Issues/Positions
National Constitution Party Brief Platform: http://www.constitutionparty.com/assets/Platform-in-Brief.pdf
My response to the National Constitution Party Brief Platform:
I Support the: Proposed Alaska Constitution Party Platform:
(11/26/11)
All members, officers and candidates of the Alaska Constitution Party
pledge to promote and implement our party platform to the best of our
abilities.
We support:
1. Vigorous defense of our constitutional legacy with insistence upon
complete local, state and federal government compliance with our Alaska
and United States of America Constitutions with an emphasis on Life,
Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness for all law abiding citizens,
including the unborn.
2. The right of individuals and of citizen militias to keep and bear
arms, including legally concealed weapons; and the freedom to
manufacture, purchase, trade and train in the use of such weapons and
their constituent parts including the unfettered acquisition of
ammunition.
3. Reviewing the Alaska Constitution, and advocating needed reforms
through the convening of an Alaska State Constitutional Convention every
ten years. Specifically, we seek to amend the Constitution of the State
of Alaska to re-establish the rights of all Alaskan residents to entry
upon all public lands within the state, and to acquire private property
interest therein, under fair and reasonable conditions. Such property
interest shall include surface and sub-surface patent.
4. Reinforcing the understanding of our unalienable rights endowed by
our Creator by eliminating the use of the word "privilege" contained
throughout Alaska statutes.
5. Preservation and protection of the Alaska Permanent Fund, permanent
fund earnings, earnings reserve fund and individual Permanent Fund
Dividends. We encourage Alaska Permanent Fund investment within Alaska
to promote infrastructure and development projects, including
alternative and renewable energy resources. We support the ability of
individual Alaskans to voluntarily direct portions of their Permanent
Funds to educational, medical, retirement or other private or public
investment opportunities they may choose.
6. Providing for the direct popular election of the Alaska Attorney
General and all Alaska judges and magistrates.
7. The right of jurors to judge the law as well as the facts,
according to their conscience, otherwise known as Jury Nullification of
the law.
8. Land reform in Alaska which provides for the development of
unrestricted, statewide, surface transportation and utility corridors as
needed for private and public development. We affirm and assert every
possible right-of-way established under R.S. 2477 of July 26, 1866,
before its repeal by the Federal Land Management Policy Act of October
21, 1976.
9. Reviewing our over-reliance upon property taxes, and developing
more just methods of taxation to reduce and eventually eliminate
property taxes altogether.
10. The complete repatriation of our public lands, held by the federal
government (other than those due to the Alaska Native people by law), to
the people and State of Alaska in accordance with Article 1, Section 8,
Clause 17, of the federal constitution.
11. Sustainable and responsible economic development with incentives
for creating jobs for Alaskans first, and the privatization of
government services when possible. We generally oppose the borrowing of
money by government for any purposes other than for capital
improvements.
12. Strengthening the traditional family and supporting individual
accountability without unwarranted government interference or
regulation. This includes support of the educational rights of parents
to privately or home school their children.
I Support the Seven Principles Of The Constitution Party:
- Life: For all human beings, from conception to natural death;
- Liberty: Freedom of conscience and actions for the self-governed individual;
- Family: One husband and one wife with their children as divinely instituted;
- Property: Each individual's right to own and steward personal property without government burden;
- Constitution And Bill Of Rights: interpreted according to the actual intent of the founding fathers;
- State's Rights: Everything not specifically delegated by the Constitution to the federal government, nor prohibited by the Constitution to the states, is reserved to the states or to the people.
- American Sovereignty: American government committed to the protection of the borders, trade, and common defense of Americans, and not entangled in foreign alliances.
National Constitution Party Platform: http://constitutionparty.com/OurPrinciples/2012Platform/tabid/127/Default.aspx