Education Precedes Action.
Most conservatives can tell you what they believe. Few can tell you why the system was designed the way it was — or how to defend it. NFA exists to close that gap with a curriculum built to last.
Conservative passion without constitutional architecture is just noise.
Americans are more politically engaged than ever — and more civically illiterate than ever. We know the slogans. We can list the amendments. But the architectural thinking that connects principle to institution, institution to law, and law to ordered liberty? That has largely disappeared from American civic life.
The New Federalists Alliance was built to recover it. Not as abstract political theory — but as a structured, teachable framework that citizens can actually use.
Structured to the Founders' design.
Two interlocking frameworks that give conservative citizens not just a vocabulary — but a coherent worldview.
40 Principles of Ordered Liberty
The philosophical and moral foundations of the American constitutional order — from the nature of government to the limits of state power. Built on Burke, Kirk, Hayek, and the Founders themselves.
9 Institutions of Republican Self-Government
The structural pillars that make self-governance possible — the family, the church, civil society, local government, the states, and more. How they work. Why they matter. What happens when they fail.
Curriculum Built to Last
Not a podcast. Not a newsletter. A structured, lesson-based course with study guides, student workbooks, and monthly Q&A — the kind of rigorous civic education that used to exist in American universities.
Start with Lesson 1. Build from there.
New lessons release regularly. Members get early access before each goes public.
What Is Conservatism?
The intellectual tradition, the philosophical foundations, and why conservatism is not simply nostalgia — but a reasoned argument for ordered liberty. Available to members immediately.
The American Founding: Ideas and Structure
The ideas behind the Constitution, the debates that shaped it, and the structural architecture the Founders chose — and why. Coming soon.
40 Principles: The Short Video Series
Ten focused lessons — one per pillar of ordered liberty — distilling the framework into 5–8 minute deep dives. Designed for members who want to go deeper fast.
9 Institutions: Member Library
A full curriculum module on each institution of republican self-government — exclusive to NFA members. The backbone of constitutional conservatism, taught from the ground up.
No credit card. No commitment. Just the framework.
Executive Director & Founder
Why NFA Exists
Mark McEathron is a United States Army veteran and lifelong student of American political philosophy. He founded the New Federalists Alliance out of a conviction that conservative civic education had become shallow — long on passion, short on the architectural thinking that gives conservatism its coherence and its staying power.
NFA draws on the intellectual tradition of Edmund Burke, Russell Kirk, Friedrich Hayek, and the American Founders whose warnings about consolidated power proved prescient. The curriculum is built to last — structured around principles and institutions that give citizens not just a vocabulary for conservatism, but a framework for living it.
"Principles Over Populism. Education Precedes Action."
Educate. Train. Connect.
NFA is building in three deliberate phases. We are currently in Phase 1 — and this is the best time to be part of it.
Educate
Build the curriculum. Establish the framework. Create the core lesson library and community foundation. This is where we are — and where you can join at the ground floor.
Train
The Conservative Leadership Academy — cohort-based training in speaker development, media engagement, local political influence, and constitutional advocacy. Limited enrollment. Application required.
Connect
Local NFA chapters — organized networks of citizens who have completed the curriculum and are ready to apply it in their communities, their school boards, and their state legislatures.
Get the Introduction to Ordered Liberty Study Guide
An 8-page introduction to NFA's framework — the 40 Principles, the 9 Institutions, and the intellectual tradition behind them. Free. No strings. A companion to Lesson 1.
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Standard membership at $20/month gives you the complete course library, student workbooks, monthly Q&A with Mark, and access to the NFA community. Cancel anytime.
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