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What is the constitutional principle?
Seven Basic Principles. The Constitution reflects seven basic principles. They are popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism, republicanism, and individual rights. Popular Sovereignty The framers of the Constitution.
Which of the following principles holds that government may do only those things that people have given it power to do?
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.
What are the 3 constitutional principles?
The Principles Underlying the Constitution
Federalism aside, three key principles are the crux of the Constitution: separation of powers, checks and balances, and bicameralism.
What is the principle that says the government gets its power from the citizens of the United States?
Popular sovereignty is government based on consent of the people. The government's source of authority is the people, and its power is not legitimate if it disregards the will of the people.