PRESENTATION OUTLINE
PRINCIPLES OF THE CONSTITUTION
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT IS CREATED BY AND GOR THE PEOPLE RESIDES NOT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OR ITS LEADERS BUT WITH THE PEOPLE. IN A PRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY, THE PEOPLE VOTE TO ELECT LEADERS TO REPRESENT THEIR INTERESTED.
RULE OF LAW
THE PEOPLE AND THEIR GOVERNMENT MUST ABIDE BY A SET OF LAWS , RATHER THAN BY
ARBITRARY RULES SET DOWN BY ANY INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP. THE CONSTITUTION SETS LIMITS TO GOVERNMENTAL POWER AND ESTABLISHES HOW LEADERS WHO OVER STEP THEIR POWER CAN BE REMOVED
SEPARATION OF POWERS AND CHECKS AND BALANCES
POWER AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE DIVIDED AMONG THREE GOVERNMENT BRANCHES TO PREVENT ANY ONE PERSON OR GROUP FROM HAVING TOO MUCH POWER. A SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES ALLOWS EACH BRANCH TO MONITOR AND CHECK THE POWER OF THE OTEHRS TO PRVENT ANY ABUSE OF GOVERNMENT POWER.
FEDERALISM
POWER IS DIVIDED BETWEEN THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND THE INDIVIDUAL STA AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY
THE JUDICIAL BRANCH IS ESTABLISHED AS AN INDEPENDENT ENTITY, FREE OF PRESSURES AND INFLUENCES FROM THE OTHER TWO BRANCHES THE SUPREME COURT IS THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY IN THE FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES ARE PROTECTED AGAINST GOVERNMENT ENCROACHMENT
