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Define the Separation of Powers
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Political power is distributed among three branched of government acting both independently and interdependently
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Why was the separation of powers put in place?
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Fear of tyranny
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Explain each of the branches' role in law-making.
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Legislature: makes laws
Executive: carries out laws Judiciary: enforced the laws, interprents the laws |
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Why is the term 'separation of powers' is misleading?
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it's the institutions that are separate, not the powers
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What did Professor Neustadt write about the separations of power?
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The Constitutional Convention created a government of separated institutions sharing powers
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What are the executive and legislature described as being?
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'like two halves of a blank note - each useless without the other'
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