How to prevent Tyranny
Denin Moul
Period 6
The Constitution Prevents Tyranny The first attempt of government in the U.S. was the Articles of Confederation. Later on, the Articles of Confederation was replaced by the U.S. Constitution because the Articles of Confederation made the central government to weak. The Constitution prevents tyranny by limiting the power of the government. These are the ways the Constitution prevents tyranny. The first way the Constitution protects against tyranny is the separation of powers between other branches. The separations of powers are the distribution of powers to create equal government with no branch having too much power. One example is the branches are divided up into 3 different parts; the Executive, Judicial and Legislative branch. Another example is the branches has unique powers and roles that are granted to them for example, the Executive branch enforces the law and has the power to make treaties and call special sessions of congress, the Judicial branch makes the law and has the power borrow money and declare war and the Legislative branch role is to interpret laws and has the power to hear and decide cases and settle disputes between states. This prevents tyranny because it limits power to all the branches so one branch does not have more power than others and so the government can be equal in strength. Another way the constitution protects against tyranny is checks and balances. Checks and balances is it gives the ability of each branch to restrain power of the other branches. One example is the branches can check the other branches by some of their ability that the checks and balances are granted to them. For example the Legislative branch checks the Executive branch with the ability to override veto with a two-thirds vote and they can impeach the president and this branch can also check the Judicial branch with ability to create lower courts, can remove judges through impeachment, and senates approves or rejects appointment of
Period 6
The Constitution Prevents Tyranny The first attempt of government in the U.S. was the Articles of Confederation. Later on, the Articles of Confederation was replaced by the U.S. Constitution because the Articles of Confederation made the central government to weak. The Constitution prevents tyranny by limiting the power of the government. These are the ways the Constitution prevents tyranny. The first way the Constitution protects against tyranny is the separation of powers between other branches. The separations of powers are the distribution of powers to create equal government with no branch having too much power. One example is the branches are divided up into 3 different parts; the Executive, Judicial and Legislative branch. Another example is the branches has unique powers and roles that are granted to them for example, the Executive branch enforces the law and has the power to make treaties and call special sessions of congress, the Judicial branch makes the law and has the power borrow money and declare war and the Legislative branch role is to interpret laws and has the power to hear and decide cases and settle disputes between states. This prevents tyranny because it limits power to all the branches so one branch does not have more power than others and so the government can be equal in strength. Another way the constitution protects against tyranny is checks and balances. Checks and balances is it gives the ability of each branch to restrain power of the other branches. One example is the branches can check the other branches by some of their ability that the checks and balances are granted to them. For example the Legislative branch checks the Executive branch with the ability to override veto with a two-thirds vote and they can impeach the president and this branch can also check the Judicial branch with ability to create lower courts, can remove judges through impeachment, and senates approves or rejects appointment of