What are the major principles of the constitution?

Answer 1

Popular Sovereignty, Federalism, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, judicial review, and limited government.

Answer 2

1. Rule of Law- no one above law, government and society can be regulated by law, imposes limits on government actions, requires that citizens wronged by others have an opportunity to seek justice

2. Separation of Powers- believed that allocating 3 basic functions of government (legislative, executive, and judicial) could power be appropriately dispersed a. Adopted from Montesquieu (18th century, French) b. Parliamentary system- opposed to t because they believed that parliaments could be manipulated by monarchs or captured by impassioned but short lived majorities c. Distributive articles- 1st 3 articles of the Constitution define the structure and powers of congress (Article 1), the executive (Article 2), and the judiciary (Article 3)

3. Checks and Balances- no single branch can permanently dominant the other branches. Madison Fed 51= power must be divided, checked, balanced and limited. a. Staggered terms of president and senate help to avoid the tyranny of the majority b. Judicial Review- the power of the federal courts to rule on the constitutionality of legislation (nowhere explicitly provided in the constitution, framers supported this concept) i. Marbury v. Madison (1803)- Supreme Court asserted the power to review acts of congress and declare them null and void if they are found to be contrary to the constitution. Fletcher v. Peck (1810) extended this power to encompass the validity of state laws under the federal constitution

4. Federalism- division of power between national and state governments

5. Individual Rights-Framers assumes that the limited national government would not be a threat to individual liberty.

Answer 3

According to articles, the main ideas of the U.S constitution are

Article I: Legislative branch founding

Article II: Executive founding

Article III: Judicial, or supreme court founding

Article IV: Establishing the necessities and relationships of the States.

Article V: How to amend the constitution

Article VI: Establishing Supreme Law

Article VII: Rules for ratification

Also what you could be looking for are the principles that the constitution establishes. They are the rules of:

Popular sovereignty, Republicanism, federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, limited government, and individual rights.

Answer 4

Inherent Rights (rights that any citizen of the United States is guaranteed), Seperation of powers, the elasticity clause, an amendment process, etc.

Answer 5

he seven principles of the Constitution are: # Popular Sovereignty # Republicanism # Federalism # Seperation of Powers # Checks and Balances # Limited Government # Individual Rights

Answer 6

The principles of the U.S. government are the following: Popular Sovereignty, Limited Government and the Rule of Law, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances and finally Federalism

Answer 7

The basic principle is the utterly unattainable idea that all people are equal.