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.

On February 2, 2026, President Donald Trump advocated that elected Republicans should “nationalize” the 2026 elections, which explicitly violates the Constitution and abandons the core Republican principle of federalism. ORL emphatically opposes this suggestion.

We strongly oppose President Trump’s public threats and unnecessary acts of aggression against other sovereign nations, including our neighbors in this hemisphere with whom we have had long-standing engagement over time through trade, investment, commerce, and other bilateral and multilateral agreements.

Based on ORL’s principle on the Constitution and the Rule of Law, Our Republican Legacy opposes the unilateral actions taken by President Trump and his administration, which exceed the scope of his authority under the Constitution against civilians on the open seas without any public proof or legal evidence that these individuals were “enemy combatants” of another state or nation who “resorted to armed force” and were engaged in “hostilities” against the United States.

The delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 believed so strongly that oaths are fundamental and indispensable, they explicitly included in the Constitution a requirement that the president-elect take “the following  “Oath or Affirmation” before assuming the office of President: “I do solemnly swear or affirm that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of th

Presidents of both political parties have invoked the Insurrection Act in limited, unique situations. Presidents George Washington and John Adams invoked it to suppress organized rebellions against federal authority. Abraham Lincoln used it during the American Civil War and Ulysses S. Grant used it in 1870 to suppress the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).

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Closing the U.S. Government even temporarily due to the inability of the Congress and Administration to adequately fund the federal government during any given time period is bad public policy and fiscally irresponsible.

Our Republican Legacy supports the rule of law under the Constitution and opposes all authoritarian actions by the President to expand his political power at the expense of citizen’s rights and our civil liberties.

Our nation’s motto – “Out of many, one”  – is simple but profound. We are many different people from different backgrounds, different walks of life, and with different beliefs, but with all our diversity we are just one nation.

America’s national security strategy is anchored by the three D’s: Diplomacy, Defense and Development. Development assistance is the least funded of the three D’s, yet does provide a substantial return on that limited investment, making military interventions less likely when development assistance is effectively deployed.

ORL’s principle of “peace through strength” requires a strong U.S. military to defend our national interests and that includes support for our military veterans after they complete their service to our country.

One of ORL’s main guiding principles is fiscal responsibility. We are committed to a sound economy and renewed fiscal discipline to protect our economy and markets.

ORL supports the rule of law.  We believe in the Constitution, the separation of powers among three branches of our federal government, the authority of Courts to interpret the law, and the independent and impartial enforcement of the law. We uphold the principle of due process for all.

ORL strongly supports Ukraine against Russia’s illegal war. We oppose the Administration’s unwillingness to support Ukraine’s ability to negotiate from a position of military and economic strength against Russia and the administration’s refusal to include Ukraine in the talks regarding Ukraine’s own fate.

ORL strongly supports the independence of the Federal Reserve to fulfill its mission of price stability and long-term employment.

ORL strongly opposes the current tariffs, which have been levied illegally in any case. The on-again, off-again tariffs will cause even more economic uncertainty and deter beneficial trade with, and needed investment in, the United States to grow our economy and expand opportunities over time.