Preamble Matching

The president sends Congress a budget proposal that allocates $640 Billion dollars in military expenditures.

• common defence

• domestic tranquility

• secure the blessing of liberty

After a former employee of the Federal Government gives evidence that the National Security Agency has been illegally wiretapping the phones of American citizens, a judiciary oversight committee launches an investigation to identify those responsible.

• secure the blessings of liberty

• provide for the common defence

• establish justice

During a planned protest over the removal of a Confederate statue, the FBI sends agents to investigate rumors that white supremacists are planning to violently attack protestors who support the removal of the monument.  The FBI hopes to identify certain individuals who may only be at the rally to sew violence.

• domestic tranquility

• common defence

• establish justice

Using Federal tax dollars, the CDC (Center for Disease Control) conducts a study on the effectiveness of certain vaccines.

• promote the general welfare

• common defence

• secure the blessing of liberty

During Reconstruction, the government passes a law creating stricter punishments for those involved in lynchings.

• establish justice

• common defence

• secure the blessing of liberty