Checks And Balances

Checks and Balances is a form of government that has multiple branches to prevent a single person or group of people from obtaining and abusing their power. As each branch has the ability to negate the other from violating the Constitution of the United States. The United States created the Checks and Balances system because they were being oppressed from a Monarch and determined that separating the powers of the government would prevent corruption. Consequently, the founders of the Constitution were inspired by a philosopher named John Locke that preached separating the powers of government. The Judicial branch checks both the legislative and Executive branch as it can determine if any of their actions are unconstitutional and void their