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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.
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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