Ch 3 Sec 1 The 6 Basic Principles of the U.S. Constitution

An Outline of the Constitution The Constitution sets out the basic principles upon which government in the United States was built. The Constitution is a fairly brief document. The Constitution is organized into eight sections: the Preamble & seven articles. The original document is followed by 27 amendments.

Articles of the Constitution Don’t need to write

1. Popular Sovereignty What’s that mean? People are the source of any and all government power, government can exist only with the consent of the governed. Government of the people, by the people, and for the people What’s that mean? Student response- rewrite it in your own words

Student response- rewrite it in your own words 2. Limited Government Government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that government cannot take away. Constitutionalism: The Constitution is the highest law in the land The Rule of Law: No one is above the law! What’s that mean? Student response- rewrite it in your own words

Student response- rewrite it in your own words 3. Separation of Powers The executive, legislative, & judicial branches of government are three independent and coequal branches of government. “The accumulation of all powers…in the same hands…may be pronounced as the very definition of Tyranny” J Madison What’s that mean? Student response- rewrite it in your own words

Student response- rewrite it in your own words 4. Check & Balances The system that allows the legislative, executive, & judicial branches to check, or restrain, the actions of one another. Congress makes the laws but Presidents may veto laws passed by Congress. Presidents may veto (presidents rejection to Congress) laws but Congress may over-ride a veto by a 2/3’s vote of both Houses. The Courts may find a law passed by Congress and signed by the President UNCONSTITUTIONAL=‘s(illegal, void, no effect) also known as “judicial review” What’s that mean? Student response- rewrite it in your own words

Checks & Balances

Student response- rewrite it in your own words 5. Judicial Review The consists of the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action. What’s that mean? Student response- rewrite it in your own words

Student response- rewrite it in your own words 6. Federalism The system of sharing/dividing the power between the states and the Federal Government (a compromise principle) With the Federal government supreme/top What’s that mean? Student response- rewrite it in your own words

Powers Under Federalism: Delegated Powers Powers granted to Nat Gov. in the Constitution (Congress/ Fed Gov.) Concurrent Powers Powers that the Fed & States share Reserved Powers Implied Powers Inherent Powers The Constitution of the United States does not explicitly grant concurrent powers; rather, it only implies that they should exist.

Division of Governmental Powers Treaties Issue money Schools Arrest people Regulate trade Government Establish courts Army, Navy Provide local: Borrow money Make peace Issue licenses Tax! Declare war States Only Concurrent/Shared Federal Only

Powers under Federalism that include: Coin money and issue currency Create the armed forces Tax imports Settle disputes between states Negotiate Peace Treaties Declare War Delegated Powers

Concurrent Powers The Power to Tax

Reserved Powers STATE LICENSES: MARRIAGE FISHING TEACHING HUNTING a state political power that a constitution reserves exclusively to the jurisdiction of a particular political authority (STATE).

Match the principle definition to the correct Article in the Constitution

The system that allows the legislative, executive, and judicial branches to check, or restrain, the actions of one another. People are the source of any and all government power, and government can exist only with the consent of the governed. A system of government in which the powers of government are divided between a central government & several local governments. The consists of the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action. The executive, legislative, & judicial branches of government are three independent and coequal branches of government. Government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that government cannot take away.