Primary Source Practice - Limiting Government Powers

1. Who is James Madison Quoting?

2. This quote is from the Federalist Papers. Were the Federalists in support of the
Constitution or articles of Confederation?
3. List the two powers Madison quotes in the passage above.
4. Based on this passage, which constitutional principle does Madison describe?
a. Judicial Review
b. Popular Sovereignty
c. Checks and Balances
d. Separation of Powers
Read the text below from Article II, Section II of the U.S. Constitution. Mark the text that
explains the two-step process for nominating U.S. Supreme Court Justices.
He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make
Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall
nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint
Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court,
and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein
otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law:
List the steps for the nomination process:
1.
2.

Checks and Balances: a principle of the federal government, according to the U.S. Constitution,
that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches
3. How is the nomination process an example of checks and balances?