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The Underlying Legal & Political Principles of the Constitution
Level 1Slide2
Federalism: a system of government that divides power between a central or national government and states
Separation of Power: divides the government into branches Checks and Balances: allows each branch of government to limit the other branches powers
Amendment:
allows the Constitution to be added to or changedBill of Rights: guarantees the rights of the individual
Vocabulary
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How does the Constitution embody the principles of the Declaration of Independence?How do federalism and separation of powers promote those principles in the Constitution?
Essential QuestionsSlide4
The Underlying Legal & Political Principles of the Constitution
1. Federalism:
a system of
government that divides power between a central government and statesSlide5
The Underlying Legal & Political Principles
of the Constitution
Enumerated and Reserved Powers
Federal
Government
Federal and State Governments
State Governments
Enumerated Powers
Concurrent
(“Shared”) Powers
Reserved Powers
Regulate interstate and foreign trade
Make
laws for citizenship
Make money
Make post offices
Make
federal courts
Declare war
Raise and support military
Pass laws necessary and proper for carrying out their powers
Make and collect taxes
Start banks
Take property for public use
Borrow
money
Enforce the laws
Make courts
Provide for the general welfare
Make qualifications
of voters
Provide for education
Make marriage and divorce laws
Control trade in the state
Have elections
Make local governments
Provide for public safety and moralsSlide6
The Underlying Legal & Political Principles
of the Constitution
Prohibited Powers (Not Allowed)
Federal
Government
Federal and State Governments
State Governments
Powers Denied Federal
Government
Powers Denied Federal and State Governments
Powers Denied State Government
Suspend the writ
of habeas corpus (having to be tried in court before imprisonment)
Tax exports
Favor one state over another
Take
money from treasury without right by law
Pass bills of attainder (allowing people to be imprisoned
and found guilty without a trial)
Pass ex post facto laws (try
someone for a crime that wasn’t a law when the event was done)
Grant titles of nobility (princes, knights)
Deprive
persons of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
Make treaties with other nations or states without consent
of Congress
Coin (make) money
Impair obligations of contracts
Tax imports or exports
Keep troops or ships during peace without consent of CongressSlide7
The Underlying Legal & Political Principles
of the Constitution
2. Separation of Powers:
Divides the government into three branchesExecutiveLegislativeJudicialChecks and Balances
: allows
each branch of government to limit the other branches powersSlide8
Executive Branch (President)
proposes laws
administers laws
commands military
appoints ambassadors and other officials
foreign policy
negotiates tr
e
aties
Judicial Branch (Supreme Court)
interprets laws and Constitution
reviews lower-court decisions
Legislative Branch (Congress)
writes laws
confirms President
ial Appointments
ratifies treaties
grants money
declares war
Checks & Balance:
reject appointments
reject treaties
withhold funding
impeach president
override a veto
Checks & Balance:
p
ropose amendments
i
mpeach Supreme Court Justice
reject appointments to Supreme Court
Checks & Balance:declare executive actions unconstitutional
Checks & Balance:appoint Judges
Checks & Balance:declare laws unconstitutional
Checks & Balance:
v
eto bill
a
djourn CongressSlide9
3. Provisions for Change:Amendments make it possible to change the Constitution
The Underlying Legal & Political Principles
of the ConstitutionSlide10
The Underlying Legal & Political Principles
of the Constitution4. Protection of Individual Rights:
The Bill of Rights guarantees the rights of each person in the U.S.
Use the link to play the Bill of Rights GameSlide11
How does the Constitution embody the principles of the Declaration of Independence?How do federalism and separation of powers promote those principles in the Constitution?
Essential Questions