1. Government: Creates and conducts Public Policy

2. Public Policy: The Government power to maintain legitimate authority and control over society

3. Purpose of the Government:
We the people of the United States, 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. Find Six Purposes

4. Forms of Government Anarchy Autocracy Oligarchy Democracy
Rule by a few
Rule by the people
Rule by one
Lack of Government

5. Who has the Power in Public Policy decisions
Traditional Democratic Theory – Depends on the consent of the governed (representatives)
Pluralistic Theory - Interest Groups compete to promote policies
Elite Theory - Powerful elitists that rule for its own self interest
Bureaucratic Theory - Bureaucrats carry out the day-to-day workings of the Government
Hyper pluralism – To many groups have power and gridlock takes place as well as ineffectiveness

6. The weaknesses evident in the Articles of Confederation allowed the states to focus on their own powers. With no central government to control them, the states taxed each other, printed their own money,, made treaties with foreign governments and often refused to uphold the laws of the Confederation government.

7. Federalists Vs Anti Federalists
Favored Constitution
Opposed Constitution
Stressed the weaknesses of the Articles
Wanted strong State Governments
Checks and Balances would protect against abuses
The Strong Executive was similar to a Monarchy
Protection of property rights
To much popular participation
State Constitutions already had protections in the bill of rights
Wanted the bill of rights to protect citizens from the government.

8. Differences between the sides in the Great Compromise
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Legislation -
Representation
Executive
Judges

9. Basic Principles of the Constitution
Limited Government – Government has only the powers given to it.
Popular Sovereignty- People are the source of government authority
Separation of Powers – Government is separated into three branches with each branch having its own duties independent of the others
Checks and Balances – Each branch is constrained by the other two
Federalism – division of powers between the states and nation governments.

10. Informal Amendment Process
Do you know these four processes?
Legislative actions
Executive actions
Judicial interpretation/judicial review
Custom and usage – Senatorial Courtesy (I help you here)

11. Know your Amendments