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What are the six functions of government as noted in the Preamble of the US Constitution?
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∙ 9y ago
The six purposes of government are to:
- Form a more perfect union
- Establish justice
- Insure domestic tranquility
- Provide for the common defense
- Promote the general welfare
- Secure the blessings of liberty
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoFrom the preamble to the US Constitution:
- To form a more perfect Union,
- To establish Justice,
- To insure domestic Tranquility,
- To provide for the common defense,
- To promote the general Welfare, and
- To secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.
The meanings to all these are...
- Governance is across the different state boundaries with the internet, and keeping the union together
- Establish legislation and rule of law
- Establish enforcement of the law - police
- Establish a means for national defense - standing army or militia to protect us from all foreign and domestic enemies
- Govern for the common good
- Govern not just for (and in) the here and now - but with an eye to serving future generations.
The whole preamble to the constitution is: "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
- There's the preamble and our governments six functions in a nutshell.
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoEstablish Justice
Insure Domestic Tranquility
Provide for Common Defense
Form a more perfect Union
Promote General Welfare
Ensure the blessings of Liberty to Ourselves and future Posterity
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoThe six purposes of government are to Form a perfect union; establish justice; insure domestic tranquility; provide for the common defense; promote general welfare; secure the blessings of liberty
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoEstablish Justice
Insure Domestic tranquilty
Provide for common defence
Form a more perfect union
Promote genral welfare(or warfare?)
Ensure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and future posterty
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoTechnically, it serves as an introduction. It assigns no powers to the government. But to break it down, it would be like this:
Form a more perfect union= fix the problems of the Article of Confederation
Establish justice= have courts
Ensure domestic tranquility= keep the peace in the country through law
Provide for the common defense= defend the country
Promote general welfare= self-explanatory
Secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity= equality to all
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∙ 11y ago"We the People of the United States, In Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence,* promote the general Welfare,and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
*defence is spelled like it is in the constitution.
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoFrom the preamble to the US Constitution:
- To form a more perfect Union,
- To establish Justice,
- To insure domestic Tranquility,
- To provide for the common defense,
- To promote the general Welfare, and
- To secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.
The meanings to all these are...
- Governance is across the different state boundaries with the internet, and keeping the union together
- Establish legislation and rule of law
- Establish enforcement of the law - police
- Establish a means for national defense - standing army or militia to protect us from all foreign and domestic enemies
- Govern for the common good
- Govern not just for (and in) the here and now - but with an eye to serving future generations.
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoThe 6 reasons listed are :
- To form a more perfect union (to join together the colonies)
- To establish justice (define and protect the rule of law)
- To insure domestic tranquility (to prevent conflicts within or between the states)
- To provide for the common defense (a united power opposing any attacks)
- To promote the general welfare (human rights and a stable society)
- To secure the blessings of liberty (insure that the concept of freedom endures)
The Preamble
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
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the preamble of the consitution sets fourth goals and purpose of these
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Why was the preamble of the constitution written?
It's like the introduction to a book or the "Purpose" section of a company document. The preamble tells you the who, why and what that the following details will explain. "We the people of the United States"... This part tells who is involved. "in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity" This part tells what the Constitutioin is intended to do. "do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." This part tells everyone what just happened. The preamble is an introduction to the Constitution that tells what the Constitution is intended to accomplish; the articles that follow lay out exactly how we are to pursue these commoin goals. Read MIRACLE AT PHILADELPHIA written by CATHERINE DRINKER BOWEN which is about the intrigue, wrangling, secrecy, bitter argument and unwilling compromise that went on during the writing of the Constitution. The writing and adoption of the Constitution, which replaced the inefficient Articles of Confederation as a governing document for the United States, was in effect a second revolution. Under the Articles of Confederation, the thirteen colonies could never have grown into the United States we know today. The opening paragraph that explains the purposes of the United States government. I would respectfully disagree with the statement above, at least in part. There is a 4,000 year history of law, still in effect today in the United States, that says a law or governmental act must show by what authority it is enacted. Several courts have ruled that not including this at the beginning of any such act makes the act void, even if it was left off by accident. The people who wrote the constitution were very aware of this and the debate reflects that the Pre-Amble is the enacting clause of the constitution - IE: the authority by which it is given power. In this case, and edited for clarity "We the People ... in order to form a more perfect union ... do ordain and establish this constitution of the United States of America."
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