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President Backs Bill for the Disabled
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Establish Justice
Court Upholds Free Speech
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Form a more perfect Union
Arms Pact Progress Reported
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Secure…posterity
Governors to Discuss Mutual Problems
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Government Jobs Program Starts
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Provide for common defense
Promote the general welfare
State Sends in National Guard to stop
looting
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Insure domestic tranquility
Checks and Balances
Meeting the Goals of Preamble
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Divided National Gov’t into 3 Branches
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Legislative – makes laws
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Executive – Enforces laws
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Congress – House of Representatives and Senate
President, Vice President, Cabinet
Judicial Branch – Interprets the law (how it is applied)
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Supreme Court – court system
Checks and Balances
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Keeps any one branch from becoming too powerful
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Each branch of gov’t is able to limit the power of others
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Maintains balance
Examples
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President can veto (reject) a bill from Congress
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Congress can override a veto from President
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Judicial branch can declare laws unconstitutional
Constitution Organization
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Powers and Responsibilities of each Branch
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Article I – Legislative
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Article II – Executive
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Article III – Judicial
Constitution Organization Cont.
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Article IV
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Article V
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Explains relationship between states and role of national gov’t
Amending (changing) of the Constitution
Article VI
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National Supremacy – Supremacy clause
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“Supreme Law of the Land”
Article VII
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Ratification of Constitution
Four Principles
Objectives
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Define popular sovereignty and explain how it is reflected in the
Constitution
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Discuss the idea of limited government
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Explain how federalism is related to popular sovereignty
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Explain why and how the Framers of the Constitution provided for the
separation of powers
Foundation of Constitution
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Popular Sovereignty
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Limited Gov’t
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Federalism
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Separation of Powers
Popular Sovereignty
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People have the right to rule themselves
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England created Parliament
“We the People”
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Elections gives people the power to find a representatives with a similar voice as
their own
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Representatives, Senators, President
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Can be removed
Limited Gov’t
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Powers denied to gov’t
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Bill of Rights - 1791
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Writ of Habeas Corpus
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No laws can take away basic freedoms
Show cause for arresting individuals
Punish without trial
Federalism
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Federalism - National and state governments share power
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Enumerated Powers
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Reserved Powers
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Powers given to states
Concurrent Powers
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Powers given to national government – stated in Constitution
Powers shared by National and state governments
Implied Powers
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Necessary and Proper Clause
Separation of Powers
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History is full of instances where one person or group of people try to
consolidate power
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Framers of Constitution
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Divided gov’t into 3 branches
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Checks and balances, so no one branch could grab all the power
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Baron de Montesquieu
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Bk. 11, chap. 4
“If in the interior of a state you do not hear the noise of any conflict, you
can be sure that freedom is not there”
Exit
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Explain the difference between federalism and separation of powers.
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Write this on your Federalism Worksheet