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The LP Constitutionalist Caucus is an informal group of constitutionalists in the LP Platform community, including Jon Roland, Guy McLendon, and Brian Holtz. Their latest proposals for a Constitutionalism Platform Plank are as follows. | The LP [[Constitutionalist Caucus]] is an informal group of [[Constitutionalism|constitutionalists]] in the LP Platform community, including [[Jon Roland]], [[Guy McLendon]], and [[Brian Holtz]]. Their latest proposals for a Constitutionalism Platform Plank are as follows. | ||
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We support a strict interpretation of the Tenth Amendment rule that the federal government has no powers beyond those delegated to it by the Constitution. We support the repeal or overturning of all Acts of Congress outside the narrow responsibilities given it in Article I Section 8, which are primarily national defense and regulating commerce that physically crosses state borders. We oppose the President initiating military hostilities in the absence of a declaration of war by Congress. | We support a strict interpretation of the Tenth Amendment rule that the federal government has no powers beyond those delegated to it by the Constitution. We support the repeal or overturning of all Acts of Congress outside the narrow responsibilities given it in Article I Section 8, which are primarily national defense and regulating commerce that physically crosses state borders. We oppose the President initiating military hostilities in the absence of a declaration of war by Congress. | ||
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