Question

GIVING 70 POINTS TO ANYONE WHO ANSWERS ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS!:

1.What are the six underlying principles of the Constitution?

2.What is the relationship between the principles of federalism and the separation of powers as suggested by Montesquieu and detailed in the Constitution? Explain.

3.Explain in simple terms what “checks and balances” mean.

4.In what ways does the Constitution put limits on our government?




5.What is the difference between expressed and enumerated powers?

6.How can Supreme Court decisions be overturned?

7.How has the executive branch changed throughout our nation’s history? Explain in detail.

8.Provide an example of when two branches of government struggle for power and the system of checks and balances are utilized.


9.Provide 1 example of how the Supreme Court has changed the Constitution.

10.Provide 1 example of how Congress has changed the Constitution.

11.Name and describe two methods of ratifying amendments of the Constitution.

12.Why is the Bill of Rights such an important part of our US Constitution?

13.Which amendment in the Bill of Rights is the most important and why?

14.Amendments often reflect a change in society or a need for change in the structure and power of the government.If you could add a new amendment to the Constitution, what would it be and why?

15.How are our 1st amendment rights limited?

Answer 1

1. popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, and federalism.
2. Under federalism, power is divided between national and state governments. Both levels have their own agencies and officials, and pass laws that directly affect citizens. This was devised because the people were afraid to give all the power to a central government, federalism offered a middle ground on the subject. Montesquieu believed in a separation of powers consisting of three branches, the federal government consisting of a legislative, executive and judicial branch. Each philosophy further separated the power of the federal government, making it so that each branch keeps the other in check, as with each citizen keeping the government under check. Montesquieu balanced the branches, the separation of powers balanced the government.
3. a system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power.
6. consitiutional amendment or new law