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Chapter 3 Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Next Previous US Government: Principles in Practice The Constitution establishes six goals for the U.S. government to meet. The Constitution outlines six basic principles of U.S. government and a system that safely and fairly distributes and balances power. Under the Constitution, the powers of government are limited in order to protect individual rights. The Constitution divides the powers of government among three separate branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The Constitution includes checks on and balances of government power to prevent any one branch of government from overpowering the others. Section 1 at a Glance A Blueprint for Government