Is the Preamble the pretext for the document or not?
Why would you excise the paragraph that the founders gave us to understand what was to follow?
I'm not sure what you mean by "pretext". The Constitution embodies every word from first to last, but not all the words are imbued with equal importance or significance.
Why would you excise the paragraph that the founders gave us to understand what was to follow?
Of course, I would not excise any part of the Constitution. Neither would I elevate any part of it to a status that does not naturally accrue to it by virtue of its place in the document and the significance and import of its content. Some parts that may be very inspirational have little or no juriprudential relevance.
Your devotion to the Declaration of Independence is apparently at least equal to mine. It is literally one of the finest expressions of the human impulse to freedom and self determination ever penned by the hand of man. I could call it inspirational, and it would be an understatement. But despite my love for the document, I would not be honest if I did not concede the fact that it does not have jurisprudential significance.