POLS 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Limited Government, Dont, Richard Coke

• School: Texas A&M University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 207
• Professor: Jason Matthew Smith

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Pols 207: state constitutions, governing document (govern governments) 1. limits governments: constitutionalism = limited government, set governmental organization and structure. 1. lay out checks and balances: create branches of government a) legislative, executive, judicial. 3. lay out powers of government: distribute powers among branches. Background of constitutions: magna carta: john 1st signed (divine right, limited government. In our political heritage, the power of government over the individual is clearly limited, with aspects of life governments cannot regulate or interfere with. !1: magna carta = first constitution like document. Wednesday, october 4, 2017: hobbes, man and life was nasty/brute/short. The best option is a benevolent monarch: locke, need a good limited government. We have a right to life/liberty/property: argued for natural rights, legal status, state constitutions are the supreme law of the state and only subordinate to the u. s. constitution, states cannot write laws that go against the us constitution. How to change state constitution: legislative proposals.