Week 16 Vocabulary Principles of a Constitution

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We are subject to clearly defined laws and legal principles, and that those laws apply equally to all people, all the time.

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Rule of Law

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Limited Government: A political system in which there are certain restrictions placed on the government to protect individual rights and liberties.

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A political system with restrictions on government to protect individual rights and liberties.

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Belief that government is created by, and subject to, the will of the people (government based on consent of the people)

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Popular Sovereignty

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An act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.

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Separation of Powers

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Prevents one branch of government from becoming more powerful than the others.

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Checks and balances

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Power that is shared by the state and national governments

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Federalism