There are a few things which are fundamentally vital to the success
and maintenance of the U.S. Constitution.
If
these vital things are lost or ignored, or even changed, the system will break
down, and our freedoms will decrease.
These
vital foundations include:
- Separations of power among the
executive, legislative, and judicial branches
- The
independence of each branch
- Checks
and balances
- No ex post facto laws (laws passed and applied retroactively so that
something that is legal today may become
illegal next week and you may be arrested and prosecuted for doing it even when
it was legal)
- No bills of attainder (laws directed at
specific citizens)
- The right to not be held by the
government without being charged and having a warrant issued
- The various other vital freedoms
outlined in the Bill of Rights
- Separation
of power between the federal and state governments
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