The overarching role of government, as outlined in the Constitution, is to “form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ...

The preamble to the Constitution states that one fundamental purpose of the government is to “promote the general Welfare.” One might say the term “general welfare” does not give our ...

The preamble of the Constitution declares that our government is supposed to “promote the general Welfare.” Yet conservatives claim progressive programs are un-American. Conservatives say the ...

Another core duty is to “promote the general Welfare” (capitalization in the original). This is the constitutional duty that Democrats who seek to improve the lives of others are working to ...

The Preamble states that one of the main purposes of enacting the U.S. Constitution is to “promote the general welfare.” The general welfare has been interpreted as referring to the well-being ...