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The general purpose of Court Watch is to promote justice in the courts, which are so centrally involved in America's Culture War. Reconstructionist (activist/liberal) judges have been grabbing the power to morph our U. S. Constitution into a Humanist document and then use ""their" Constitution to beat all of America into a Humanist culture. Court Watch is unswervingly committed to countering this Humanistic assault and to "Reviving the Constitution!" through the re-establishment of the Judeo-Christian worldview as the foundation our Constitution and our culture.

Court Watch pursues this general purpose through several specific objectives:

• Explaining the Culture War, with specific emphasis on the roles of the courts and the U. S. Constitution in the War;

• Providing "back-to-the-basics" knowledge of the Constitution and the courts;

• Offering an historical perspective on the courts, the Constitution, and the Culture War;

• Emphasizing the development of critical thinking skills, focusing on mastering the key constitutional/cultural arguments of both Reconstructionists and

• Constitutionalists (Judeo-Christian advocates), and learning how to use Constitutionalist arguments to demolish Reconstructionism/Humanism;
• Equipping Constitutionalists to use the weapons for effective Culture War combat taught in these studies and motivating Constitutionalists to engage in the War.

We pursue our purposes and objectives by declaring and defending a fixed body of principles expressed in the Constitutionalist Manifesto. These principles can be summarized as follows:

1. The Constitution is, and must be, by definition, the "supreme, fundamental, paramount, permanent" law of the land. No court decision, statutory law, or other form of "law" is either equal to, or superior to, the Constitution.

2. The basic purpose of our Constitution, as of all constitutions, is to provide the stability necessary for our legal system to survive and thrive. Additionally, the Constitution's Preamble lists six specific constitutional purposes, which balance individual liberty with the common good.

3. The provisions of our Constitution have fixed meanings. These meanings can, and must, be determined by careful objective study of such factors as the express language of the text (understood in its original meaning), the context of the provision being interpreted and of the entire document, the intent of the Framers, and the worldview in which the Constitution was embedded by its Framers.

4. The Constitution, properly interpreted, can express the values of only one worldview. It cannot reflect a "pluralism" or "diversity" of worldviews.

5. The worldview in which the Constitution is embedded is the Judeo-Christian worldview. The Constitution's principles and purposes are defined and prioritized by the Judeo-Christian value system. The Constitution cannot survive if it is ripped from its Judeo-Christian moorings.

6. The Constitution embodies a multiplicity of distinct principles to guide our legal system and our culture. These principles include the two "omnibus principles" of "justice" and "jurisdiction." "Justice" and "jurisdiction" include specific principles such as popular sovereignty with representative government, life, liberty, the rule of law, due process of law, equal protection of the laws, and private property/free enterprise. These principles are to be secured by structural principles including federalism and separation of powers.

7. Judges have neither the authority nor the competence to rewrite the Constitution by altering its basic meaning. Judges are governed by the Constitution. They are required to respect their boundaries and give full respect to the constitution document, the consent of the governed, the other branches of the national government, the state governments, and other societal institutions.

Court Watch's programs are of two types: education and engagement.

Education: "[Our] people must arm themselves with the power that knowledge gives," declared James Madison (our fourth President and the "Father of the Constitution"). Court Watch educational programs empower our Judeo-Christian army with the "arsenal of knowledge" necessary for our effective engagement in the Culture War. Working with the Blackstone Institute, Court Watch offers courses and short studies revolving around the theme, "Revive the Constitution!"

• These studies are appropriate for all ages — teens, collegians, and adults.

• Studies address the most crucial issues of our times: protecting religious liberty, especially of persecuted orthodox believers; supporting the sanctity of human life; protecting the Biblical family unit and opposing homosexual activism; supporting the rights of creationism in the battle with evolutionism, etc.

• The worldview approach is basic to our educational program, with focus on the role of the courts and the Constitution in today's War of Worldviews (i.e., the Culture War).

• Studies are available in a variety of formats: multimedia online, printed, CDs/DVDs, etc.

• Skills as well as substantive knowledge are taught: skill in leadership, critical thinking, oral persuasion, professional vocabulary, citizenship, etc.

• The centerpiece of our education package is our cutting-edge, unique online multi-media course, "Reviving the Constitution! This is available in a full semester Basic Version (for high school and college), a Leaders' and Laymen's Version (for older adults), and the Blackstone Blitz Version (a jam-packed, three-hour multimedia study to put patriots on the fast track to preparing for the Culture War); this "core curriculum" is supplemented by our "companion curriculum," consisting of shorter studies covering a variety of topics in a variety of formats.

• Teens have the exciting opportunity to join our "Truth Triathlon Team," committed to "teens teaching teens."

Engagement (Activism): Two primary thrusts of Court Watch's activism efforts are (1) securing the appointment of Constitutionalist judges, and (2) fighting for "court-curbing" measures (e.g., Congressional laws) to rein in runaway judges. Through Court Watch's "Activism Academy," patriots of all ages can become effectively engaged in the Culture War, utilizing in significant ways the knowledge learned in Court Watch's educational programs. A few of the actions which Constitutionalists can take in implementing their knowledge are:

• Lobby before government agencies for Constitutionalist causes;

• Lead other patriots to arm themselves for the Culture War by involvement in both individual mentoring and group activities (e.g., civic, educational, professional, issue, political, and parachurch groups);

• Speak out in the media on behalf of Constitutionalist causes;

• Lead younger patriots in becoming armed (e.g., through student groups, students' use of Court Watch/Blackstone information for speeches, term papers, etc.); Eagle-Blackstone Truth Triathlon Team squads participate in a range of activities limited primarily by their imagination and that of their leaders — moot court, Constitution bowls, vocabulary bees, educational skits, contributions to our cutting-edge periodical, Trumpet of Truth, etc.