a specific foreign enemy or enemies. Furthermore, we encourage patriotic Americans everywhere to join with us in fulfilling our duty to support the Constitution by opposing the re-election of any and all federal officials that choose to not fulfill their duty to support the Constitution, by their not actively resisting the use of U.S. armed forces by the Executive Branch without a congressional declaration of war. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Resolution passed by the Constitution Party National Committee, Spring 2003 in Portland, Oregon Webmaster Tue, 01 Apr 2003 06:51:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:37 http://www.constitutionparty.com/OurPrinciples/Resolutions/tabid/129/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/36/In-Defense-of-the-Bill-of-Rights-and-Our-Constitutional-Rights.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.constitutionparty.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=129&ModuleID=504&ArticleID=36 http://www.constitutionparty.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=36&PortalID=0&TabID=129 http://www.constitutionparty.com/OurPrinciples/Resolutions/tabid/129/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/36/In-Defense-of-the-Bill-of-Rights-and-Our-Constitutional-Rights.aspx (Note: This resolution was passed by the Constitution Party National Committee at the Spring 2003 meeting in Portland, Oregon) Whereas, we hold these Truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness--- That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed. Whereas, we the people in order to secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity do take our responsibilities towards securing and maintaining liberty literally. Whereas, brave men, living and dead, have struggled and consecrated with their lives this gift of liberty as vouched safe by the Constitution. Whereas, it is for us, the living, to be dedicated to the unfinished work, to the great task remaining before us. Whereas, we here highly resolved that our honored dead shall not have died in vain, but that this nation under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. Whereas, the US PATRIOT Act, the Homeland Security Act and certain Executive Orders seriously jeopardize and threaten our unalienable, God-given Constitutionally protected rights. Therefore, We the National Committee of the Constitution Party support the repeal of the US PATRIOT Act, Homeland Security Act and Executive Orders which infringe on our Constitutional rights and encourage all to work for their repeal. And therefore we do support this Resolution in defense of Liberty, with a firm Reliance in the Protection and intervention of divine Providence, and pledge to each other our mutual support. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Resolution passed by the Constitution Party National Committee, Spring 2003 in Portland, Oregon Webmaster Tue, 01 Apr 2003 06:49:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:36 http://www.constitutionparty.com/OurPrinciples/Resolutions/tabid/129/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/35/Klamath-Basin-Property-Rights.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.constitutionparty.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=129&ModuleID=504&ArticleID=35 http://www.constitutionparty.com/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=35&PortalID=0&TabID=129 http://www.constitutionparty.com/OurPrinciples/Resolutions/tabid/129/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/35/Klamath-Basin-Property-Rights.aspx (Note: This resolution was passed by the Constitution Party National Committee at the Spring 2003 meeting in Portland, Oregon) Whereas, the United States government has waged an undeclared war against citizens of these United States, who farm and ranch for their livelihood and thus feed the world. This war has taken the form of regulatory chains applied to the backs of an otherwise free people. The accounts of intolerable acts by regulatory governments-within-a-government have increased our burden beyond our endurance. Whereas, the United States government has failed repeatedly to come to the aid of our countrymen, it is time for the Constitution Party to speak. Therefore, Be it resolved, that the Constitution Party will stand with and beside all our countrymen like those in the Klamath Basin in their efforts to control their own destiny. The Constitution Party acknowledges the right of the people to live upon their land without government tyranny and domestic terrorism stalking their freedom. Therefore, we urge energetic and appropriate action by all citizens to protect their God-given rights.   Webmaster Tue, 01 Apr 2003 06:48:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:35