AP Gov Foundational Documents

a strong, large republic will be better suited to controll factions

- a bill of rights is necessary to protect the people from the goverment
- Congress posseses too much power
- a free republic cannot exist in a large republic
- judicial authority will broaden federals goverments power (tyranny)

- all people are created equal
- goverments are created to protect these rights
- if the goverment does not protect these rights-> peeps must change/dystroy
- imperfect goverments hsoulnd be dystroyed, only the ones that seek to subject the people to tyranny (destruction of natral rights)

- Confederation of states w/ an extremly limited central gov.
- each state remains sonvreign
- unicamerial legislator ( 1 st. per vote)
-no president or judiciary
- no standing army, no forced taxation
- central goverment wa held back + innefective at governing the growing states

individual rights

rights not listed arent denied to the people
Related cases:
Roe v. Wade

powers not given to the fed gov. + not denied to the states are state powers

realted cases:
McCulloch v. Maryland, US v Lopez

Establishes the Executive Branch. includes the commerce clause, and the elastic clause.
related cases:
US v. Lopez

Establishes The Legislative branch
related cases:
NYT v. US

Establishes The Judicial Branch
related cases: Marbury v. Madison, Baker v. Carr

- outlines the Federal Govs strucutre + limits some powers
- The three branches have seperation of powers + can limit eachother w/ checks + balences
- Constitution is the supreme law
_ The Constitution emerged fromd bebate about the Articles of Confederations weaknesses

- gov should be broken into three branches
- each branch should e self sufficiant, but able to exert some power over the others
- b/c the legislative branch is so powerful, it must be split further into the HOR and Senate

- fast, unified executive branch will counter balance the slow congress
- a longer presidential term will provide stability
- goverment officials are insulated from corruption through theur salary
- unity in the excecutive branch is the main ingredient in energy and saftey
- the presidency has been expanded on from its expressed powers

- "the goal of america is freedom" so the civil rights movement will prevail
- those who are the sugects of a corrupt, oppresive goverment must take charge and demand equality
- laws that are immoral (like seggregation) arent actual laws in the eyes of God, so they dont need to be followed.

freedom of speech. maintain that according to Citizens United vs. the FCC, money is also a form of speech
related cases:
Schneck v. US, CUv. FCC, Engle v. Vitale, Tinker v. Des Moins, NYT v. US, Wisconson v. Yoder

equal protection for US Citizens
related cases:
brown v. board of education, Gideon v. Wainwright, Wisconson v. Yoder, Ros v. Wade, McDonald v. Chicago, Shaw v. Reno, Baker v. Carr, Miranda v. Arizona, Mapp v. Ohio

the right to councl
related cases:
Gideon v. Wainwright

is in the 14th amendment. states that no citizen shall have their rights abridged without due process of the law

protects the security of ones person, houses, papers, and effects
realted cases:
Roe v. Wade, Mapp v. Ohio

the right to bear arms
related cases: Mcdonald v. Chicago, US v. Lopez

the right to vote cannot be abridged
related cases:
Shaw v. Reno

right to a grand jury, prevention from self incrimination, and prevents double jeopardy

no forced quartering of soldiers