Basic Principles of Government
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” (Preamble) The Preamble states the broad purposes the constitution is intended to server-to establish a government that provides for greater cooperation among the States, ensures justice and peace, provides for defense against foreign enemies, promotes the general well-being of the people, and secures liberty now and in the future. One of the Constitutions’ strengths is that it does not go into great detail about how the government should be run. Instead, the Constitution is built on six basic principles. These basic principles are: popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, and federalism.Popular sovereignty is a notion that political power or the power to govern is derived from the people. As such, the people retain the right to rescind any grant of power to the government. Popular sovereignty is woven throughout the Constitution. In the Preambl
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Approximate Word count = 847
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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