First Topic: The Constitution

      The first topic that interested me the most was Guiding Themes of the Constitution. The U.S. Constitution is a document that provides the basic framework or structure for the American government. The Constitution is a short document with six important guiding themes. The six themes are Popular Sovereignty, Limited Government, Separation of Power, Check and Balance, Judicial Review and Federalism. Popular Sovereignty says that the power should not reside with the government or its leaders but with the people. Limited Government is power that the people have give the government to do something. Separation of Power is the principle based on Montesquieu ideas, which divided the power into three branches, the Executive where the president and his cabinet, the Legislature where congress and the house of representatives are, and lastly Judicial the Supreme Court. Check and Balance is for each brach to check up on each other. Federalism is where the power is divided into two parts the Central Government and the State Government.
       This topic was one of my favorite topic because it gave me important information about the Constitution. It helped me know why the Constitution is so important. It showed me how the powers are divided and how it works. For example the check and balance how they check each other so that they do not over use their power. In addition I know know that we have the power to tell the government what to do since we give them the power to do something. Overall this topic helped me get information that I was missing from the Constitution.

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