How Did the Constitution Guard Against Tyranny?

Raylyna Aguiar

Period : 5

12/13/13

How Did The Constitution Guard Against Tyranny ?

In the summer of 1787 , in Philadelphia the Constitution a set of laws that determines powers and duties of the government were established . Fifty-Five commissioners representing twelve of thirteen states , they came to explain the anger with The Articles Of Confederation . They had no Executive Leader .

Some problems the government had was congress had no power , People had control over the government . Tyranny explained as a harsh , absolute power in the hands of Communisum . The constitution guarded against Tyranny in four ways .

The first guard against Tyranny is Federalism which means states and the government the national government share power . According to Document A powers given to the Central government can declare war , only the government can declare war , states have no rights to declare war . Federalism protects against tyranny by powers that will be divided and no one has power . Hence a double security arises to the rights of the people , the different government will rule each other at the same time that each will be controlled by itself .

The Second Guard against tyranny is the Separation Of Powers which means government divides power into three branches with this being said the three branches are the Legislative where they make laws the Executive where they enforce laws and Judicial where they interpret laws . According to the Constitution Liberty requires the three great departments of power should be separate and distinct . This shows the Constitution are equally separated between each person . It guards us from tyranny because not one branch could have too much power , so all the power is separated into three branches .

The Third Guard against tyranny is Checks and Balances which means the Constitution prevents any one branch from having too much power over the others. According to Document C , James Madison says the constant aim is to divide and arrange the three branches in such a manner as that they may be a check on the other. The main idea was to divide and arrange the several offices to check on each other. The president can check the power of the supreme court can declare war unconstitutional. Legislative can check the power of the chief executive by approving who you nominate.

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