Goals
To keep the country together as one
To form a more perfect union
Basic liberties and rights of all citizens that are guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
Individual Rights
Enforces laws
Executive Branch
Protects the rights of states to maintain a militia and of citizens to bear arms
2nd Amendment
The introductory to the Constitution.
Preamble
Provide laws and punishments in a fair manner
To establish justice
The Constitution limits the powers of the govt by specifically listing powers it does not have.
Limited Government
Makes laws
Legislative Branch
Assures the right not to be deprived of "life, liberty, and the property, without due process of law."
5th Amendment
A process under which executive or legislative actions are subject to review by the judiciary
judicial reveiw
The concern of the government for the health, peace, morality, and safety of its citizens.
To promote the General Welfare
Each branch of govt holds some control over the other two branches.
Checks and Balances
Interprets laws
Judicial Branch
Guarantees freedom of religion, speech, assembly, press, and the right of peaceful petition.
1st Amendment
A political ideology centered on citizenship in a state organized as a republic.
Republicanism
Preserve civil peace so that everyone could live their lives without fear of social strife.
To insure Domestic Tranquility
Government system where power is divided between national and state govts.
Federalism
Which branch can appoint judges
Executive Branch
Protects against excessive bail, or cruel and unusual punishment.
8th Amendment
Politicians who supported loose interpretation of the Constitution and a national bank.
Federalists
Grants the federal government authority to maintain a military for the defense and protection of its people
Provide for the common defense
People are the source of power
Popular Sovereignty
Which branch can declare laws unconstitutional?
Judicial Branch
Restricts quartering troops in homes.
3rd Amendment
Powers granted to the federal govt
Enumerated powers