Issue Position: The American Constitution

Issue Position

The American nation is founded on a unique notion that there is a certain class of human rights that exists in nature and that we create governments to protect these rights. The American Constitution creates a government powerful enough to protect these rights, but not so big as to become destructive of them.

The arrangement the Founders devised depends on dividing the powers of government in a manner that assures the ambitions of one group constantly check and contain the ambitions of another. But this can only work so long as the powers are evenly divided; this, in turn can only work as long as those to whom we loan these powers are obedient to that Constitution; and this, in turn can only work as long as "We, the People," insist on it. And the moment we cease to insist on it, we will forfeit that Constitution and the liberty it protects.

I believe that the disintegration of the fundamental architecture of the Constitution presents a potentially mortal peril to our Republic, and that the restoration of the separation of powers is vital to our freedom, prosperity and happiness.

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