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The Constitution Political Principles

The Power of a Government 1. Federalism: a system of government that divides power between a central government and state government Central Government State The Power of a Government

Enumerated, Reserved and Concurrent Powers Federal & State Government Federal Government Enumerated Powers State Government Reserved Powers Concurrent Powers Federal & State Government Regulate interstate and foreign trade Make and collect taxes Make qualifications of voters Make laws for citizenship Provide for education Start banks Make money Make marriage and divorce laws Take property for public use Make post offices Control intrastate trade Borrow money Make federal courts Have elections Declare war Enforce the laws Make local governments Make courts Raise and support military Provide for public safety and morals Provide for the general welfare Pass laws necessary and proper for carrying out their powers

Federal & State Government Prohibited Powers Federal Government Federal & State Government State Government Powers Denied Federal Government Powers Denied Federal &State Governments Reserved Powers Suspend the writ of habeas corpus (having to be tried in court before imprisonment) Tax exports Favor one state over another Take money from treasury without right by law Pass bills of attainder (allowing people to be imprisoned and found guilty without a trial) Pass ex post facto laws (try someone for a crime that wasn’t a law when the event was done) Grant titles of nobility (princes, knights) Deprive persons of life, liberty, or property without due process of law Make treaties with other nations or states without consent of Congress Coin (make) money Impair obligations of contracts Tax imports or exports Keep troops or ships during peace without consent of Congress

Separation of Powers: Checks and Balances: Divides the government into three branches Executive Legislative Judicial Checks and Balances: allows each branch of government to limit the other branches powers

Legislative Branch (Congress) writes laws confirms Presidential Appointments ratifies treaties grants money declares war Executive Branch (President) proposes laws administers laws commands military appoints ambassadors and other officials foreign policy negotiates treaties Checks & Balance: reject appointments reject treaties withhold funding impeach president override a veto veto bill adjourn Congress Judicial Branch (Supreme Court) interprets laws and Constitution reviews lower-court decisions propose amendments impeach Supreme Court Justice reject appointments to Supreme Court declare laws unconstitutional appoint Judges declare executive actions unconstitutional

The Bill of Rights guarantees the rights of each person in the U.S. . Protection of Individual Rights: The Bill of Rights guarantees the rights of each person in the U.S.