Citizens create governments to expand freedom by solving collective action problems. By creating and protecting public goods, governments can grow the size of the pie and help citizens fill their needs. The Framers, who wrote the United States Constitution, knew this. The Constitution states that the Framers sought to promote the general welfare.

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Constitutions encapsulate the principles for which citizens created their governments, but only flesh-and-bone individuals can implement those principles. Politicians too often fail to pass statutes to satisfy constitutional requirements and too often pass statutes that violate constitutional restrictions. Only the citizens can hold politicians and governments to their constitutions' principles.

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Citizens have several methods for demanding their governments follow constitutional authority.

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• They can elect different politicians,

• They can petition their government for a redress of grievances, and

• They can use the courts to identify laws that violate the Constitution.

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Citizens for Constitutional Integrity will gather information to let you know what your governments are doing with your constitutional rights.