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A Patriot’s view of the history and direction of our Country

Constitution of the United States
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Convention May 15 1787 to Ratification September 17 1787

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more

perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide
for the common defence, 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.”

The preamble to our Constitution, like the Declaration of
Independence, is beautifully written; concise and purposeful. It sets

the tone and description for the remainder of what has become the

supreme law of our land. No one is above it, and to do so as an
elected official or appointed judge is at the least impeachable and

possibly treason. It is also no accident that Article One creates the
legislative branch, and then followed by the executive and judicial

branches. As the United States is a government of the people, by
the people and for the people, and historically the colonies and

colonists did not have representation under England, this form of

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