https://padlet.com/madison_guthrie/kwztgzj8cs8 By Madison Guthrie en-us 2017-09-14 13:45:38 UTC 2025-05-09 14:51:11 UTC hello@padlet.com madison_guthrie https://padlet.com/madison_guthrie/kwztgzj8cs8/wish/187560974 The people are the ONLY source for any and all governmental power. Government can govern only with the consent of the governed.]]> 2017-09-14 13:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/madison_guthrie/kwztgzj8cs8/wish/187560974 madison_guthrie https://padlet.com/madison_guthrie/kwztgzj8cs8/wish/187562100 No government is all-powerful. The government may do only those things that the people have given it the power to do. This principle is often called constitutionalism. ]]> 2017-09-14 13:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/madison_guthrie/kwztgzj8cs8/wish/187562100 madison_guthrie https://padlet.com/madison_guthrie/kwztgzj8cs8/wish/187563169 Basic powers are distributed - separated - among three distinct and independent branches of the government (legislative, executive, & judicial). ]]> 2017-09-14 13:53:24 UTC https://padlet.com/madison_guthrie/kwztgzj8cs8/wish/187563169 madison_guthrie https://padlet.com/madison_guthrie/kwztgzj8cs8/wish/187565746 Each branch is subject to a number of constitutional checks, or restraints, by the other branches. EX: Congress had the power to make laws, but the President can veto any act of Congress.]]> 2017-09-14 13:57:47 UTC https://padlet.com/madison_guthrie/kwztgzj8cs8/wish/187565746 madison_guthrie https://padlet.com/madison_guthrie/kwztgzj8cs8/wish/187568301 The power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action.]]> 2017-09-14 14:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/madison_guthrie/kwztgzj8cs8/wish/187568301 madison_guthrie https://padlet.com/madison_guthrie/kwztgzj8cs8/wish/187569507 The division of power among a central government and several regional governments. ]]> 2017-09-14 14:03:54 UTC https://padlet.com/madison_guthrie/kwztgzj8cs8/wish/187569507