What was the primary goal of the state constitutions?

Answer 1

The primary goal of state constitution is to establish justice, form perfect union, insure domestic tranquility and promote general welfare. It is the foundation of legal authority in that state.

1. Establish Justice - Create a system of courts and ensure their independence from other branches of government. Their sole purpose being to interpret and rule on the laws of the people. This is to make sure that they cannot dictate law unilaterally, but are bound to interpret the laws we create through our elected representatives. There are examples of this every day in courts all across America.

2. Insure Domestic Tranquility - The government is charged with making sure citizens are not hindered by the actions of others. It is important to note that the word "insure" was used and not "ensure". This implies that the intent is to have a passive effect on the nature of the government's responsibility in our lives. The government is required to provide insurance of tranquility with our neighbors, not to ensure tranquility which implies that the government has the responsibility to enforce tranquility. This clause is often misunderstood to mean that the government should ensure that everyone has money or possessions, but it instead means that the government should insure that you have the possibility of attaining these things. This would also include police and fire departments. They exist to insure the tranquility of our citizens. Examples would include laws designed to insure that you are not necessarily effected by the actions of others, such as rules regarding stocks and investments. However, the government is not required to ensure that you are not effected by the actions of others, they cannot protect you from the decisions you make of your own free will. Basically, this clause means that the government should insure a level playing field.

3. Provide for the Common Defense - This is fairly straightforward. The government must maintain a militant fighting force capable of defending our nation from threats throughout and within. This would include the military and to an extent, the police. Examples should be easy to imagine on your own.

4. Promote the General Welfare - The government must make available whatever common resources are needed in our daily lives. Until this point, the "general welfare" was determined by whatever a faraway king deemed it to be. Such resources in modern times would include things like electricity, roads, and schools. This would not include government income or other subsistence. Referring back to "Insure Domestic Tranquility", the government does not have a responsibility to ensure that citizens have these things, but to insure that they are attainable. By providing everyone with basic resources, the government promotes the general welfare of it's citizens to attain whatever position or status in life that they choose.

5. Secure the Blessings of Liberty to Ourselves and our Posterity - Create a system of government that ensures that all past, present, and future American citizens can live in freedom. The government has the responsibility to enforce the constitution made by the people to ensure that Americans will always live free. Examples of this would be the constitution itself and our entire governmental system. A system that remains today the same as it has always been, making the United States of America the oldest nation on earth and the oldest nation in recorded human history to maintain an identical form of governmental structure. In fact, we've had the same "ruler" since 1776, the people.

6. The final goal, and ultimate purpose, of the constitution is to ensure that the government is a nation operated and ruled by the people themselves. This document outlines the rules and standards by which we accomplish this and ensure that it endures.

Answer 2

The primary purpose of constitutions are to place in writing the powers and limitations of a central government. In some undemocratic nations, they have a constitution that promises many rights of citizens, however, these are false, and the people usually have few freedoms.

Answer 3

to give the country tools to uphold liberty

Answer 4

The main goal of the constitutional convention was to revise the Articles of Confederation.

Answer 5

Please clarify what country you are talking about. There are over 200 countries on Earth; most of them have a constitution.