A Preamble: "a clause at the beginning of a constitution or statute that explains the reasons for its passage." (Monk, p.5.) But the Preamble cannot be used as a basis of a lawsuit unless the right/power is found in another part of the Constitution, according to Jacobson v. Massachusetts.
To pursue the Goals of the Preamble, four recurring issues and themes have continued to be important throughout American history::
Source: The Penguin Guide to the United States Constitution, p.190.
USGP crowd, Indianapolis, Sept. 30, 2001
Author: Rick Dikeman
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Don Graham photograph of Indigenous artist in Santa Fe, NM July 2013
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Elite women – NYRR Mini 10K 2018, 9 June 2018, 08:13
Author Dave Atkinson
Bessie Coleman, First African-American pilot,1921, NASA.
Sanjay Thumma, The Vah Chef, August 16, 2013. Author: M ramesh31
Children eating at Rise School, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 2010. Author: Carol M. Highsmith
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Jerre Hirakata with some of his grand children/nieces/ and nephews at (Melon) Farms, in Rocky Ford, Colorado, on May 14, 2018. Hirakata Farms is a fifth generation family business in operation since 1915. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
An African American male doctor wearing a Public Health Service uniform is pointing at an x-ray as he explains it to an older Asian male and adult Asian female. Author: Rhoda Baer (Photographer). Public Domain
Homeless Teen New York City November 11, 2014, 11:32:12
Author Robert Scifo
New Orleans: Musicians taking break, during second line parade organized in memory of Quarterite's deceased dog.
Date 30 December 2007 Source Photo by Infrogmation Author Infrogmation of New Orleans
On hand to commemorate the Compton Cafeteria Riots were Chief Heather Fong (left), the first SFPD female chief of police; Theresa Sparks (center), first ever transgender police commissioner; and Sgt. Stephan Thorne, the first transgender SFPD police officer. Author: Bill Wilson.
U.S. House photograph of late Congresswoman Patsy Takemoto Mink. 1994
Plumber at work. November 10, 2006
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A female prisoner living inside her tiny prison cell. 12 July 2013
Author: Officer Bimblebury
During a Women's History Month event at NASA's KSC, speaker JoAnn Morgan (right) speaks with Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, the first female launch director, who will lead countdown and launch for NASA's Exploration Mission-1. March 27, 2018.
Delores Huerta from Wash. D.C. Sept 7, 2000 Hispanic American awards.
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Harold Willens poses in military uniform with his son Larry in 1943.
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Amy Tan, 2007. Author: Robert Foothorap
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Many Hands
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Family Eating a Meal
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The American Soldier 1781
Author: H. Charles McBarron Jr. (1902-1992)
Source: U.S. Army Center of Military History
Suburban neighborhood in Van Nuys
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NT Easter Egg Hunt April 23, 2011
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United States map depicting the individual states and Washington DC 2001
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Kennedy, K., Kirchner, B. and Roosevelt, K. (2020). The Constitution decoded: a guide to the document that shapes our nation. (Kindle) Workman Publishing Company.
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