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- Popular Sovereignty:.
- Popular Sovereignty:.
Basic principle of the American system of government which asserts that the people are the source of any and all governmental power, and government can exist only with the consent of the governed.
- Separation of Powers:
- Separation of Powers:
Basic principle of American system of government, that the executive, legislative, and judicial powers are divided among three independent and coequal branches of government.
- Checks and Balances:
- Checks and Balances:
System of overlapping the powers of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches to permit each branch to check the actions of others.