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Principles Of The Constitution

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LIMITED GOVERMENT

  • Limited government is a principle of classical liberalism, free market libertarianism, and some tendencies of liberalism and conservatism in the United States. A constitutionally limited government is a system of government that is bound to certain principles of action by a state constitution.
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REPUBLICANISM

  • re·pub·li·can·ism\ri-ˈpə-bli-kə-ˌni-zəm\ noun : adherence to or sympathy for a republican form of government
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Checks and balances : a system in which the different parts of an organization (such as a government) have powers that affect and control the other parts so that no part can become too powerful

Federalism : the distribution of power in an organization (as a government) between a central authority and the constituent units compare centralism

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SEPERATION OF POWER

  • separation of powers phrase of separation 1. an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
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POPULAR SOVERGHTY

  • popular sovereignty noun : a doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people
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INDIVISUAL RIGHTS

  • separation of powers phrase of separation 1. an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
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