gathered in Philadelphia and took on the challenge of framing a constitution that satisfied the people’s need for a tyranny-free government. Just coming out of a revolution and out from under the power of a king‚ the delegates were determined to create a government free of “the accumulation of all powers…in the same hands‚ whether of one‚ a few‚ or many…”. Further reason that called for a new government was that the existing constitution‚ the Articles of Confederation‚ was not strong enough to hold
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government‚ separation of powers‚ checks and balances‚ judicial review‚ and federalism all play major roles; from protecting our rights‚ to creating an equal balance of power in our government. Without these principles our Constitution and country as a whole would be different. Popular sovereignty means the government can govern only with the consent of the governed. In essence‚ this means that all political power resides with the people‚ so we are the source for all governmental power. An example
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citizens we have the right to vote for our leaders and with our leaders on important issues within our community and country. | Separation of Powers | The primary principle is to ensure that no one branch of government can have an unequal amount of authority and be allowed to throw off the balance of the democracy. Because there are 3 branches none of them can hold all the power over the other and each one is monitored by another. | Checks and Balances | Its primary principle is to monitor the 3 branches
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Rousseau – 1712-1778 Thomas Hobbes – 1588-1679 Montesquieu – 1689-1755 MAJOR ENLIGHTENMENT IDEAS Every social‚ political and economic problem could be solved through the use of reason Governments are created to secure an orderly society Separation of powers is the best way to protect human liberties All men are created “free and equal” A free market should be allowed to regulate trade SOCIAL CONTRACT Thomas Hobbes Humans are naturally cruel‚ greedy and selfish. To escape this people entered
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THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION CONSTITUTION DEFINED The fundamental law of a state which organizes the government by distributing ‚ regulating and limiting legislative‚ executive and judicial powers‚ guarantees individual rights and freedoms and prescribes the manner of the exercise of sovereign powers State – a COMMUNITY OF PERSONS more or less numerous‚ permanently occupying a definite portion of TERRITORY possessing an organized GOVERNMENT and enjoying SOVEREIGNTY Government – totality
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in whose hands the organization of the STATE places for the time being the function of political control‚ or it may also be defined as the agent‚ and within the sphere of the agency‚ a perfect representative. OR The machinery by which the sovereign power in a state expresses its will and exercises its functions; or the framework of political institutions‚ departments‚ and offices‚ by means of which the executive‚ judicial‚ legislative‚ and administrative business of the state Is carried on. NATION
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among the states where each was deemed independent‚ allowing the federal government to only have power over common defense‚ security of liberties‚ and general welfare of citizens. Under the Articles‚ problems of decentralization developed that separated Congress from the powers that allowed it to govern the states appropriately. Decentralization is the process of redistributing or dispersing functions‚ powers‚ or things away from a central location or authority. The United States Constitution was put
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and operation of public administration today. One of Locke’s most noted ideas is his concept of the separation of powers. This concept was the most influential on the structure of American government. The idea behind it was to make sure that no branch of government would attain too much power. This was done through a system of checks and balances in which each branch of government had the power to override another branch in case they did something wrong. The affect this had on American government
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in the constitution. The first one being Popular Sovereignty. This means that the people hold ultimate power in the government. The second one is Limited Government meaning that no government is all powerful. The government must pay the law. The third one is Separation of Powers meaning no one component of the government holds too much power. Powers are distributed among three different powers. The fourth one is Checks and Balances.
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Tatianna Orozco P. 2 Checks and Balances The six basic principles of the constitution are popular sovereignty‚ limited government‚ separation of powers‚ judicial review‚ federalism‚ and checks and balances. Checks and balances is the amount of power assigned to each branch (executive‚ legislative‚ and judicial) to keep them balanced. This concept was popularized by Baron Montesquieu to keep the French government from corrupting and was brought to the American government. Over the 200 plus years
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