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13 Cards in this Set
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Limited Government |
Citizens governed by law & institutions , not individuals . Law supersedes all else & is intended to be constant and predictable |
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Popular Sovereignty |
"People Rule" Government gets it's power from the people |
"consent of the governed" |
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Separation of Powers |
Dividing the powers of the national government into the branches |
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Checks and Balances |
Giving each branch a way to "check up" in the other two branches |
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Federalism |
Dividing & sharing powers between the federal government & the states |
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Judicial Review |
Power of the Supreme Court to declare actions of Congress or president unconstitutional |
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Article 1 |
Legislative Branch |
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Article 2 |
Executive Branch |
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Article 3 |
Judicial Branch |
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Article 4 |
Relationship between the states |
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Article 5 |
Amendment process |
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Article 6 |
Supremacy of the national government |
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Article 7 |
Ratification of the Constitution |
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