What is limited government?
question 2 options:

the idea that government can exist only with consent of the governed.

the idea that the government should only have 3-5 powers and that the people hold the rest of the power.

the notion that people could do without a government entirely.

the idea that the government must be conducted according to the rule of law.

The idea that the government must be conducted according to the rule of law.

Explanation:

This is the statement that describes the meaning of limited government. To have a limited government means to have a government that is not able to act anyway it wants or get involved in any topics it wants. Instead, the government should operate within certain boundaries, which are in turn established by law. This concept attempts to prevent the possibility of a government becoming authoritarian or all-powerful.

the 9th amendment

explanation:

in the united states, the president is controlled by the

constitution, and in all respects subordinate to it. insofar

as it deals with presidential power, however, the american

constitution has proved to be a highly malleable document.

with very few exceptions,' the constitutional provisions relating to the president have not been changed at all since

they were ratified in 1787. but in the late twentieth century, those provisions do not mean what they meant in

1787. the constitution is a legal document, and it is enforced judicially; but its meaning was hardly fixed when it

was ratified. in particular, the contemporary president has

far broader powers than the original constitution contemplated. it is remarkable but true that large-scale changes in

the authority of the president have been brought about

without changes in the constitutional text, but nevertheless

without significant illegality.

this is a paradox. is it not clear that constitutional

changes, if not textual, are illegal? the paradox has considerable relevance to our current thinking about the presidency in particular and about constitutionalism in general.

perhaps the framers of the american constitution feared

legislative power most of all; 2 but from well-known events

in the twentieth century, it is possible to conclude that it is

presidential power that holds out the greatest risks to both

liberty and democracy. the president is by far the most visible leader in the nation; he is often the only person in government with a national constituency. moreover, he is