The United States Constitution clearly states that the power of the government should be separated, so that they can keep ensure each branch is doing what they are supposed to do, and ensure that one branch doesn’t become more powerful than the others. When The Constitution was written in 1787, the purpose of separation of powers was to ensure that there was no tyranny within the country. As now the Separation of Powers is to make sure that the country can stay a free country, and to also ensure not one branch or person tries and take control of the country. Our Founding Fathers got the idea of Separation of Powers from the enlightened thinker Baron de Montesquieu who philosophized the thought of of Separation of Powers, “Montesquieu warned
