How on Earth do you read the preamble of the U.S. Constitution, if not as, in order: subject/appostive (with prepositional phrase)/parenthetical [including list*]/verb phrase/prepositional phrase:

(*what do you call that?)

We/the People (of the United States),/ in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity,/ do ordain and establish this Constitution/ for the United States of America.

Where does a copulative come in, unless it were "We and the people," which is counter-intuitive and, if mere jingoism, counter-productive.

And how do you read "We are the people," when the verb phrase is "do hereby. . ."

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