How does the Constitution guard against tyranny? The Constitution was written in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. The U.S. Constitution established America's national government, fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. The Constitution guards against tyranny in several ways. Tyranny meant that all the power is in one place, these ways were federalism, separation of power, big states vs. small states and checks and balances that create an equally and controlled society. Federalism, a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units, guards against tyranny by first dividing between two district governments. The portion allotted to each subdivided among
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The Executive Branch is run by the president who carries out federal laws and recommends new ones, directs national defense and foreign policy. The President has the capability to direct government, command the Armed Forces, deal with international powers, act as chief law enforcement officer, and veto laws. The Legislative Branch is run by Congress, which include the House of Representatives and the Senate. The main job of both the House of Representative and the Senate is to make the laws. Its function is to include passing laws, originate spending bills (House), impeach officials (Senate), and approve treaties (Senate). Liberty requires that they be separate and distinct. Each power has their own rules, running style, and different types of powers. Written in article one of the Constitution, “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives”(U.S. Const. art. I, § I). The Constitution divides the federal government into three branches, giving legislative powers to two chamber of Congress--the Senate and House of Representatives--that with the positive vote of both required to approve legislation, is a natural extension of the Founders’ concept of employing “checks and balances” to prevent
The Executive Branch is run by the president who carries out federal laws and recommends new ones, directs national defense and foreign policy. The President has the capability to direct government, command the Armed Forces, deal with international powers, act as chief law enforcement officer, and veto laws. The Legislative Branch is run by Congress, which include the House of Representatives and the Senate. The main job of both the House of Representative and the Senate is to make the laws. Its function is to include passing laws, originate spending bills (House), impeach officials (Senate), and approve treaties (Senate). Liberty requires that they be separate and distinct. Each power has their own rules, running style, and different types of powers. Written in article one of the Constitution, “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives”(U.S. Const. art. I, § I). The Constitution divides the federal government into three branches, giving legislative powers to two chamber of Congress--the Senate and House of Representatives--that with the positive vote of both required to approve legislation, is a natural extension of the Founders’ concept of employing “checks and balances” to prevent