Insure Domestic Tranquility, Provide for the Common Defense

Enduring Understandings:

● Domestic tranquility refers to the expectation by citizens that government will ensure an orderly society based on due process and an inviolate/minimum sphere of personal liberty. ● Democracy places a high value on the right to privacy, which is the basis for many of the more specific protections enshrined in the Bill of Rights. ● The right to privacy and other rights have sometimes been restricted during times of war as the need to ensure national security conflicts with more expansive individual rights enjoyed during times of peace. It is the role of the courts to help determine the appropriate constitutional balance between individual rights and national security and to review acts of the legislative and executive branches. ● Habeas corpus is a fundamental right that prevents arbitrary abuse of authority by the government and indefinite detentions of political opponents. 28 ● The peaceful transfer of power is a critical element of democracy, requiring both constitutional procedures and the commitment by citizens to uphold a free society and a republican form of government. ● The use of force by the government must be within constitutional constraints in a democratic society. A cornerstone of American democracy has been a professional, non-political military that takes an oath to support the Constitution.

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