![]() the Bill of Rights of 1689, 3 Footnoteġ W. ![]() the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679, 2 Footnoteģ1 Car. In several English laws that undergird American understandings of constitutional rights, including the Petition of Rights of 1628, 1 Footnoteģ Car. The Preamble's origins predate the Constitutional Convention-preambles to legal documents were relatively commonplace at the time of the nation's founding. 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.
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