1. How to conduct business

2.  St. Augustine – add mercy, morality to ancients’ ideas  St. Thomas Aquinas – 2 paths law takes ◦ Divine law (use faith) ◦ Human law (use reason)

3.  Wrote The Prince – how to rule  The ends justify the means  Better to be feared than loved

4.  People selfish. W/out govt life is “nasty, brutish, and short.”  *Social Contract* - give up some rights to have order

5. Rousseau  Materialism corrupts  Must be equal & educated Montesquieu  Easy to abuse power  Need checks/balances, separation of powers

6.  Govt exists to protect freedom & inalienable rights (life, liberty, property)  Social Contract – if govt doesn’t protect, overthrow it!

7.  Basic Frameworks of the government  Outline ◦ Preamble ◦ 7 Articles  Senate+House=Congress or Legislative  Executive- President and Cabinet  Judicial- Supreme Court and Lower Courts  State Legislation  Adding Changes- amendments  Supremacy Clause  Requirements for Ratification

8.  Popular Sovereignty- governed by the consent of the people  Limited Government- can only do what the people want  Separation of Powers-distribution of power ◦ Legislative ◦ Executive ◦ Judicial

9.  Checks and Balance System ◦ Each piece of the government check each other  Judicial Review- courts decide whether the government decisions are constitutional or not ◦ Unconstitutional  Federalism- Federal System of Government ◦ Distribution of power from the central government to the states

10.  Public Policy  Unalienable Rights- Bill of Rights-Civil Liberties ◦ Who do they protect you from?  Bicameral Legislation-  Constitution- Does it give you unlimited powers?  Types of Government- ◦ Monarchy, Parliament, Oligarchy, Autocracy  Four Requirements to be a state: