Want this question answered?
The branches of government check up on each other.
By dividing government into branches and sounding state and federal government.
The separation of powers is the practice we use in the US national government to divide the national government's powers between the three branches (executive, legislative, judicial) so that the national government cannot abuse its powers. Each branch has certain powers and is able to "check" the other branches' powers to keep the three branches equal or "balanced". This system is known as the system of checks and balances and it is used to guarantee the separation of powers.
James Madison suggested several methods to check the powers of government. These include the separation of powers into three branches, checks and balances between the branches, federalism to divide power between the national and state governments, and a system of representative democracy to ensure accountability and prevent tyranny.
The Constitution limits the powers of government by creating the three branches, executive, judicial and legislature, all of which check the power of each other.
They can do things that limits the two other branches' powers. For example, if a President vetoes a bill, Congress can override it if they gets a 2/3 vote.
Because if not is will be not fair rule or law
Separation of powers. The idea was that government cannot be completely trusted, so each branch of the government was given the authority and the responsibility to act as a check against the other two.
Federalism, created in the United States Constitution, is the dividing and sharing of powers between a central (national) government and local (states) government. The Constitution created a government with three branches, the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial. Each branch has it own powers but it also has powers in order to check the power of the other two branches and to share powers with the other two branches. Example: the Congress can pass a law, the President can veto or sign the bill into law, and the Supreme Court may declare the law unconstitutional.
The government has three branches because we need CHECK and BALANCE and to avoid abusive powers. The constitution says that those branches are equal, so it means that the judicial can impeach the president as well as the legislative and vice versa, no one is on top and no one is at the bottom.
Another name for the separation of powers that was written into the U.S. Constitution is the system of checks and balances. Dividing power into three government branches (Executive, Legislative, and Judicial) creates a system where each has the ability to keep a "check" on the power of the other two so that one person or group doesn't gain full control of the government.
An ability to limit the powers of another branch of government