The Concerned Citizens Party is the Connecticut affiliate of the Constitution Party, a strongly right-wing party affiliated with the Christian right movement in American politics. The party's name is related to ballot access issues in Connecticut which have made it advantageous for the group to retain a name differing from the national organization with which they are affiliated. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Constitution Party redirects here. ... In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... It has been suggested that Conservative Christianity be merged into this article or section. ... The Federal Government of the United States was established by the United States Constitution. ... Ballot access rules regulate the conditions under which a candidate or political party is entitled to appear on voters ballots. ...
The Constitution Party ranks third nationally in registered voters with 357,506 registered members as of July 2006 source Ballot Access News, most of which come from two states: California, in which the affiliate is the American Independent Party [4], founded in 1967, and Nevada, in which the affiliate is named the Independent American Party [5].
The party is strongly pro-life and thus opposes euthanasia and abortion.
Party members, however, have been divided on the subject of exceptions in the cases of rape, incest, and abortions performed to save the life of the mother.
Citizens may be said to enjoy the most privileged form of nationality; they are at the furthest extreme from nonnational residents of a state (see alien), but they may also be distinguished from nationals with subject or servile status (e.g., slaves or serfs; see serf, slavery).
Neither the United States nor a state is a citizen for purposes of diversity of citizenship, a phrase used in regard to the jurisdiction of the federal courts, which—under Article III, Section 2, of the Constitution—empowers those courts to hear and decide cases between citizens of different states.
Questions concerning whether someone is a citizen of one country or another are generally resolved by treaty, a compact formed between two or more nations with respect to matters pertaining to the public welfare pursuant to principles of international law.
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