Separation of Powers
...it would be an abuse of power. So the Executive branch has the final word on if it'll be legal or it won't be signed. The Judicial Branch will decide if the law is constitutional or unconstitutional so no illegal laws would be in power and abuse of power won't occur. Legislative Branch consists of Congress, House of Representatives, and Senate. Each house of Congress is given special powers. The House of Representatives, whose members represent the people, has the power to propose all the bills. Senate has the power to approve the treaties and some appointments made by the President. Also Congress has many specific powers. This includes enacting taxes, providing for defense, fixing some tariffs, declaring war, making money, and also setting up the post offices. Also, Congress has a very important power to pass all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out its functions. This is known as the “elastic clause.” The Legislative Branch has no power enforcing the law because it's suppose to be done by Judiciary Branch. Also, it has no power in making any of its proposed bills into laws. To make a bill into a law, it has to be signed by the president. And the final branch of the government is the Judiciary Branch. It consists of Supreme Court and Federal Court System. Judiciary Branch makes the passed law work. The Supreme Court's and Federal Court System's purpose is to hear all cases raised under the Constitution and the laws of the United States. It settles the disputes by finding the explanation in the Constitution. It decides if there is any Constitutional reason for the law and also takes away the power to enforce the law power from the Executive and the Legislative Branches. The Executive Branch balances the Judiciary branch by appointing officials into court, and the Legislative Branch balances the Judiciary Branch by trying to propose the bill which they know will agree with the Constitution and all previously made laws. There have been a lot of disputes about whether this kind of separation of power should exist in the United States Government. This conflict has been going on since the ratification of the United States constitution. Defenders of separation of powers insist that it is needed because without it there would be tyranny, which also includes the tyranny of the majority. However, there are those who believe that power must be somewhere in one place and that in democracy, power cannot be scattered around. In the Federalist Papers Number 47, James Madison explained that each branch should have its own set of powers and responsibilities. This way the branches are separate and cannot combine to create a dangerous concentration of powers. The anti-federalists also argued that the branches might become too powerful due to a disproportionate distribution of power. This is pre...