Damaris Schwarz Political Science Buckley, Michael 9 March, 2014 Madison's Model Power should

In document C, James Madison states that the three branches should “be a check on the other,” and that the branches must have “constitutional control over the other.” This describes the idea of checks and balances that can be seen in the that each branch has power over another. An example would be how the president can veto a congressional legislation, but the Congress can override his veto. By giving each branch certain powers to check others and balance each other out, James Madison believed that the Constitution guarded against tyranny and stopped any of the branches from gaining too much

Separation of power was the first way the founders prevented tyranny. In document 1 the text states ¨the founding fathers created government that was separated into three branches.¨ This shows that no branch would have

To prevent from one branch of government having all power, and therefore having tyranny, (Madison FP # 47) Checks and Balances was added to the defenses of the constitution. There are three branches of government: Legislative Branch (Congress), Executive Branch (President), and Judicial Branch (The Courts). These three branches work together to check one another to make sure the power is evenly distributed and balanced, hence the name Checks and Balances. The way it works is that the Legislative Branch (Congress) can check the Executive Branch (President) by approving Presidential nominations, being able to override a President’s veto, and can impeach the President, him or her, from office. The Legislative Branch can check the Judicial Branch by having Senate confirm Presidential nominations and by being able to impeach judges and remove them from office. The President can check the Legislative Branch by vetoing Congressional legislation, and can check the Judicial Branch by nominating judges. The Judicial Branch can check the Legislative Branch by declaring laws unconstitutional, and can check the Executive Branch by declaring presidential acts unconstitutional. (Madison FP # 51) All three branches of government work together to make sure no branch is abusing their limited power, by using the system Checks and

To begin, the judicial branch has the power of ruling and presidential action or law unconstitutional. The other branches does not have the ability to decide if the president's actions are unconstitutional. The decisions of the supreme court are final meaning even if they are the president and their breaking the laws or they do something that breaks the constitution,the supreme court can rule against them. This is something neither the executive or legislative branch has the power to do. The president has to go through the judicial branch to rule super important things that may affect all of America. An example would be, the

There are checks and balances. The executive branch can veto laws passed by the legislative branch as well as appoint judges to the judicial branch. Congress can override vetoes and impeach the president as well as impeach judges of the supreme court and makes the lower courts. The judicial branch can declare executive acts as unconstitutional as well as declare acts of congress unconstitutional. The people vote for the president and representatives in congress and senators in the senate.

Too many people complain about the government and are ignorant to the fact that what it is now is not what it was in 1776. A government in the late 18th century held different meaning to Americans than it does now. Back then a government meant the liberty of the people, nowadays it’s the suffering of the people. Taxes, social security and jobs are hardships today and do not define a government. A government is a body given authority to carry out binding decisions for a public. To create a government, a Constitution needs to be created first. In order for a Constitution to be established, founding fathers need to come together. These men are political leaders and statesmen of the American Revolution and signees of the Declaration of Independence.

Federalism and the checks and balances of the three branches of government prevented any abuse of power to rise in the new government. The division of responsibilities and the flexibility in the Constitution allowed for an effective and efficient way of regulating the system. The Constitution gave the people what they wanted in the first place from breaking away from Great Britain through a Bills of Rights and amendable Constitution, a system that served the best interest of the people. Because the Constitution provided a barrier against power abuse, was effective and efficient, and served the best interest of the people, it should be

When the constitution was written, it was written so that the President of the United States is not chosen through a national popular vote, but through an electoral college, which gives each state as many votes as it has members of Congress. The system was created as a middle ground in order to keep voting fair, and to balance between congress voting and the people. Federalism has been a way to help control the abuse of power. Flexibility allows the government to work with the different traditions, and religions of people, and allows the states to develop their own policies without putting the whole country at risk. Citizens are also given the opportunity in running the government, and making contributions.

The Federalist Papers established the definition of a Republic that would govern by the representation of the people and the interest of the society. Based on the principles of Democracy, the Federalist Papers established the acquisition of power by the decision of the population to “choose a body of citizens whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of the country and whose patriotism and love of justice will be at least likely to sacrifice it to temporary and partial considerations”, the principle of democracy established on the Federalist Paper advocated for the recognition of power given by the popular decision of the people to attend the interest of the whole community. The principal development of the Republic was distributed in

The various and varied roles of the Office of the President add to as well as detract from the ideal of the Madisonian Model of democracy. For example, there are instances such that at any given point the American President may act judicial-like and at other times may act legislative-like which deviates from the Madisonian Model.

Federalism was needed in the Constitution to make sure that the national government did not gain too much power. After the revolution, many people feared a monarchy or any form of government in which the central ruling body had

Having a strong government is essential for a working republic but instead we had a weak one. When the Continental Congress took initiative in 1777 it wanted a lasting and unifying government. Citizens were already debating how much authority each state government would get and who decided about taxes and so forth. When the Articles of Confederation was ratified in 1781 it created a frail confederation of the 13 states basically a strong friendship between the states. There was no separate

Each of the three branches is controlled by the other two in several ways. The president can veto a law which was passed by Congress, yet Congress can override the veto with a two-thirds vote of both houses. Members of the Supreme Court, which are appointed by the president and approved by Congress, can declare a law passed by Congress is unconstitutional. The U.S. Constitution, Article 1 Section 1, states that the legislative branch be created from two separate bodies: a House of Representatives and a Senate, together is known as Congress.

The legislative branch is also the “only part of the government that can make new laws or change existing laws.”("white house"). A society is formed and controlled by rules and regulations, those who make these rules and regulations basically control society. The president does have the power to veto any law he doesn’t approve of, but if Congress is in accord with the Senate they can “override his veto with two thirds vote of each chamber.”("white house") ounce again subordinating the president . When the legislative branch has both houses in coalition with each other the executive branch really has no power over the legislative branch.

Madison said “If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.” (Madison, 1788). A system of checks and balances needed to be implemented. Madison argued that the only way the government could be effective was to allow it to “control the governed, and in the next place [be obliged] to control itself” (Madison, 1788). The Executive Branch is responsible for implementing the laws passed by the Legislative Branch, and those same laws are either upheld or rejected by the Judicial Branch. The three branches of government must work together to provide for the general welfare. The fragmentation of the power, along with a system of checks and balances, greatly diminishes the ability for one branch to gain too much power. This guarantees the rights of the people and ensures the government’s ability to govern.