How WE Define “CONSTITUTIONAL PATRIOT”
BACKGROUND
CONSTITUTION Defined: (Three sources)
“The system of fundamental principles according to which a nation, state, corporation, or the
like, is governed.”
Dictionary.com
“A constitution is a set of fundamental principles according to which a state or other
organization is governed.”
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Fundamental political principles on which a state is governed, especially when considered as
embodying the rights of the subjects of that state.”
Collins English Dictionary, 2012 Digital Edition
CONSTITUTIONAL Defined: (Two sources)
“Consistent with, sanctioned by, or permissible according to a constitution.”
The Free Dictionary
“Being in accordance with or authorized by the constitution of a state or society;”
“Regulated by or ruling according to a constitution;” “Loyal to or supporting an established
constitution or form of government.”
Merriam-Webster
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS Defined:
“Fundamental rights are a generally regarded set of legal protections in the context of a
legal system, where in such system is itself based upon this same set of basic, fundamental,
or inalienable rights. Such rights thus belong without presumption or cost of privilege to all
human beings under such jurisdiction. The concept of human rights has been promoted as a
legal concept in large part owing to the idea that human beings have such fundamental rights,
such that transcend all jurisdictions, but are typically reinforced in different ways and with
different emphasis within different legal systems.”
“In American Constitutional Law, fundamental rights have special significance under the U.S.
Constitution. Those rights enumerated in the U.S. Constitution are recognized as fundamental
by the U.S. Supreme Court. According to the Supreme Court, enumerated rights that are
incorporated are so fundamental that any law restricting such a right must both serve a
compelling state purpose and be narrowly tailored to that compelling purpose.”
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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THE UNIQUE IDEA OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION
“Our Constitution embodied a UNIQUE IDEA. Nothing like it had ever been done before. The
power of the idea was in the recognition that people’s rights are granted directly by the Creator
- not by the state - and that the people, then, and only then, grant rights to government. The
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concept is so simple, yet so very fundamental and far-reaching.”
“America’s founders embraced a previously unheard-of political philosophy which held that
people are endowed BY THEIR CREATOR with certain inalienable rights. This was the
statement of guiding principles for the new nation, and , as such, had to be translated into a
concrete charter for government. The Constitution of the United States of America became
that charter.”
PATRIOT Defined:
“A person who regards himself or herself as a defender, especially of individual rights, against
presumed interference by the federal government. A person who loves, supports, and defends
his or her country and its interests with devotion.”
PATRIOTISM Defined:
“Love that people feel for their country; love for or devotion to one’s country.”
Merriam-Webster
“An emotional attachment to a nation which an individual recognizes as their homeland.”
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