Federalism is one of the ways the constitution protects against tyranny and it is defined as the division of power into the national level and the state level. Federalism uses the 10th amendment to give the states any powers that aren't specifically stated as expressed powers letting the states have some power as well as giving the central government power giving the two balance. Federalism guards against tyranny by separating national level and state level by giving them different powers and making it so one cannot overpower the other. …show more content…
Stated by James Madison “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self appointed, or elective, may be justly pronounced the very definition of tyranny”. This quote means that these three powers should be separated or it could be considered tyrannical, and that is exactly what the constitution did. Separation of powers guards against tyranny by dividing the power of one central government into three branches of government separates the power to stop a figure from becoming too