Presentation about the major principles found in democracy.

1. Principles of Democracy

2. Popular Sovereignty
• Rule by the people
• Consent to be governed
• Authority of government comes from the
people
• The people create the government and run it

3. Rule of Law
• The law is what rules the land
• Everyone is accountable to the law, including
members of the government

4. Federalism
• Power is divided and shared between the
National and State/local governments
• Federalism allows a government to look over
the whole country and a government to look
over local matters

5. Separation of Powers
• Each branch of government
- Executive
- Legislative
- Judicial
has their own responsibilities.
• This distributes the power.
• Avoids the government from becoming too
powerful

6. Checks and Balances
• Each branch has some control over the other.
• No branch can exercise their power without
approval from another branch

7. Judicial Review
• The Supreme Court can declare laws and/or
actions of the government as unconstitutional
• Established by Marbury v. Madison

8. Limited Government
• The power of the government is limited.
• The Bill of Rights is an example of how the
government’s power is limited.