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4. The framers of the Constitution created a political system based on limited government. The original
Constitution and the Bill of Rights were intended to restrict the powers of the national government.
Later constitutional developments also limited the powers of state governments. (2010)
(a) Explain how each of the following limits the powers of the national executive.
• Federalism
• Checks and balances
(b) Explain how each of the following two provisions in the Bill of Rights limits the powers of the national
government.
• Establishment clause
• Guarantee of a public trial
(c) Choose one of the following and explain how it limits the power of state governments.
• Citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
• Selective incorporation
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