Fantastic Five

7 Principles Of The Texas Constitution

Fantastic Five Group Members: 

 Harley, Angie, Makayla, Michelle, Juanita

Popular Sovereignty
Popular sovereignty is where the people choose the nature of their government. The government is run by the choice of the people. Popular sovereign expresses a concept and is not political. Popular sovereignty is the principal of authority. 

Federalism

National government- Two sets of laws; national and state. Powers given by national government is called, "enumerated powers." These powers are expressed by three branches of the government. The specific powers are; create war, make laws, regulate trade raise, and maintain armed forces. Implied powers allow the constitution to stretch with time and technology. Federal government has expressed power to "regulate interstate commerce " and has used it to create  "gun free zones" in schools. It also prohibits racial discrimination in hotels, theaters, and motels. The national government also had limits to their powers like to change state boundaries and violate the bill of rights.

State government- The State Government has the power to conduct elections, enforce public safety and welfare, take measures for the public health and welfare. Just like the National government though, they have limits like tax imports or exports, coin money, enter into treaties, impair contracts, abridgeor deny privileges or immunities.

Concurrent powers-

1.Make laws

2.Establish courts

3.Collect taxes

But national and state government have limits, this can include, not granting titles of nobility, permit slavery, deny citizen the right to vote because of race, creed, color, or gender.

Republicanism

Republicanism informs the members of a democratic republic. When applied to a political system, it gives citizens sovereign authority over government instead of making their lives and rights subordinate to government. 

Individual Rights

Individual Rights are the rights we have as the people. Individual Rights apply to us as an individual, not as a group. This includes our freedoms. For example; Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Religion, etc.

Separation Of Powers
Separation of Powers is a model for the government of a state. It is where power is equally distributed. Its distributed between all branches of a government equally. Each branch has different responsibilities.

Limited Government

Federalism-

Political zone is where a group of members are bound together by covering the representative head.

Republic-

The ideology of governing a society or state is where the head of state is a republican. The head of state is a representative of the people who hold popular sovereignty rather than the people being subjects of the head of state.

Limited Government-

This gives citizens control of their local environment and  policy. It also provides a stronger free market system so that citizens have more opportunity for real success.

Popular sovereignty lets the people sustain the government and elect their representatives.

Confederation-

This makes the state government stronger. The national government gets their power from state.

Unitary system-

National government is the strong central. States get power from national government and weak state local government, but Americans feared this type of government.

Types of powers-

*Exclusive
*concurrent
*denied
*enumerated
*implied
*reserved

Congress-

Collects taxes and borrows money. It consist of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

House of Representatives-

There are 435 total members, and it was created by the constitutional convention of 1787. The number of representatives is based on the population.

Checks & Balances

Each branch of the 3 branches of government, has different responsibilities than the other 2. Checks & Balances keeps each branch in the government from having to much power. The Legislative Branch starts by creating laws and passes them to get approved. Then the law gets sent to the Executive Branch. The Executive Branch then has the power to Veto.