The preamble in the U.S. Constitution indicates that the people are the authority who ordained and established the constitution. They have <em>six goals</em> through the constitution:
"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".
Some courts have used the preamble in constitutional interpretation to define the boundaries of the Constitution's applicability, show that the people are the ones who empower the federal government, define who is a citizen, expand jurisdiction, broaden congressional power and even uphold exclusion from citizenship.
According to the preamble, the American people establish the U.S. government as it follows in the document, to "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".
The primary aim of the "Marshall Plan" was to provide aid to the devastated countries of Europe, while at the same time combating the advance of communism and <span>helping countries determine their own forms of government.</span>
Because of the enslaved persons clause, escaped enslaved persons from one state cannot be PROTECTED by other states. The clause required slaves who flees to another state to be returned to the owner in the state from which that person escaped.
