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.

[1] The NLP proposed that a government subsidized group of 7,000[2] advanced meditators known as Yogic Flyers would lower nationwide stress, reduce unemployment, raise the gross national product,[3] improve health, reduce crime,[1] and make the country invincible to foreign attack.

[1] Hagelin predicted that implementation of the program would result in $1 trillion in savings from reduced costs for medical care, criminal prosecutions and prisons, national defense, and other government expenses.

We still try to educate people on the concepts of the Natural Law Party, of scientific solutions to government.

Hagelin said, "It's not a transcendental meditation party",[8] and denied any connection between the Maharishi University of Management and his campaign.

[13] Mike Tompkins, also a member of the MUM staff, said that more than half of its founders were connected to the TM movement.

[14] The Natural Law Party had to qualify separately in each state to nominate a presidential candidate.

[16] The NLP joined another small party in suing the state over their early deadline, and they succeeded in getting a court to order a second chance to qualify.

[20] John Hagelin, a 37-year-old physics professor at Maharishi University of Management (MUM), was the NLP candidate for president of the United States in 1992.

[21] Hagelin and running mate Mike Tompkins[2][22] were formally chosen at the party's 400-person convention in Washington, D.C., on 5 October 1992, although they had already begun campaigning.

[8] Hagelin was excluded from the presidential debates and he asked the Federal Election Commission to take over the process.

[31] In addition to its own slate, the NLP also endorsed candidates in other races, including Republicans and New Alliance Party members.

At the Utah press conference announcing that the NLP had qualified for the ballot, only a single reporter attended.

[43] During the 1996 election, the party ran hundreds of candidates for seats in the United States House of Representatives, against both Democratic and Republican incumbents.

[46] On March 31, 2000, the Federal Election Commission certified primary season matching funds for John Hagelin, who was seeking the nomination of the Natural Law and Reform Parties.

This poor finish led Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to stop endorsing the Party and very few members renewed their membership in 2001.

In 2003, 2 candidates ran in the California governor recall election under the Natural Law Party.

The Mississippi Natural Law Party nominated the Socialist Party presidential ticket of Brian Moore and Stewart Alexander, though they were ultimately barred from appearing on the Mississippi ballot because of a legal controversy surrounding the deadline hour for filing their presidential electors.

[55] The Natural Law Party was still active in Michigan, led by attorney Doug Dern.

According to Dern, who ran twice as a Natural Law candidate for U.S. Senate and once for the Hartland Township Board of Trustees, the party appeared on the 2012 presidential ballot ticket.

[56] In August 2012, the party nominated former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson for president.

[57] On July 28, the Michigan chapter of the Natural Law Party, which maintained ballot access despite the defunct national party, nominated Mimi Soltysik of California and Angela Nicole Walker of Wisconsin and gave the ticket its first presidential ballot line in 2016.

On August 1, the Michigan chapter of the Natural Law Party nominated Keith Butkovich for Governor, Raymond Warner for Lt.

[59] Later, in August 2024, Kennedy announced that was suspending his campaign and instead endorsed Donald Trump while formally staying in the race but removing his name from the ballots of swing states such as Michigan.