Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) discuss the Preamble of the Constitution and the concept of "insure domestic tranquility". Javascript must be enabled in order to access C-SPAN ...

The preamble to the United States Constitution proclaims that a foundational purpose of our government is to “insure domestic Tranquility.” It is without dispute that our government has ...

One of the lines contained in it ‘insure domestic tranquility’ is central to the whole gun control debate – the dichotomy of whether more guns would deter crime on the one end, or less guns ...

In the manner of Emile Zola’s “J’accuse,” I accuse every branch of our government of dereliction of duty to their constitutional mandate to insure domestic tranquility. They have ...

One vital phrase, however, appears before that in the preamble. It refers to the desire to “insure domestic tranquility,” an answer to the divisions wracking the loose confederation of ...

My argument goes to the preamble to the Constitution which states: “in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense ...