Principles of the Constitution

What is popular sovereignty?

• The government cannot take more power than it is given

• The government gets its power from the people

• Power is purposely separated so no one branch has too much

• Power is divided between the Federal Government and the states

What is the principle of limited government?

• where the government limits the power it gives to the people

• where the government divides its powers between branches

• the government is limited to the powers it is given in the Constitution

• Judicial Review

Separation of powers is

• to ensure that no branch of government has too much power

• where the Supreme Court reviews laws

• where power is divided between the federal government and the states

• the government only has the powers the people give it

Checks and balances

• No one branch of government gets too much power

• each of the branches of government can limit the actions of the others

• judicial review

• the power comes from the people

Judicial Review

• The supreme court gets to rule laws constitutional or unconstitutional

• Separation of powers

• The people give the government its power

• The federal government can stop states from giving its people rights

Federalism

• Separation of powers between branches of government

• the government only has the powers given to it by the people

• The supreme court dictates legality of laws.

• States and federal government divide powers