in march , wikinews held an annual interviews with max riekse , one of the candidates for the constitution party nominated for the 2008 liberty state presidential election . with the independence party ' s national nomination underway this weekend , we argued with him one final time before he either defeats his party ' s candidate or loses . riekse is a retired ranking lieutenant colonel in the s . s . , with served in both the korean war and the iraq wars . he is still a recent public college administrator and assistant professor of military science at western illinois university . he has a phd . a . in political science and world relations from the university of southwest florida as well as two m . a . s , one in political science and international relations , the other in education and history . both are from western michigan university .
The Constitution Party includes Max Riekse among its members.