Constitution Party of
Wisconsin Platform:
Preamble
The Constitution Party of Wisconsin
gratefully acknowledges the blessing of
the Lord God as Creator, Preserver, and
Ruler of the Universe and of this Nation.
It recognizes Jesus Christ as transcendent
King over all nations and hereby appeals
to Him for aid, comfort, guidance and the
protection of His Divine Providence as we
work to restore and preserve this nation
as a government of the people, by the
people, and for the people.
The US Constitution established a
republic under God, governed by
Constitutional law, rooted in Biblical law,
rather than a democracy.
We affirm the God-given rights upon
which these United States of America
were founded: Each individual is endowed
by his Creator with certain unalienable
rights; that among these are life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness. That the
freedom to own; use, exchange, control,
protect, and freely dispose of property is
an extension of one’s unalienable rights:
The legitimate function of government is
to secure these rights. History makes
clear that left unchecked, government
usurps the liberty of its citizens and
becomes a major violator of the people's
rights; therefore, it is essential to bind
government with the chains of the
Constitution and limit government powers
to those assigned by the people.
Family CPoW does not recognize
"same-sex marriage," or it’s counterfeits,
such as ―domestic partnerships. We call
upon all state officials to outlaw all acts of
sodomy and to repeal the provisions in
the Wisconsin State Statutes that allow
for "no fault divorce."
Abortion, Euthanasia, and Bioresearch The Constitution Party of
Wisconsin calls upon our state officials to
fulfill their obligations as lesser
magistrates to uphold the US Constitution
and the state constitution by taking
immediate action to end the practice of
abortion in Wisconsin. We call upon our
state legislators to amend the Wisconsin
Constitution to recognize personhood
from the moment of fertilization. We
condemn the practice of so-called
"assisted suicide," and all attempts to
legalize euthanasia.
The pre-born child is a human being
created in God's image. The first duty of
the law is to prevent the shedding of
innocent blood. We affirm the God-given
legal personhood of all unborn human
beings, without exception. As to matters
of rape and incest, it is unconscionable to
take the life of an innocent child for the
crimes of his father.
Character and Moral Conduct
John Adams warned: “Our Constitution
was made only for a moral and religious
people. It is wholly inadequate to the
government of any other.” Our very
Constitution is threatened when we
permit immoral conduct by our leaders.
Our party leaders and public officials
must display exemplary qualities of
honesty, integrity, reliability, moral
uprightness, fidelity, prudence,
temperance, justice, fortitude, selfrestraint, courage, kindness, and
compassion. If they cannot be trusted in
private life, neither can they be trusted in
public life.
Eminent Domain The Constitution
Party of Wisconsin supports the return to
the original constitutional meaning of
"just compensation" rather than the
recent court imposed doctrine of "fair
market value.
Cost of Big Government James
Madison said, “The powers delegated by
the proposed Constitution to the federal
government are few and defined.” The
powers not delegated to the United
States by the Constitution, nor
prohibited by it to the States, are
reserved to the States respectively,
or to the people.
Defense The Constitution states one
of the duties specifically delegated to the
Federal Government is to “Provide for
the common defense.” Article I, Section
8, Clauses 11-16 give Congress further
direction and authority in this area,
including the power “To raise and
support Armies” and “To provide and
maintain a Navy.” It is a primary
obligation of the federal government to
provide for the common defense.
We oppose disarmament. Under no
circumstances would we commit US
forces to serve under any foreign flag or
command. We reject the policies and
practices that permit women to train for
or participate in combat. We support
well regulated militias at the state level.
Education- Should be free from any
Government subsidy or interference.
The State Government has no legitimate
role in either subsidizing or regulating
education. To that end, CPoW supports
amending the Wisconsin Constitution to
remove the State of Wisconsin from any
role in education. The Constitution
grants the Federal Government no
authority over education.
Energy CPoW stands opposed to any
proposed ―cap and trade scheme to
limit emission of carbon dioxide.
This will only increase unemployment
and the cost of everything. We do not
recognize that man-made global
warming is real.
Wage and Price Controls There is
nothing in the Constitution that promotes
a God-given right to earn a specific wage
or buy at a specific price.
Gun Control The 2nd Amendment
states “A well regulated Militia, being
necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and bear
Arms, shall not be infringed.” The right
to keep and bear arms may not be
infringed upon. We call for the repeal of
all firearms legislation, beginning with the
Federal Firearms Act of 1968.
Government Health Care The
Constitution Party opposes the
bureaucratization of American medicine.
Government regulation and subsidy
constitutes a threat to both the quality
and availability of patient-oriented health
care and treatment. We will repeal
Obama-care as soon as we are in a
position to do so.
The Judiciary We call attention to the
Constitution: Article 3, Section 1: “The
Judges, both of the supreme and inferior
Courts, shall hold their Offices during
good Behavior.” The tenure of Federal
Judges is not for life, but merely during
good behavior.
Money and Banking Article I,
Section 8, Clause 5 grants Congress the
power, “To coin money [and] regulate the
Value thereof,” with no provision for such
power to be delegated to any other
group. Congress began to fulfill this
obligation with the Mint Act of 1792,
producing Gold and Silver based coin,
prescribing the value and content of each
coin. Money functions as both a medium
of exchange and a symbol of a nation's
morality.
Pornography We call on our local,
state and federal governments to uphold
our First Amendment right to enforce our
laws against obscenity to maintain a
degree of separation between that which
is truly speech and that which only seeks
to distort and destroy.
Taxes The Constitution, in Article I,
Section 8, gives Congress the power "to
lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts,
and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide
for the common Defense and general
Welfare of the United States."
Since 1913, our Constitutional rights to
life, liberty, and property have been
abridged by the imposition on each of us
of Federal income, payroll, and estate
taxes. This is an unconstitutional Federal
assumption of direct taxing authority. We
propose legislation to abolish the Internal
Revenue Service.
The Constitution
Party of
Wisconsin
State Sovereignty The 10th
Amendment states: “The powers not
delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
States, are reserved to the States
respectively, or to the people.”
Citizen Initiative Referenda
The Wisconsin Constitution guarantees
the citizens of Wisconsin a republican
form of government. Citizen referenda
constitute a form of pure democracy,
which is akin to mob rule and is,
therefore, inconsistent with the Wisconsin
Constitution and the intentions of this
nation’s founders.
The Constitution Party of Wisconsin
PO Box 070344
Milwaukee, WI 53207
1-877-201-2441
[email protected]
Presents:
An Abridged
Platform