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