The United States helped found the North American Treaty Organization (NATO) after World War II as an essential defensive alliance of twelve member states initially in North America and Europe. The U.S. Senate gave its advice and consent to the ratification of the NATO treaty on July 21, 1949, by a vote of 82-13. The U.S. Congress has approved every expansion of NATO members since, which now total 32 with the addition of Sweden and Finland most recently as a result of Russia’

The national debt of the United States has just exceeded 100% of gross domestic product (GDP) for the first time since World War II.

ORL supports the Constitution and the Rule of Law as one of our founding principles. Absent military attack or the imminent threat of attack, only Congress can declare war or authorize the use of military force, not the President.

Our Republican Legacy’s foundational principle is respect for the Constitution, the Rule of Law, and all the guardrails that exist in law to protect our rights and freedoms. This means we support state primacy in our elections, subject to Congressional intervention only when absolutely necessary and justified as was the case with civil rights and nondiscrimination in voting in the 1950s and 1960s.