Independent American Party
National Platform

4.  UNALIENABLE RIGHTS

Life

We advocate the security and protection of all human life, including the unborn, disabled, infirm, and aged. We affirm that life begins in the womb and not at the point of delivery, and that the fetus is a human being with the same unalienable rights as all mankind. We are opposed to abortion with rare exceptions. We are opposed to partial-birth abortion, which is clearly infanticide. We oppose cloning of human life. We oppose the distribution and use of all abortion-type pharmaceuticals.

The paramount responsibility of our government is to protect the life and all other rights of each person within its jurisdiction. We oppose government funding and support, at any level, of any organization or entity, foreign or domestic, which advocates, encourages or participates in the practice of abortion.

Liberty

We claim the inherent and individual right to keep and bear arms, as guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment, is fundamental to safeguard life, liberty, and property, to discourage and defend against tyranny, and to preserve the security and independence of person, state and nation.

We support the religious liberties of all people and of all religious persuasions. We support the rights of private organizations to determine their own membership, volunteers, and employment based on their oaths and creeds.

We oppose legislation that allows the federal government to suspend our God-given Rights or that prevents the people from suing government agents for violating citizens' civil or fundamental rights during times of war, national disasters, national emergencies, or declarations of martial law, etc. We oppose the 1933 War Powers and Emergencies Act for its attempt to suspend the Constitution.

Property

We deem it a violation of the right of private property guaranteed under the Constitution for government to forcibly deprive citizens of their property through taxation or otherwise.

We assert that our 5th Amendment property rights limit the federal power of an eminent domain solely to the purchase of private property at fair market value for legitimate public use, and not for purposes such as urban renewal, environmental protection, or historic preservation.

We maintain that government must be strictly limited in its powers to intrude upon the private property of individual citizens, and that there be no search or seizure of persons, places or things without due process of law.