I said the purpose of the Constitution was to LIMIT the power of the Federal Government, and it was.
Anybody who refers to Madison's reflections on the meaning of a limited Government with strictly enumerated powers as "screeds" betrays himself as a moron; as such, I won't respond any further to you. [You're self-refuting and you haven't offered anything other than your own opinions here, which, like the opinions of any other lib/prog are complete bollocks.] I'm content to let anyone following our thread determine who is correct: you or James Madison.
Madison regarded the legitimate use of the instrument as the sections specifically defining its powers, and brushed aside the preamble as window dressing. He clearly states that in "the screeds." Because, unlike libtards posting on this forum, he wasn't stupid, and he understood that a Constitution granting limitless power was no Constitution at all.
And I agreed. That's surely one of its purposes, if you believe anything the framers wrote. I posted others that they clearly spelled out in the document itself.