The Constitution Avoids Tyranny

The United States Constitution avoids tyranny by separation of power, federalism, and checks and balances. The creators of the Constitution made sure to safeguard against tyranny so the citizens wouldn’t retaliate again like they did with the British. One of the important steps of making the United States was the Bill Of Rights. Many states didn’t approve of the Constitution because it didn’t list any of their rights. After that, the first ten amendments were added. Important leaders in creating the Constitution were George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. The first way that tyranny was prevented was separation of power. Separation of power is the act of separating the power of the government into three branches. This prevents
The Constitution says that the power will remain with the Supreme Court and in inferior courts that Congress may choose to create. It also says that judges of supreme and inferior courts may hold their positions in court if they show good behavior. It does say much more about these branches in the Constitution, but the examples above are a simple review of their jobs and powers. The second way that tyranny was prevented in the United States was federalism. Federalism is a form of government where state and national governments are combined to have equal power. This prevents against tyranny by providing a healthy balance between many smaller governments and larger and more important governments. This helps because if there was only a national governments, the powers that the states had to run themselves would be taken away. Some powers are more important than others, but in all they are all important. This was important because the national and state governments had to be balanced. Some of the bigger states were worried about losing power, so they wanted to have their own powers just like the national government. Some of the powers that the national government has are more important in government than some of the powers that the state governments have, but they do have a some shared powers too. Some of the shared powers are levying and collecting taxes, construct and maintain roads, punish lawbreakers, and borrow money. Some of the powers of the national government are setting up a postal system, declaring war, and maintaining military forces. Examples of power that the state governments have are establishing schools, enacting license requirements, and regulating interstate