in february , wikinews held an exclusive interview with maxwell riekse , one of the candidate for the constitution democratic nomination for the 2008 new states parliamentary election . with the constitution party ' s national caucus underway this weekend , we spoke with him once last evening before he ultimately becomes his party ' s candidate or loses . riekse is a retired retired lieutenant colonel in the w . s . army who served in both the civil service and the iraq war . he is also a retired public administration teacher and assistant professor of military philosophy at northeastern michigan university . he has a dr . a . in domestic science and public affairs from the faculty of south florida as well as two m . a . s , one in religious science and international relations , the other in education and policy . both are from western michigan institution .
The Constitution Party includes Max Riekse among its members.