Constitution

             A Constitution is necessary to keep order among the Nation by holding the Country together. A constitution can be defined as a group of fundamental laws setting out the structures, principles and process of government. The Framers of the Constitution got together at the Second Constitutional Convention in order to define the relationships between the States and the Federal government, among and between the 3 branches of government and the citizens of the United States of America.
             The Constitution is built around six basic principles: popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review and federalism. In popular sovereignty, all political power resides in the people. They are the only source for any and all governmental power. The government can govern only with the consent of the governed. The principle of limited government holds that no government is all-powerful, that a government may do only those things that the people have given it the power to do. The people are the only source of any and all of government's authority the people have given to it. The government must obey the laws. The separation of powers can be defined as distributed powers separated among three distinct branches. Checks and balances mean that each branch can be subjected to a number of Constitutional restraints by the other two branches. The power of Judicial Review is the power of the courts to determine whether what the government does is in accord with the Constitution. A prime example of this was the 1803 case of Marbury vs. Madison. All Federal Courts and most State courts hold the power of the Judicial Review. Federalism means the division of power between a central government and several regional governments. This was put into effect in order to build a stronger, more effective National Government while helping the existing States and the idea of a local self-government.
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