Constituting America

Essay 33: Principle of Limited Government: Why the United States Constitution Is Designed To Prevent Centralized Power by Patrick Garry. Click here to explore our 2023 90-Day Study: First Principles of the American Founding.

Essay 32: Principle of Decentralized Government: Keeping Power on the Local Level With Each Individual American and the States by Joerg Knipprath. Click here to explore our 2023 90-Day Study: First Principles of the American Founding.

Essay 28: Principle of Law and Order Based on Immutable Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God, Not Arbitrary Will or Mob Rule by Joerg Knipprath. Click here to explore our 2023 90-Day Study: First Principles of the American Founding.

Essay 27: Principle of Decision Making by the Majority Within a Constitutional Framework by Eric. C. Sands. Click here to explore our 2023 90-Day Study: First Principles of the American Founding.

Essay 26: Principle of Self-Governing by Josh Herring. Click here to explore our 2023 90-Day Study: First Principles of the American Founding.

Essay 25: Under Strict Limits: Principle of a Written U.S. Constitution, a Contract Allowing Government to Run Under Authority of the American People by Andrew Langer. Click here to explore our 2023 90-Day Study: First Principles of the American Founding.

Essay 24: Principle of a Written United States Constitution as the Supreme Law of the Land, Designed for the Preservation of Liberty by Ben Slomski. Click here to explore our 2023 90-Day Study: First Principles of the American Founding.

Essay 23: Principle of Appropriate Role and Purpose of Government Upon Protection of Natural, Unchangeable, Unalienable Rights by Gary Porter. Click here to explore our 2023 90-Day Study: First Principles of the American Founding.

Essay 22: Principle of Natural Law as the Foundation for Constitutional Law by Joerg Knipprath. Click here to explore our 2023 90-Day Study: First Principles of the American Founding.

Essay 21: Human Flourishing and the Principle of Creator-Endowed Unalienable Rights by Joerg Knipprath. Click here to explore our 2023 90-Day Study: First Principles of the American Founding.

Essay 20: Principle of Foreign Policy Based on a Standard of Freedom and Independence by Chris Burkett. Click here to explore our 2023 90-Day Study: First Principles of the American Founding.

Constituting America first published this message from Founder Janine Turner over Memorial Day Weekend, 2010, the inaugural year of our organization. We are pleased to share it with you again, as we celebrate our 13th birthday!

Essay 19: Principle of Peace Through Strength by Robert Brescia. Click here to explore our 2023 90-Day Study: First Principles of the American Founding.

Essay 18: Preventing Loss of Independence to Foreign or Global Governments by Upholding the Principle of America’s National Sovereignty by Chris Burkett. Click here to explore our 2023 90-Day Study: First Principles of the American Founding.

Essay 17: Principle of America’s National Sovereignty by Chris Burkett. Click here to explore our 2023 90-Day Study: First Principles of the American Founding.

Essay 16: Principle of Citizenship and Love of Country by Tom Hand. Click here to explore our 2023 90-Day Study: First Principles of the American Founding.

Essay 15: A Founding Built Against Unbridled Power: Principle of Civic Duty to Rein In Overreaching Government by Scot Faulkner. Click here to explore our 2023 90-Day Study: First Principles of the American Founding.

Essay 14: Principle of Civic Duty to Petition the Government for a Redress of Grievances by Andrew Langer. Click here to explore our 2023 90-Day Study: First Principles of the American Founding.

Essay 13: Principle of Civic Duty, Civic Engagement by Joseph M. Knippenberg. Click here to explore our 2023 90-Day Study: First Principles of the American Founding.

Essay 12: Educating a Free People to Secure the Blessings of Liberty for Future Generations of Americans by Chris Burkett. Click here to explore our 2023 90-Day Study: First Principles of the American Founding.