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Write out the Preamble to the Constitution in your own words restating each of the goals, along with examples of how they can be met.

The Preamble, or introduction, to the Constitution states the goals of our government:

a. To form a more perfect union

b. To establish justice through the legal system

c. To insure domestic tranquility

d. To provide for the common defense

e. To promote the general welfare

f. To secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity

2007-07-22 14:13:18 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government Law & Ethics

2 answers

look the words up if you don't understand,... then really, write it in your own words

if you copy someone else's words, it'll not sound like you and the teacher can easily tell

2007-07-22 14:20:21 · answer #1 · answered by MrPotatoHead 4 · 1 0

Each of the major political parties focuses on different aspects of the Constitution as most important. In the Preamble to the Constitution, there are five goals (values) of the US government: "establish Justice, to ensure domestic Tranquility, to provide for the common Defense, to promote the general Welfare, and secure the blessings of Liberty"

Conservatives think the most important are "to ensure domestic Tranquility" (meaning to promote conformity with 'traditional' ways) and to "provide for the Common Defense". Most conservatives are Republicans, who (nowadays) want group rights (conformity with 'traditional' values) and a large government to ensure domestic tranquility (by enforcing those conservative majority beliefs). Moderate republicans (originally called fiscal conservatives) want a small government, just large enough to provide for the common Defense.

Liberals think it's more important to "promote the general Welfare, and ensure the blessings of Liberty". Most liberals are Democrats, who want individual rights and a large government to promote the general welfare. Moderate democrats don't want a lot of wasteful spending, and want to achieve their goals without causing too many problems. Democrats do have a Conservative wing, which focuses on better ethical leadership and greater protection for both groups and individuals. The main difference is that conservative democrats still don't believe in enforcing their views on the minority, even if their own personal choices would be the same as what conservative republicans would make.

The concept of promoting Justice is important to both camps, but their idea of justice differs. Most camps of the liberal parties believe ensuring Justice requires favoring defendants, preferring the guilty to go free rather than sending the innocent to prison. Republicans and conservatives believe the promoting Justice requires being harsh to those accused, even if that occasionally inflicts sentences on the innocent.

2007-07-22 14:16:41 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0 0

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