The Constitution Society is a nonprofit educational organization headquartered at
San Antonio, Texas
("Cradle of Freedom")
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U.S., and founded in 1994 by Jon Roland, an author and computer specialist who has run for public office as a
Libertarian Party candidate on a "Constitutionalist Platform".
[ The society publishes online a large selection of works on constitutional history, law, and government.
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Web site
The society’s web site features digital library
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resources including the online Liberty Library of Constitutional Classics, launched for the purpose of hosting complete, annotated, and cross-linked copies of most of the major works written or read by the American Founders
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, or by persons whose writings can enable one to understand their writings. As of April 2011, it had an Alexa
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People
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Traffic Rank of 78,617, with 2943 links in. It also has documents from other countries.
The ideological orientation of the site ranges from libertarian to militia support.
According to a 2010 Southern Poverty Law Center
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report, the site also links to conspiracy-theory sites "questioning the Oklahoma City bombing and the role of researchers in creating the HIV virus", and carries "a section on mind-control technology". Roland himself has stated that "The Feds... have actually been engaging in warlike activity against the American people." Roland also reportedly advocates the abolition of paper money in favor of gold or silver coin. Since at least 1996, Roland has held that "U.S. citizens have the right to resist an unlawful arrest", a claim assessed by Snopes
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as "Mostly False".
See also
* Federalist Society
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies (abbreviated as FedSoc) is an American conservative and libertarian legal organization that advocates for a textualist and originalist interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. Headquarter ...
* Cato Institute
The Cato Institute is an American libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1977 by Ed Crane, Murray Rothbard, and Charles Koch, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Koch Industries.Koch Ind ...
* Constitution Party (United States)
The Constitution Party, formerly the U.S. Taxpayers' Party until 1999, is a political party in the United States that promotes a religious conservative view of the principles and intents of the United States Constitution. The party platfo ...
* Liberty Fund
Liberty Fund, Inc. is an American private educational foundation headquartered in Carmel, founded by Pierre F. Goodrich. Through publishing, conferences, and educational resources, the operating mandate of the Liberty Fund was set forth in an un ...
* Institute for Justice
The Institute for Justice (IJ) is a libertarian non-profit public interest law firm in the United States. It has litigated ten cases before the United States Supreme Court dealing with eminent domain, interstate commerce, public financing for el ...
* Independent Institute
The Independent Institute is an American libertarian think tank based in Oakland, California. Founded in 1986 by David J. Theroux, the institute focuses on political, social, economic, legal, environmental, and foreign policy issues. It has more ...
* Independence Institute
The Independence Institute (II) is a libertarian think tank based in Denver, Colorado. The group's stated mission "is to empower individuals and to educate citizens, legislators and opinion makers about public policies that enhance personal and ...
References
External links
Constitution Society
(CS) official website.
Constitution
primary blog.
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Libertarian organizations based in the United States
Organizations established in 1994
Organizations based in Austin, Texas