Does The Constitution Limit The Government's Power?

The constitution limits the government's power in most situations by creating small checks, but not all problems have these checkpoints. First, the constitution allows each branch to check each other and makes sure everyone is doing their job correctly. This is called “Checks and Balances” which allows counter balances on other branches. This allows branches to check in with each other and correct or fix anything they need to. This helps prevent the government for getting too powerful from one branch. Next, sometimes the Constitution does not limit the Government. For example, when executive order 9066 was made; after the Japanese bombed the Pearl Harbor President Franklin allowed troops to remove any and all people near or in military camps. The Constitution doesn't say much about executive orders ( a law issued by the president) so when
To start, when the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case sprung up Congress was not allowed to deny Senator Clinton his ads . In this case Senator Clinton ran so many ads in 2008 that Congress stepped in to see if they could do anything but later found out they can't ban speech. This proves that Congress allowed mr. Clinton to freely speak in his ads. Next, another time Congress spoke for the people was when the DREAM Act was created. The DREAM Act (development relief and education for alien minors Act) was developed by Congress to protect immigrants from deportation. Clearly, Congress spoke for the people and decided to come up with a bill to protect immigrants. Last, one example of Congress not speaking for the people is the America v. Pennsylvania's constitutional map case. In this case the Supreme Court denied Pennsylvania from creating a new congressional district so Pennsylvania fought back. in the Constitution it says everyone has freedom of speech and a congressional district falls into freedom of