LIMITED GOVERNMENT

• Definition- Limited government is a governing or controlling body whose power
• exists only within limits that are established by a constitution or other source of authority.
• Explanation- Limited government is a government who can only pass and select laws.

REPUBLICANISM

• A form of government in which leaders are elected for a specific period by the preponderance of the citizenry
• and laws are passed by leaders for the benefit of the entire republic, rather than a select aristocracy.
• In an ideal republic, leaders are selected from among the working citizenry, serve the republic for a defined
• period, then return to their work, never to serve again.

CHECKS AND BALANCES

• A system in which the different branches of government have powers that affect and control the other branches
• so that no branch becomes too powerful.

CHECKS AND BALANCES

FEDERALISM

• Federalism is a system of government in which entities such as states or provinces share power with a national
• government.

FEDERALISM

SEPARATION OF POWERS

• Legislative Branch- Law making branch
• Executive Branch- responsible for implementing and administering the public policy enacted and funded by the legislative branch
• Judicial Branch- responsible for interpreting the constitution and laws and applying their interpretations to
• controversies before it.

POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

• The principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people.
• When slavery still existed, different teritories had different opinions so, they let each territory decide if
• they wanted slavery or not.

INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

• The Constitution (Bill of Rights), guarantees Individual Rights.

JUDICIAL REVIEW

• A court's authority to examine an executive or legislative act and to invalidate that act if it is contrary
• to constitutional principles.

MARBURY VS. MADISON

• Was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of
• Judicial Review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution.

JOHN MARSHALL

• Was the Chief of Justice of the United States (1801–1835). His court opinions helped lay the basis for United
• States constitutional law. He was Secretary of State under President John Adams from 1800 to 1801.

AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION

• The authority to amend the Constitution of the United States is derived from Article V of the
• Constitution. After Congress proposes an amendment, the Archivist of the United States, who heads the
• National Archives and records administration, is charged with responsibility for administering the ratification
• process under the provisions of 1 U.S.C. 106b.

AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION

GRIEVANCES

• He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their
• operation.

GRIEVANCES

• He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of
• people.

GRIEVANCES

• He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions
• on the rights of the people.

GRIEVANCES

• He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be
• elected.

GRIEVANCES

• He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of
• their public records.

GRIEVANCES

• King George III has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.