The 6 principles of Government

Here is a list of what is supposed to be the six principles of government.

• Popular Sovereignty
• Limited Government
• Separation of powers
• Checks and Balances
• Federalism

After looking at this list and coming to an understanding of it, I have to question, is our government following these principles? In order to answer this question who have to know what each principle means. The popular sovereignty means that the government can't change anything with out the popular vote of the governed. Limited government means that the government can't make any laws that effect the basic human rights. If they do this then it means that the people have the right to abolish the government. Separation of powers means that you don't have power spread out equally and that they check and balance each other. The judicial review is basically our supreme court. To have Federalism is to have laws and one leader that runs things and makes sure things follow out. So to answer my own question, I do think that our government follows these principles fairly well.