6 PRINCIPLES OF OUR GOVERNMENT

LIMITED GOVERNMENT

• Framers afraid of Monarchy

• Gave GOV specific powers –Articles 1-3

• Gave GOV restrictions on limits of individual freedoms-Bill of Rights

• Made it so GOV is not above the law-Rule of Law

POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

• PEOPLE ARE THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF POWER AND AUTHORITY

SEPARATION OF POWERS

• Prevented the rise of tyranny

• 3 branches of GOV

• No branch could

dominate the other

Checks and Balances

• Each branch independent

• But also has power over the others

JUDICIAL REVIEW

• Whether passed laws violate the CONSTITUTION

• Not Specifically stated in the Constitution

FEDERALISM

• SOME LAWS APPLY TO FEDERAL GOV

• SOME LAWS APPLY TO STATE GOV