Recently, on my travels, I engaged in several casual conversations about the Constitution. The Preamble and its relevancy today perked my fellow American’s ears. Let’s review a few phrases that my new traveling acquaintances found interesting: We the People Those three words are the basis for our Constitution, which, unlike other governments, tells the government what it can and cannot do. https://civicsandcitizenship.org/2017-1-30-we-the-people/ Our Constitution limits and defines government authority. We the People are in charge, contrary to what some politicians, the press, or professors would have you believe. It says We the People, not they, the king, the dictator, or the president. A More Perfect Union Ask yourself, more perfect than what? Than the Articles of Confederation, which was a little too loose! For example, there was no president (no executive official) and no judicial branch (no legal official).To pass any legislation required a supermajority (nine of the …
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