I applaud this effort as it seems like a great first step toward combatting the wave of socialism that has swept across our nation for decades.
I’ve read the principles at the provided link, and while I agree with the spirit of them, I have some reservations about the power of the Federal government, granted within the letter of the constitution, to aptly apply them. In my view, much of what has shaken our republic to its knees is the errosion of the spirit of 9th and 10th amendments and abuse of the “Commerce”, “General Welfare”, and “Necessary and Proper” clauses in Article II Section 8, allowing the Federal government to do just about anything it pleases, following any political wind. Such is the situation we find ourselves in now where the socialists desire to use this state in order to further their view of “good”, never mind that a right to health care and the Federal government’s power to provide it aren’t listed anywhere in the constiution at all. With all due respect, neither are many of the items on the list provided at the link.
This list seems to be more of a reactionary component the the Federal social engineering we’ve had foisted on us that we believe has erroded the very fabric of society more than it is a list of constitutional principles. My opion is that this reaction is directly related to the abuses of Federal power I’ve outlined above and it cannot be remedied by abuses of a different stripe, leaving the ultimate showdown between us and the socialists for another day. Until the ability of the Federal government to abuse its power and engineer society has been remedied, this struggle will continue and perhaps one day our republic will indeed completely collapse.
Those issues are out there...they exist...and they need to be addressed. We have stated our principles in terms of finding candidates who will address them accordingly and use the constittuion, and the very principles you have addressed and listed (ie the 10th amendment) to address them.