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This branch enforces laws.

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

This branch makes laws.

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

This branch interprets laws.

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

Interest groups.....

• seek to influence the making and execution of public policy by engaging in political and public policy processes.

• Pay attention to what the public is interested in and run elections based on those ideas

Federalism

• The principle that governmental authority is derived from the people and government governs with the consent of the governed.

• A government can only exercise the powers granted to it. Government must be conducted according to the rule of law.

• A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent units. Under the U.S. Constitution, this principle is reflected in the division of powers between the national government and the states.

• A distribution of governmental powers among independent branches. Each of the branches has a specific field of authority and unique set of responsibilities within the operation of the government.

• The branches of government possess the ability to restrain certain actions of other branches.

Limited government

• The principle that governmental authority is derived from the people and government governs with the consent of the governed.

• A government can only exercise the powers granted to it. Government must be conducted according to the rule of law.

• A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent units. Under the U.S. Constitution, this principle is reflected in the division of powers between the national government and the states.

• A distribution of governmental powers among independent branches. Each of the branches has a specific field of authority and unique set of responsibilities within the operation of the government.

• The branches of government possess the ability to restrain certain actions of other branches.

Checks and balances

• The principle that governmental authority is derived from the people and government governs with the consent of the governed.

• A government can only exercise the powers granted to it. Government must be conducted according to the rule of law.

• A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent units. Under the U.S. Constitution, this principle is reflected in the division of powers between the national government and the states.

• A distribution of governmental powers among independent branches. Each of the branches has a specific field of authority and unique set of responsibilities within the operation of the government.

• The branches of government possess the ability to restrain certain actions of other branches.

Popular sovereignty

• The principle that governmental authority is derived from the people and government governs with the consent of the governed.

• A government can only exercise the powers granted to it. Government must be conducted according to the rule of law.

• A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent units. Under the U.S. Constitution, this principle is reflected in the division of powers between the national government and the states.

• A distribution of governmental powers among independent branches. Each of the branches has a specific field of authority and unique set of responsibilities within the operation of the government.

• The branches of government possess the ability to restrain certain actions of other branches.

Separation of powers

• The principle that governmental authority is derived from the people and government governs with the consent of the governed.

• A government can only exercise the powers granted to it. Government must be conducted according to the rule of law.

• A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent units. Under the U.S. Constitution, this principle is reflected in the division of powers between the national government and the states.

• A distribution of governmental powers among independent branches. Each of the branches has a specific field of authority and unique set of responsibilities within the operation of the government.

• The branches of government possess the ability to restrain certain actions of other branches.

This group felt the Bill of Rights was necessary because the Constitution lacked guarantees of individual rights

• Federalist

• Anti-Federalists