Declaration Of Rights
Our founding fathers who wrote the United States Declaration of Independence and the Preamble of the Constitution carefully chose the words that they connected with the rights that United States citizens would be granted so that the rights could still be applied in today’s society. Some of the phrases and words that were chosen for the Declaration of Independence and the Preamble include the right to unalienable rights, to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, promote general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty.
These words are very important to the United States, since they describe the rights of the citizens.
One right we are given is that we have unalienable rights, which means that the rights that United States citizens …show more content…
For example, “The Constitution makes no distinction as to the wealth or status of persons; all are equal before the law, and all are equally subject to judgment and punishment when they violate the law” (“To Establish Justice”). This right is pretty self explanatory, and can be assumed that it means exactly the same thing today as it did back then when it was first written. However, some people may argue that some people in the government, or people who work for the government, may be biased towards certain people for their race or their …show more content…
This means that “The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the US” (“Promoting”). However, there are two different references in the United States Constitution that include general welfare, which are included in the Preamble and the Taxing and Spending Clause. In the Preamble, it states that the Union was created “to promote general Welfare.” Whereas in the taxing and spending clause, it gives the federal government the power of taxation. However, “The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld that the mention of the clause in the Preamble ‘has never been regarded as the source of any substantive power conferred on the Government of the United States or any of its Departments’” (“Promoting”).
Lastly, to secure the blessings of liberty shares another important part of the Preamble. It states that all rights will be protected “The framers of the Constitution, in giving authority to the federal government, were careful to protect the rights of all persons by limiting the powers of both the national and state governments” (“To Establish Justice”). The government today follows this guideline pretty well. This makes it so that the U.S. government doesn’t harbor too much power over the American
These words are very important to the United States, since they describe the rights of the citizens.
One right we are given is that we have unalienable rights, which means that the rights that United States citizens …show more content…
For example, “The Constitution makes no distinction as to the wealth or status of persons; all are equal before the law, and all are equally subject to judgment and punishment when they violate the law” (“To Establish Justice”). This right is pretty self explanatory, and can be assumed that it means exactly the same thing today as it did back then when it was first written. However, some people may argue that some people in the government, or people who work for the government, may be biased towards certain people for their race or their …show more content…
This means that “The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the US” (“Promoting”). However, there are two different references in the United States Constitution that include general welfare, which are included in the Preamble and the Taxing and Spending Clause. In the Preamble, it states that the Union was created “to promote general Welfare.” Whereas in the taxing and spending clause, it gives the federal government the power of taxation. However, “The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld that the mention of the clause in the Preamble ‘has never been regarded as the source of any substantive power conferred on the Government of the United States or any of its Departments’” (“Promoting”).
Lastly, to secure the blessings of liberty shares another important part of the Preamble. It states that all rights will be protected “The framers of the Constitution, in giving authority to the federal government, were careful to protect the rights of all persons by limiting the powers of both the national and state governments” (“To Establish Justice”). The government today follows this guideline pretty well. This makes it so that the U.S. government doesn’t harbor too much power over the American