A constitution is fundamentul
principles with laws that controls a country
Five Limits on Government
Rights of the
Minority protects the
rights of
Limits government like this:
• Limits the power of the
• Makes sure everyone is treated
Protects even
groups
or
citizens give their
Tells how a country's
Limits government like this:
laws
●
Tells how government.
• Lists the
• Citizens have the right to
Rights
of the
Minority
Consent of the governed means
of citizens.
Consent
of the
Governed
Limits government like this:
Constitution
to be governed
• Citizens can use their vote to
the government
• Citizens can even change
the
by voting!
are made
rules
and
Rule of
Law
Separation
of Power
●
Rule of law
means laws are
and nobody is above the law
Limits government like this:
•The law applies to everyone"
• Even the president
must follow the law
• There are procedures to make
sure the law is
Separation of power
divides power through the
branches of goverment
Limits government like this:
• No branch gets too much power
Each branch can "
what the other branches can do
• Each branch is responsible
for a different
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