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Preamble Script - The Federal Courts and You

This activity sets the stage for a discussion. This script lists the 10 phrases in the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Ten participants will each read one phrase. 

  1. We the people of the United States,
  2. in order to form a more perfect union,
  3. establish justice,
  4. insure domestic tranquility,
  5. provide for the common defense,
  6. promote the general welfare,
  7. and secure the blessings of liberty
  8. to ourselves and our posterity,
  9. do ordain and establish
  10. this Constitution for the United States of America.

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