Is the U.S. Constitution worth preserving? Of course it is. Is it worth defending, even at the cost of life and limb? Of course it is. Is it worth distributing to young and old, including in our schools? Of course it is.

Well, actually, not everybody agrees with that last part. Here is a two-year-old story that somehow escaped wide attention. It’s still relevant today because many of our elites likewise have a low view of the Constitution.

The essence of the story is this: In a liberal school board in Texas two Septembers ago, attempts to distribute pocket copies of the U.S. Constitution to public school students were almost thwarted by school officials because it was allegedly “propaganda.” Only because of the intervention of a conservative legal group were the copies allowed to be passed out after all.

To me, this is jaw-dropping. It’s as if some of these leftists were saying, “Hey, you can’t distribute the Constitution to school children, that’s unconstitutional!” It reminds me of the scene in the classic film “Dr. Strangelove”: “Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here. This is the War Room!”

I learned of this story from a national group called Citizens Defending Freedom (CDF), an organization dedicated to helping modern Americans appreciate what we have in the U.S. Constitution. Former U.S. Congressman Lt. Col. Allen West says of this Constitutionally-minded group: “Citizens Defending Freedom has put together the organization and strategy to extend liberty to the next generation. Their strategy is spot on, their tactics are solid, their success is astounding.”

Theoretically, in America, as one nation under God, “we the people” are in charge of our own government. But many American elites today are at war with America as founded.

They are at war with the notion of “self-rule under God,” which is the essence of the American experiment—from the Pilgrims who wrote up an agreement for self-government, “In the name of God. Amen,” in the Mayflower Compact (1620), to the Declaration of Independence (1776), which declares that our rights come from the Creator and that our government is supposed to be by “the consent of the governed,” to the U.S. Constitution signed “in the year of our Lord” 1787, which explains how our government is supposed to work.

Here’s a timeline of the above 2023 event where pocket editions of the Constitution—with no commentary, no additional quotes—were flagged and almost forbidden. I’m grateful to Robert Goodman, the Florida Faith Director of Citizens Defending Freedom, for providing the core outline of this story.

In early September 2023, the 917 Society, a group based in Tennessee, with the double goals of “the preservation of our Constitution and fostering a love for our country among our youth,” donated 17,000 pocket Constitutions to Williamson County, Texas schools. This is an area just north of Austin. Goodman notes, “Citizens Defending Freedom and Moms for Liberty helped distribute them.”

But they hit a snag on September 10, when trying to hand out Constitutions to 8th Graders at Leander Independent School District (LISD). The website of that educational institution says: “Located in Central Texas, Leander Independent School District serves parts of Austin, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Leander, Jonestown, and surrounding communities.”

I knew Austin was liberal—but that liberal?

On September 14, LISD rejected more than 4,000 copies of the pocket Constitutions, because, allegedly, that would “prevent the District from maintaining a position of neutrality on political or religious issues or would create an appearance of favoritism on political or religious issues."

We’re talking about the U.S. Constitution, not some evangelistic tract on how to receive the gift of salvation.

On September 15, CDF attorney and the founder of Remnant Law, Jonathan Hullihan, sent a letter to the superintendent, “citing First Amendment and Texas law violations.”

I interviewed Hullihan about this for a radio segment. He said: “Some of the lower-level folks in the school district called it [the Constitution] ‘propaganda,’ and rejected it outright. That’s when we got involved.”

Thankfully, Hullihan’s letter caused the school board to relent and allow distribution of the constitutions after all. He called this resolution of the case “a huge victory for free speech and civic education.”

As of this writing, America is 275 days away from our nation’s 250th birthday. What is that birthday? July 4, 2026, will be the 250th anniversary of when the Declaration of Independence was adopted by voice vote.

Of course, the Constitution is predicated on the Declaration, which says that our rights come from the Creator.

To see some leftist school officials try and block children in even a conservative state from reading the Constitution is mind-numbing. In anticipation of America's 250th anniversary, we have our work cut out for us.

Hat tip to Rev. Paul Blair, leader of the Liberty Pastors, for the lead on this story.