Why Did The Constitution Divide And Distribute Power
Why did the Constitution divide and distribute power within the government so intricately? The new country was afraid of someone or a group of people having sovereignty alike the country they had just won a war against. Britain had a tyrannical ruler with power to do whatever he wanted without the people’s consent. The Convention in 1787 created the Constitution to protect and distribute power to the government. The Constitution divided and distributed power between the branches, the states, and the people to create a secure and safe government with no tyrannical ruler.
During the Convention James Madison suggested for there to be state governments as well as a central government. He explained that this would allow for power to be divided …show more content…
Madison also stated that if an individual group of people had power in more than one branch, then that was tyranny. They would be able to manipulate and unbalance the branches. Others agreed with him because no one wanted to end up like the country they left. They wanted everything to be equal, and they didn’t want any supreme power. Furthermore, the Constitution and it’s creators state that the three branches of the government have power over each other in different ways to keep each other balanced. For example, the legislative branch, or Congress, can impeach the president if they are not doing their job well. The president can veto laws that Congress vote on if he or she thinks the law should not pass for whatever reason they have. But, if Congress still believes the law should pass, they can vote again and the law will pass automatically if more than two thirds of congress is for the law. In this way the Legislative and Executive branches are balancing each other by keeping laws and the president in check. The Judicial branch also helps balance the other branches. The Judicial branch can declare laws and acts of the executive branch unconstitutional. Congress can impeach judges and agree/disagree on the president’s choices of the
During the Convention James Madison suggested for there to be state governments as well as a central government. He explained that this would allow for power to be divided …show more content…
Madison also stated that if an individual group of people had power in more than one branch, then that was tyranny. They would be able to manipulate and unbalance the branches. Others agreed with him because no one wanted to end up like the country they left. They wanted everything to be equal, and they didn’t want any supreme power. Furthermore, the Constitution and it’s creators state that the three branches of the government have power over each other in different ways to keep each other balanced. For example, the legislative branch, or Congress, can impeach the president if they are not doing their job well. The president can veto laws that Congress vote on if he or she thinks the law should not pass for whatever reason they have. But, if Congress still believes the law should pass, they can vote again and the law will pass automatically if more than two thirds of congress is for the law. In this way the Legislative and Executive branches are balancing each other by keeping laws and the president in check. The Judicial branch also helps balance the other branches. The Judicial branch can declare laws and acts of the executive branch unconstitutional. Congress can impeach judges and agree/disagree on the president’s choices of the