The System of Checks and Balances.
Executive
Executive
prevents any single branch of government from becoming to powerful.
Checks and balances
the system of checks and balances
Separation of powers.
There was a system of checks and balances set up. This system prevented one branch of the government from becoming too powerful.
checks and balances
to prevent one branch of the government from becoming too powerful
Checks and balances
This system is called the Checks and Balance System
So that no portion of government could become to powerful and overthrow other portions of the government and to guard against any one branch becoming too powerful, the Constitution provides a system of checks and balances.