AGENDA 112 GRAB A TEXTBOOK AND THE WORKSHEETS

AGENDA- 1/12 GRAB A TEXTBOOK AND THE WORKSHEETS! 1. Crash Course Government Worksheet. Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances (LS) 2. Unit 1 Lecture 2 - Constitutional Principles (RS) 3. WS- Checks and Balances (LS) 4. Test Review (RS) 5. HW: Test Review

THERE ARE SIX IDEAS EXPLICITLY BUILT INTO THE U. S. CONSTITUTION BY THE FRAMERS. UNDERSTANDING THESE CONCEPTS IS THE FIRST STEP TO UNDERSTANDING HOW AND WHY THE U. S. GOVERNMENT WORKS. Crash Course Government Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances

UNIT 1 LECTURE 2 CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES • What are the 6 principles that underlie the U. S. Constitution? • Why do these principles matter today?

PRINCIPLE #1 POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY • Popular= people • Sovereignty= power over oneself • So popular sovereignty is “people power” • The people give the government its power • The people created the government in the first place, by creating the Constitution

PRINCIPLE #2 LIMITED GOVERNMENT • Relates to popular sovereignty • The government’s power is limited by the people • It may do only those things the people have given it the power to do • Even the government is not above the rule of law

PRINCIPLE #3 SEPARATION OF POWERS • No unitary government • 3 distinct branches of government: • Legislative- makes the law • Executive- enforces the law • Judicial- interprets the law

PRINCIPLE #4 CHECKS AND BALANCES • Relates to separation of powers • Each branch has ways to “check” the powers of the other, thereby “balancing” the government • Therefore, no one branch is too powerful

PRINCIPLE #5 JUDICIAL REVIEW • One of the checks and balances • Courts have the power to declare legislative laws or presidential actions unconstitutional • Never actually mentioned in the Constitution! • The power was given to them in the case Marbury v. Madison Judicial Review Video

PRINCIPLE #6 FEDERALISM • Relates to separation of powers • The division of power among a central government (Washington D. C. ) and several regional governments (state, city, etc. ) *We will study this more tomorrow…