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The Preamble serves solely as an introduction and does not assign powers to the federal government, [3] nor does it provide specific limitations on government action. Due to the Preamble's limited nature, no court has ever used it as a decisive factor in case adjudication, [4] except as regards frivolous litigation. [5]
A preamble (from Latin preambulum 'preliminary, preface') is an introductory and expressionary statement in a document that explains the document's purpose and underlying philosophy. When applied to the opening paragraphs of a statute, it may recite historical facts pertinent to the subject of the statute.
New Democratic MP Svend Robinson has opposed the preamble's mention of God. After one version of the Charter drawn in June 1980 that lasted until September, which said in its preamble that Canadians "shall always be, with the help of God, a free and self-governing people", [6] the Charter was not going to have a preamble. The current preamble ...
While the Constituent Assembly was debating the Preamble, there was an argument to rename India the 'Union of Indian Socialistic Republics' as if India was to imitate the U.S.S.R. However, other members were not convinced. [6] There was even argument as to whether to include the names of 'God' and 'Gandhi' in the Preamble. The former was ...
After considerable argument at the United Nations Conference on International Organization, held in San Francisco, particularly Soviet insistence that language regarding the equal rights and self-determination of peoples be included in the Charter, the Preamble was modified significantly.
The case was remanded to the district court, which dismissed it on the grounds that state officials could not have been aware of this interpretation. [23] In the most recent Third Amendment decision handed down by a federal court, on February 2, 2015, the United States District Court for the District of Nevada held in Mitchell v.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the principles of interpretation: Principles of interpretation – methods used to understand language and texts, primarily legal documents and sacred texts. Principles of interpretation may be used in the areas presented below...
The Preamble of the 1865 Alabama Constitution notes one purpose of the document to be to "promote the general welfare", [26] but this language is omitted from the 1901 Alabama Constitution. Article VII of the Constitution of Alaska , titled "Health, Education, and Welfare", directs the legislature to "provide for the promotion and protection of ...