Separation of Powers
What is the main idea behind the separation of powers?
To protect against power abuse or one government group gaining too much power from one another.
Which of the government powers are responsible for coining money?
The national government
Which branch nominates justices for the Supreme Court?
Executive
What does the rule of law mean?
The law applies to everyone, even those who govern are not above the law.
What does sovereignty mean
The right to rule
What are the three branches of government made to prevent each other from becoming too powerful?
Judicial, Executive, and Legislative
Which of the government powers are responsible for American healthcare?
State government
The executive branch can check Congress by performing this action.
Vetoing Congresses Bills
What is the principle of limited government?
The government can only do what the people allow it to do.
What does it mean that voters can reject and replace representatives who serve them poorly?
Elected officials are always accountable to the people
What is another way to say the separation of powers as used in the article?
The division of authority.
What are some of the main powers the national and state governments share?
Establish courts, enforce laws, collect taxes, borrow money, and provide for the general welfare.
The Senate branch can check the judicial branch by performing this action.
The Senate can approve justices and try justices for court.
What is the gist of James Madison's ideas on the rule of law?
Once you first give the government control from the consented, it also has to oblige control into itself.
How do Citizens of America vote for their president?
Representation in the Electoral College
Which French Philosopher mainly influenced the framers' ideas to put the separation of powers principle into the Constitution?
Baron De Montesquieu
What are the three types of powers?
Expressed Powers, Reserved Powers, And Concurrent Powers
Describe the process of ratification of a treaty and it being deemed unconstitutional.
When the president ratifies a treaty 2/3 of the senate must approve the treaty, and then the judicial branch can deem the treaty unconstitutional or not.
Who was the first person to have the idea of the rule of law, which helped it be implemented into the Constitution?
John Locke
This phrase used in the preamble of the constitution highlights the power of the government comes from the people.
We the people
This is a system made by the framers of the Constitution where the president cannot declare war without the approval of Congress. What is this federal law?
War Powers Resolution
Which of the government powers are responsible for Utilities (Water, Sewer, and Solid Waste)?
Local governments
This president challenged the idea of checks and balances in 1937 by planning to expand the Supreme Court. but ultimately was shut down
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What was the first written constitution written in 1215 that began on the foundation of rights for the rule of law?
Magna Carta
This political issue in the 1850s let popular sovereignty show, allowing the people of newfound territories to decide whether they would like to add slavery or not.
Kansas Nebraska Act