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What document states that the purpose of government include establishing justice and securing the blessings of liberty?
This document is the Constitution of the United States. In the preamble two of its six goals was to establish justice, and to secure the blessing of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.(the younger generations) The Constitution got the idea to establish justice from the IX article from the Articles of Confederation, and they got the idea of secure the blessings of liberty from the Magna Carta.
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Which phrase does not come from the Preamble to the Constitution?
The phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" does not come from the Preamble to the Constitution. This phrase is actually from the Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776. The Preamble to the Constitution begins with the famous words, "We the People," and outlines the goals and purposes of the Constitution, such as establishing justice, ensuring domestic tranquility, providing for the common defense, promoting the general welfare, and securing the blessings of liberty.
Define secure the blessings of liberty?
Amendment X The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. American civil government was founded on a trinity of legal spheres of action, the Federal the states and the People Ourselves. The things that the people can freely do while going about their liberties are secured to the legal federal voice of the People Ourselves a 3/4 majority of conventions of the people in each of our several states. Amendment XIV section 1 ... No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of the citizens of the United States;... Amendment IX the enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage the others retained by the people. Edited by Thomas D Jones Speaker for the People Chair in the US Congress (reclaimed)
Examples of secure the blessings of liberty?
Examples of the part of the Preamble of the United States Constitution that would be titled "Secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and to our Posterity" in the world today are: People are given the right to a fair trial. People also have the right to do as they wish within the boundaries of their rights as long as it does not infringe upon the rights of another person. An example in history is that of the Civil War, the war about the freedom of slaves. The Civil War was a fight for the Liberty (Rights) of African-American people that had been slaves at the time. The fight for Liberty succeeded, and therefor can be considered a successful example of securing liberty.
What women were actively involved in securing the right to vote for women?
The women who were actively involved in securing women right were Susan B. Anthony, Florence Kelley, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
What does to ourslaves and your posterity mean?
its actually "to ourselves and our posterity..." from 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 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. it means we are securing the blessings of liberty as said to ourselves (as in us) and our posterity (as in our future-future generations) hope this answers your questions and corrects what you originally thought to be in the constitution. thank god for my 8th grade social studies teacher for having us memorize it and recite it to the class! ~lindi~
