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| Outline of the Constitution |
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| The constitution sets out the basic principles upon which the government in the USA is based upon |
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| 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 |
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| Popular Sovereignty, Limited Government, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, Judicial Review, Federalism |
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| The division of power among a central government, and several regional governments |
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| The power of courts to decide the constitutionality of what the government does |
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| The distribution of all three governmental powers into three different branches |
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| Each branch is subject to a number of constitutional checks by the other branches |
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