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The Six Basic Principles Chapter 3 Section 1

The Outline of The Constitution
• The Constitution sets out the basic principles upon which government in the United States was built. • TheConstitution is a fairly brief document.
– The language is very general

What does the speaker in this cartoon mean when he says “the Constitution isn’t engraved in stone”?

How It Is Organized
• TheConstitution is organized into eight sections
– the Preamble and seven articles. – The original document is followed by 27 amendments.

Articles Of The Constitution

How do the first threearticles differ from those that follow?

The 3 Basic Principles
• There are 3 basic principles included in the Constitution
– Popular Sovereignty – Limited Government – Separation of PowersPopular Sovereignty
• The principle of popular sovereignty states that the people are the source of any and all government power
– government can exist only with the consent of the governed.

LimitedGovernment
• The principle of limited government states that government is restricted in what it may do
– each individual has rights that government cannot take away.

Separation of Powers
• Theprinciple in which the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government:
– are three independent – coequal branches of government.

Checks and Balances
• The system that allows thelegislative, executive, and judicial branches to check, or restrain, the actions of one another.

In what ways can the power of the judiciary branch be checked by the other branches?

JudicialReview
• The principle of judicial review consists of the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action.

What characteristics of a law can lead the Supreme Court tooverturn it?

Federalism
• Federalism is a system of government in which the powers of government are divided between a central government and several local governments.

Formal Amendment...