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What do the biginning words to the preamble mean we the people?
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∙ 14y ago
The founding fathers were proposing and currently acting in a republican government. That is a government where the people at large appoint representatives to act on their behalf. Kind of a multiple person power of attorney. They were sent by their home state legislatures to reform the government and those people who sent them were the representatives of their constituants.
When they say "We the people of the United States..." and go on to explain their purpose in the constitution they end with phrase "do ordain and establish this constitution" they meant that and something more. They were sent by the people and were acting (they believed) in the interest of the people. Moreover, they knew that the ratification process required in the constitution would confirm the volition of the people with respect to the document. The ratification was to be done by representatives in a special election. In effect it literally would be the people themselves who would ordain and establish the constitution.
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∙ 12y agoEmphasis on the people and democracy. It points out the power of the people and individual, not of the collective (like a state or government as a whole)
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