Why Is Separation Of Powers So Important To Our Founding Fathers In Early America?

The Separation of Powers is the system of government that divides the executive, legislative, and judicial branches into equal power. This system of government was created by Baron de Montesquieu. He took several forms of government to form the “Separation of Powers”. What he created was revolutionary to the world, not only did he inspire the government system of several other countries, but he also inspired the United States government. Now that you have perspective on how the system is supposed to work, do you ever wonder why it was so important to our founding fathers in early America? Well, the reason this system of government was so important to our founding fathers was because, they had seen their previous government become over-ran by tyrants, and they saw how it was failing. They wanted a system of government that would make sure tyranny did not befall their nation. So, they took inspiration from people like John Locke, and Baron de Montesquieu, and created their system of government which was led by …show more content…
"Today the table has turned, however, and the federal government has become Master and the states have become the Servant. The Senate is no longer elected by State Representatives, but by the People directly (since the 17th Amendment), thereby removing the most immediate means of protecting state autonomy and sovereignty" (clark). It’s almost like the state governments are giving in to national government and they aren't standing up for themselves. Now as said in the evidence above, the national has become masters and state has become servant. It's almost like the national government is making the state government conform to certain laws. For example, in June of 2015, the federal government legalized gay marriage in all 50 states. That’s was unconstitutional to not give states the