Natural Law Party (United States)
Political party associated with Transcendental Meditation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Natural Law Party (NLP) is a political party in Michigan. It was a national political party in the United States affiliated with the international Natural Law Party. It was founded in 1992. Beginning in 2004, many of its state chapters dissolved. The party's Michigan chapter is still active as of 2024.
Natural Law Party | |
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Abbreviation | NLP |
Chairperson | Doug Dern |
Founded | April 22, 1992; 32 years ago (1992-04-22) |
Dissolved | April 30, 2004 (2004-04-30) (as national party) |
Headquarters | Hartland, MI |
Ideology | Civil libertarianism Environmentalism |
Colors | |
Michigan House of Representatives | 0 / 110
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Michigan Senate | 0 / 38
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Statewide Executive Offices | 0 / 4
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U.S. House of Representatives | 0 / 14
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U.S. Senate | 0 / 2
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Website | |
natural-law.org | |
The party proposed that political problems could be solved through alignment with the unified field of all the laws of nature through the use of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs. Leading members of the party were associated with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement.
The national version of the Natural Law Party ran John Hagelin as its presidential candidate in 1992, 1996 and 2000, and ran Ralph Nader in 2008. The party also ran congressional and local candidates. It attempted to merge with the Reform Party in 2000. Several state affiliates have kept their ballot positions and have allied with other small parties.