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Limited

Government

SocialContract

Th

ecupofpow

er

ishalffullfor

government.

Whohasthe

otherhalf?

Society Government


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theideathatthepo

wers

ofgovern

mentshouldbe

restrictedinorde

rto

protectindividualrights

(orna

turalrights)

Theide

athatsociety

agreestobegove

rned

inorde

rtoreceivea

bene:it.


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Individual

Rights

Consentofthe

Governed

POWER


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Theprinciplethateven

though

majorityrules,

eachpe

rsonhasr

ights

thatsho

uldnotbe

taken

away

Th

eideathat

governm

entderivesits

autho

rityfrom

the

people.


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Confederacy Federalism


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Aloose

unionofs

tates.

Thegov

ernmentstates

hadundertheArticlesof

Con

federation.

asystem

ofgovern

ment

thatbalancespo

wer

betweenthenational

(centralorfederal)and

state

governme

nts


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Separationof

Powers

Checksand

Balances


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The

Constitution

separatesthenational

governmentintothree

branchesExecutive,

Legislat

iveandJudicial.

Asystem

thatallow

seach

brancho

fgovernm

entto

limitth

epowersofthe

otherbra

nchesino

rderto

prevent

abuseofp

ower.


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Popular

Sovereignty

MajorityRule

If they were voting ona law, whatever theblue people wanted

would pass.


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Pe

opleru

le

throughth

eir

abilitytov

ote

Governa

nceaccord

ingto

theexpre

ssedprefe

rences

ofthemajorit

y


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JudicialReview ElasticClause

That,

myfriends,

is

illegal!

FUTUR

E

1800s

The

RubberbandofLegislat

ivePower


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ThepoweroftheSu

preme

Courtto

declarelawsand

actionsoflocal,state,or

nationalgovernm

ents

unco

nstitution

al.

ItisaCHECKontheother

b

ranches.

Theabili

tyofCongressto

stretch

theirpowersin

order

todowha

tis

necessa

ryandpr

oper.


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Legislative

Branch

RuleofLaw

L

W


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Th

ebranch

resp

onsiblefor

makingla

ws.

Theprinciplethatt

helaw

appliestoeveryone,even

those

whogove

rn.


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JudicialBranchExecutive

Branch


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Th

ebranch

resp

onsiblefor

interpreting

laws.

Th

ebranch

resp

onsiblefor

enfo

rcinglaws.


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Impeach Veto

Oneteamblockstheother

+


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Toformallyaccu

sea

presidentorjudg

eof

illegalactionsinac

ourtof

law.

W

henth

e

Presidentblocks

thep

assing

ofa

lawb

yCong

ress.


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Override Amendment Oneteamblocks

Theotherreturnsthefav

or

+


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When

theCongr

ess

cancelsoutaPresidents

vetoinor

dertopassalaw.

Achangemadetothe

Constitu

tioninorderto

protec

ttheright

sof

in

dividuals.


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Eminent

Domain

Double

Jeopardy

x2


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Theabilityofthe

governm

enttotakeyour

property

inexchan

gefor

money.

Whena

personis

tried

twicefor

thesame

crime.

Illegal

underthe

5th

Am

endment.


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ImpartialJury DueProcessfair


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Ajuryofpeoplewh

ohave

nopriorknowledgeor

precon

ceivednot

ions

abou

ttheguilt

or

innocenc

eofadefe

ndant

Duep

rocessisthe

principlethatthe

governmentmustr

espect

allofthe

legalrightsthat

areow

edtoaperson

accord

ingtothe

law


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Equal

Protection

Discrimination

LAW

x =

LAx = 100%protection

100%protection


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Thenotionthateve

ryone

isprote

ctedbythelaw

equally.

Thisprevents

disc

rimination.

Theacto

fdenyingpeople

opportunitiesbec

ause

theyaredifferent.


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ConstitutionArticlesof

Confederation


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Itdele

gatesspec

i:ic

powers

totheNat

ional

governm

entandreserves

therestforpeoplea

ndthe

states.

The:irstConstitutionof

theU.S.

Itcreated

alooseunionof

states,orconfede

racy.

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