Foundational Documents Review

Outlines the powers and responsibilities of the judicial branch.

• Article 1 of the Constitution

• Article 2 of the Constitution

• Article 3 of the Constitution

• Article 4 of the Constitution

Separation of powers and checks and balances would limit the power of the national government.

• Federalist 10

• Federalist 51

• Federalist 70

• Federalist 78

The president will be a single, energetic executive, equipped with sufficient powers to handle crises.

• Article 1 of the Constitution

• Federalist 10

• Federalist 70

• Federalist 78

The Constitution creates a large republic that can minimize harm caused by factions by preventing tyranny of the majority.

• Federalist 10

• Brutus 1

• Federalist 51

• The Preamble to the Constitution.

Martin Luther King, Jr was seeking help in ending segregation by appealing to local white pastors and business owners.

• Brutus 1

• Letter from Birmingham Jail

• Federalist 78

• Declaration of Independence

Wanted to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, and promote the general welfare.

• Preamble to the Constitution

• Article 1 of the Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Letter from Birmingham Jail

Outlined the powers and responsibilities of the legislative branch

• Article 1 of the Constitution

• Article 2 of the Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Preamble to the Constitution

Argued that states should have most of the power because they were best equipped to protect people's rights.

• Letter from Birmingham Jail

• Preamble to the Constitution

• Federalist 10

• Brutus 1

Outlined the responsibilites of the states; includes the full faith & credit and privileges & immunities clauses.

• Article 4 of the Constitution

• Article 5 of the Constitution

• Article 6 of the Constitution

• Brutus 1

Argued for a judiciary whose judges were appointed for life and not elected.

• Preamble to the Constitution

• Federalist 51

• Federalist 70

• Federalist 78