9APGoPo Required Documents 2025

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"By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community"

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Federalist #10

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“That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government”

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Declaration of Independence

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“In republican government the legislative authority, necessarily, predominates. The remedy for this inconvenience is, to divide the legislative into different branches.”

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Federalist #51

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“Energy in the Executive is a leading character in the definition of good government."

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Federalist #70

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"We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."

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Letter from Birmingham Jail

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"That, to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." What document is this excerpt from? Options: Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Brutus #1, Letter from Birmingham Jail

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Declaration of Independence

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Whoever attentively considers the different departments of power must perceive, that, in a government in which they are separated from each other, the judiciary, from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution; because it will be least in a capacity to annoy or injure them. Options: Federalist #10, Federalist #51, Federalist #70, Federalist #78

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Federalist #78

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How does one determine whether a law is just or unjust? A just law is a man made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law... An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law.

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Letter from Birmingham Jail

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"No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Control of the Congress."

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U.S. Constitution

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"The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the judges, as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning, as well as the meaning of any particular act proceeding from the legislative body." Which Federalist Paper is this from? Options: Federalist #10, Federalist #51, Federalist #70, Federalist #78

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Federalist #78