Constitution Limit Checks And Balances

What is "limited government?" Limited Government is. "a political system in which legalized force is restricted through delegated and enumerated powers; a government that is subject to strict limits in its lawful uses of power,and hence on its ability to deprive people of their liberty." The founding fathers believed the most efficient function was to limit the governments roll through the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. Their reason was to protect ones private property and to save individual liberty. Limited government generally stays in the boundaries of taxes as well as providing national defense for law enforcement and stays out of ones personal affairs. In the following paragraphs i will present 5 ways that the Constitution limits …show more content…
The structure of Checks and Balances is to allow each branch of government to have equal power so one doesn't have more power over the other branches. Each government has their own particular power; Legislative Branch makes the laws, the Executive Branch enforces and carries out those laws and lastly the Judicial Branch who interprets the laws. An example given in Patterson is that the Congress can pass laws yet the President of the United States is allowed to veto them. Even though the president has the ability to veto the law, Congress can overturn that veto with a two-thirds vote. If the President and Congress come to an agreement on particular laws the Supreme Court can still declare the law to be unconstitutional or not. The President also has the power to select judges and other officials but then must be approved by the Senate to put them place. Lastly the Supreme court judges can have life terms if no there is no reason to be impeached. There are several ways that Checks and Balances are put into place in our everyday life, these are just a few of the major ways the that Check and Balances limits the power in