Pros And Cons Of Gaining Too Much Power

The framers of the Constitution developed a system of government designed to keep one person or group of people from gaining too much power. All of the principles that prevent the government from gaining too much power create a strong foundation to support the framework of the U.S. Constitution. They accomplished this by creating principles like popular sovereignty, federalism, separation of power, limited government, and checks and balances. They created these to give the government structure and prevent anyone from gaining complete control over the people. The United States has a limited government, which prevents anybody in the government from doing anything unconstitutional. The federal government is separated between 3 branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The power of the government was separated between 3 branches. This prevents one person or one group of
Almost nothing can happen unless majority of the citizens agree to it. The citizens have the right to elect the people in power and the people running the government. Separation of power splits the power. Federalism is the separation of the government’s power between the national and state government. Each state has their own individual government. The national government’s power, or delegated powers are to declare war, regulate interstate commerce and foreign trade, and negotiate treaties issue money. The state government’s power, or also known as reserved powers, can regulate education, grant licenses, provide police protection, and regulate the sale of property within the state. The powers shared by both of the government's, or concurrent powers, are to levy taxes, define crimes and punishments, determine voting qualifications, and borrow money. The state law can not go against a federal law. If the state law does not work with the federal law, the state law must be