Question

What was one purpose of the Preamble of the Bill of Rights?

To express the desire to restrict government power.
To limit the power of the states.
To guarantee rights of the people.
To ensure government had unlimited power.

Answer 1

To express the desire to restrict government power.

The preamble explains that additional declaratory and restrictive clauses were needed to prevent misconstruction or abuse of the federal government's powers and to protect individual rights.