The Powers Of The National Government

“(L)iberty requires that the three great departments of power should be separate and distinct.” (Document B) For our government to be successful we much create three main levels of government where powers are distributed. This guards from tyranny because it makes sure that no branch has more power than one another because they check each other. Document B states that in the Constitution article 1 section 1, article 2 section 1 clause 1, and article 3 section are about the three separate branches in our government and what responsibilities that each one holds. With our government having three different branches each one has its own limited powers that make a democracy possible. This guards against tyranny because no branch overpowers each other, nobody gets too much power, and the powers are evenly distributed. Separation of powers is one of the main things framers used to protect against tyranny.

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

In document B and C, separation of powers of the three branches, legislative, judicial, and executive, ensures that not one power is greater than the other. However, as a form of checks and balances, the branches should not be separated to the point of having no constitutional control over each other. Madison stated "Liberty requires that the three great departments of power should be separate and distinct." (Federalist paper #51) but “..they may be a check on the other” (Federalist paper #51) meaning that the three branches have separate powers, but are able to have constitutional control on each other. For example, Legislative branch can approve the presidential nomination, override a president’s veto, and impeach the president from the executive branch while the senate confirms the president's nominations for the judges and remove them from the office from the judicial branch”. While,the executive branch can veto the congressional legislation from the legislative branch and nominate judges for the judicial branch. The judicial branch can declare presidential acts unconstitutional in the executive branch and declare laws unconstitutional to the legislative branch. (Document C). Framer guarded against tyranny through separation of powers but still being able to check on each other and having constitutional control on each other. The branches should be separate and distinct as if they were together, it would be given too much absolute power to one group. Checks and balances illustrates how the constitution guarded against tyranny because the three branches have fair opportunity to stop the other branches from committing an unconstitutional act. Additionally to how checks and balances the constitution from tyranny, “The Great Compromise” does the

After the failure of the Articles of Confederation, early Americans were hesitant to create a new federal government and feared that it would become too powerful. To avoid this, the Founding Fathers created the Constitution of the United States of America. The new Constitution was based on several basic principles that limited the power of the federal government and kept it from gaining too much power. These systems helped set a base for the federal government while limiting the powers that it withheld. One of the main parts of the federal government are the three branches: Legislative, Executive and Judicial.

A second example of the separate branches being able to check each other if Congress feels that the president is being unconstitutional then they have the power to impeach him or her(Document C). This prevents against tyranny because if the president was making horrible decision that would ultimately destroy the country then Congress could stop that from happening by taking him or her out of power. Another scenario is if the president ended up being an American born spy for another country. If the Constitution did not give Congress the power to impeach or give power to the Court to declare decisions unconstitutional, then the president could bend America to the other countries

Each branch is staffed separately, with their equality and independence protected by the Constitution (O’Connor &Sabato, 2018, p. 28). As a result of this division of power, each branch has a different primary function. The legislative branch creates laws, the executive branch enforces laws, and the judicial branch interprets laws. Although this system is in place, each branch of government has a role in the other, a sort of interdependency. The checks and balances system was created so that each of the three branches of government could have some control and say over the other branches’ actions. In addition, the Framers created this system in order to eliminate the possibility of any one branch infringing on the rights of the people. For example, the legislative branch has the power to impeach the president and can propose constitutional amendments to override judicial decisions. The executive branch can veto a legislation and has the power to appoint federal judges. Finally, the judicial branch can rule federal and state laws unconstitutional, and can declare executive branch actions

Separation of powers is dividing the power between the legislative, executive, and judicial power. In Doc B it states “The accumulation of all powers, legislative executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one,a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed or elective, may be justly pronounced the very tyranny”. This means that if one branch had all the powers it would be tyranny. Doc B also states “Liberty requires that the three great departments of power should be separate and distinct”. The quote means that in order to not be a tyranny all branches should be equal, distinct, and separate. The constitution prevents tyranny with the use of checks and balances. Checks and balances is ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups. James Madison stated in Doc C “The constant aim is to divide and arrange the

Separation of Powers is when the power of each branch of government (Executive, Legislative, and Judicial) is separate and distinct. This keeps any one branch from becoming too powerful. Each branch of government has its own responsibilities. The Executive Branch consists of the President, Vice-President, and the Cabinet. Their job is to enforce the law. The Legislative Branch is Congress, which is the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Legislative Branch’s job is to make laws. Last, but not least, is the Judicial Branch. Its job is to make sure that all laws are fair. Document B says, “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands whether of one a few or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may be justly pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” Separation of Powers guards against tyranny because it splits into three and keeps each branch of government

In Document C, it states, “‘The accumulation of all power, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands … whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective … the … definition of tyranny … Liberty requires that the three great departments of power should be separate and distinct.’” In another part of Document C, Article 1, 2, and 3, it states, “ … legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress … consist of a Senate, and House of Representatives … executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States … judicial power of the United States shall be invested in one Supreme Court.” The legislative, executive, and judicial branch all have granted powers to them. This guards against tyranny because, the branches all have one power given to them, as said in Articles 1, 2 , and 3. Whether it would be the legislative, executive, or judiciary, they all control our government. One person, or group, can’t be given more than one power since the powers are separated into three branches. This stops anyone from abusing their power because, they are not able to gain more power than the power the branch is granted. This reveals that by creating the three branches separate and distinct, it stops against

Checks and balances prevents any one branch from having too much power by making three branches work together. Document C is an excerpt from the Federalist Paper #51 by James Madison explaining that each branch has the right to check one another. According to Document C, “...the constant aim is to divide and arrange the several offices in such a manner as that they may be a check on the other…” This quote shows that each branch has the power to check another branch. The president can nominate judges to be apart of the court (executive checks judicial). The court can declare laws unconstitutional (judicial checks legislative). Last but not least, congress can override a president’s veto with ⅖ of the votes and can impeach the president.

During the Writing of the United States Constitution, the Framers wanted a new government, but NOT a king. They split up the Government into three branches, the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. The Executive branch is run by the president. The Framers wanted the president to have power, but not too much power where he converts into a king. The Frames decided to allow him to give executive orders over laws.

The constitution splits the power given to national government into three branches, which are separate from each other: the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary. The separation of powers was based on the ideas of Montesquieu, with him ‘L’esprit de lois’ which means the spirit of the law. The executive plays the role of administrating law. The president does this in many ways , for example he; executes federal laws and programs, conducts foreign policy , commands the armed forces, negotiates treaties and other such roles. Checks and balances another main factor of the constitution comes in here, as the people get to keep a check on the president every 4 years with the presidential election, which stops any tyranny of powers. This can also be seen in another branch of government. The legislature passes law, this is done through congress. Congress is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Its roles include;

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.

The Constitution was designed to enforce the regulation of power between the three branches of government. Though there were many clauses stating the powers of the branches of government, it was often unclear of the original intent they were meant to serve. One of these blurred clauses is stated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the constitution.