The principles that are covered in the Constitution are these:
- Popular sovereignty- The people have the power, the government has its power because the people give it through the Constitution, and the government can only function if the people say so.
- Limited government- The government must obye the laws the people make. The people give the government its authority.
- Separation of powers- The powers of the government are separated into three branches. These are the Congress (legislative), the president (executive), and the courts (judicial).
- Checks and balances- The three branches of government are bound together by this system. It allows one branch to restrain another so that there can be no one branch that makes all the decisions.
- Judicial review- Most courts possess this power which allows them to declare an action unconstitutional and then, illegal.
- Federalism- This is a system of division of power between regional and national government. This allows for a government strong enough to meet the needs of a nation while the individual states retain their authority over local matters.
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