Only the Constitution: A Clear Path Back to Constitutional Government

Dewey R. Collier
13 minutes ago
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Across Texas and across the country, people are waking up to the same problem.

But they often see it from different angles.

Judicial reform advocates see rogue courts rewriting laws from the bench.
Parents and school activists see ideological indoctrination replacing education.
National security advocates see foreign legal systems attempting to reshape American governance.
Fiscal conservatives see government spending and taxation expanding far beyond constitutional limits.

These concerns may look different on the surface, but they all lead back to the same underlying problem:

Government abandoning the Constitution.

For generations, Americans have assumed that the Constitution would naturally guide the actions of government. But the truth is something our Founders understood well:

The Constitution does not enforce itself.

When officials ignore constitutional limits—or reinterpret them to justify whatever policy they prefer—the result is exactly what we are seeing today: confusion, conflict, and the gradual erosion of liberty.

The answer is not complicated.

The solution to many of today’s political conflicts is restoring constitutional government—government strictly bound to the limits written in the Constitution.

The answer is the same document that built the most free and prosperous nation in history.

Only the Constitution.

A Framework for Restoring Constitutional Self-Government

The effort behind OnlyTheConstitution.com focuses on restoring a simple but powerful principle:

Government authority must remain strictly bound to the Constitution—and nothing else.

This principle is the foundation of the Sword & Shield Acts, a constitutional framework designed to restore clear limits on government power while protecting the freedom of conscience of every Texan.

The framework draws a bright line between two things:

Private belief – fully protected under the Constitution.

Public power – strictly limited by the Constitution.

Government institutions funded by taxpayers should never be used to impose ideology, pressure belief, or substitute any doctrine—religious or secular—for the Constitution itself.

The Sword & Shield framework simply restores that constitutional standard.

It does not regulate private faith.

It does not restrict private speech.

It does not target any specific religion or ideology.

Instead, it enforces the principle that government must remain constitutionally neutral and limited.

A Major Step Forward

This principle is not theoretical.

It has already received strong support from Republican leadership across Texas.

The resolution supporting this constitutional approach was passed unanimously by the Texas Republican Party’s State Republican Executive Committee (SREC).

That unanimous vote reflects something important: Texans across many different issue areas recognize the same underlying truth.

The problem is not merely a single policy dispute.

The problem is constitutional drift.

And the solution is restoring constitutional boundaries.

Bringing the Win Home

Passing the resolution at the SREC was an important milestone.

But it is only the beginning.

Restoring constitutional self-government requires citizens who are willing to understand the issue, share the solution, and help move it forward across Texas.

That is the purpose of OnlyTheConstitution.com.

The site explains the constitutional principles behind the effort and provides resources for Texans who want to help restore the rule of law in our state.

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