The Preamble

I thought that I would begin a political segment on my blog.

Today I will begin with the US Constitution's 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 defense, 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." [The Preamble]

The Preamble is one of my favorite parts of the Constitution and I'd like to point out a few things.

"We the People of the United States..." The government's power is granted to them by we the people. The government is beginning to receive too much power. We the People need to realize need to realize that WE are the ones giving them too much power. Also, the government isn't the only protector of the Constitution. We the People also need to protect and understand our nation's Constitution.

"...in Order to form a more perfect Union..." The Constitution was one of the United States greatest founding documents and truly did form a more perfect Union.

"...establish Justice..." The Constitution mainly establishes Justice in Article III of the Constitution. Article III states the powers of the Judicial Branch which consists of the courts and lawyers.

"...insure domestic Tranquility..." It basically means that we are to try to insure our nation is peaceful.

"...provide for the common defense..." We all now that we need military defense. A few examples could be Pearl Harbor, the World Wars, Civil Unrest, etc. Everyone contributes to our common defense. The government, tax payers, and definitely those people who are in the military. Thomas Jefferson didn't agree with taxes unless there was a good reason behind. Such as the common defense.

"...promote the general Welfare..." The definition for welfare is 'the organized efforts by a community or organization to improve the social and economic condition of a group or class.' The US does this by promoting friendly trade relations with other countries to improve the people's satisfaction and their every day necessities.

"...secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity..." We have been given Liberty, a blessing that so many people in the world wish for. It was a blessing most Englishmen had until King George III ruined the colonies freedom and liberty which soon led to the Declaration of Independence and then the Constitution. We need to continue to hold on to this blessing and make sure that our descendents will also be the ones to secure the blessing as well.