What has the Supreme Court of the U.S said about the broad goals of the Preamble?

Question

What has the Supreme Court of the U.S said about the broad goals of the Preamble?

Answer 1

I don't know that they've ever addressed it.

Answer 2

Preamble/introductory clauses/goals statements are of no legal significance except in one narrow area.  The Preamble gives no legal rights, or restrictions, and is not a basis for striking down laws.

Courts typically look to preambles, generally, to get a sense of what the authors were attempting to accomplish with a given document or law.  Many more complex contracts have preambles.  However, in the case of th constitution there is a wealth of resources about what the drafters intended, including the federalist papers.  Given that entire books elaborate on what the framers were intending, the actual preamble is a small token of their intention, and not of much importance.

Answer 3

'we the people of the united states in order to form a more perfect union--------------do ordain and establish ......................

They kinda put the cart before the horse as at the time they profered this document we were not the united states.

Define perfect

(do establish)....its an offering, they haven't established anything yet.

Is the preamble part of the consttution or just an introductory note.

Did we form a union or a republic.

Seems as if the supreme ever reveiwed the consttution in regard to the preamble they would have rejected the who thing.