1. The Six Principles of Government
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2. Students will be able to explain the 6 Principles of the Constitution
Objective:
Students will be able to explain the 6 Principles of the Constitution
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3. The Basic Principles
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4. The Preamble
We the people, In order to form a more perfect union, Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, Provide for the common defense, Promote the general welfare and Secure the blessings of liberty To ourselves and our posterity Do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
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5. Articles of the Constitution2
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6. Three of the Basic Principles
The principle of popular sovereignty asserts that the people are the source of any and all government power, and government can exist only with the consent of the governed. 2
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7. Rule of Law: No one, including the government is above the law
The principle of limited government states that government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that government cannot take away.
Constitutionalism: Everyone, including the government must follow the laws of the Constitution.
Rule of Law: No one, including the government is above the law
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8. The Declaration of Independence
Question: How does the Declaration of Independence relate to “Rule of Law”
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
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9. Separation of powers is the principle in which the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government are three independent and coequal branches of government.
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10. Separation of Powers
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11. Checks and balances is the system that allows the legislative, executive, and judicial branches to check, or restrain, the actions of one another. 2
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13. More of the Basic Principles
The principle of judicial review consists of the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action.
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14. More of the Basic Principles
Federalism is a system of government in which the powers of government are divided between a central government and several local governments.
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16. Federalism: The National Government
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17. Federalism: The State Governments
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18. Section 1 Review
1. Article II of the Constitution establishes the powers of the
(a) executive branch.
(b) legislative branch.
(c) States.
(d) judicial branch.
2. The principle of popular sovereignty asserts that the
(a) government should be divided into three branches.
(b) monarch is the supreme ruler.
(c) means of production should be owned by the proletariat.
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