so that no one brach (legislative, judicial, or executice) would gain too much power and take over the government. With todays government, the three branches have power over each other to keep themselves fairly equal.
So no one branch of government would be too powerful.
To limit the powers so no one branch of the government has too much power.
checks and balancesIt is a system of checks and balances.
checks and balances
A system of checks and balances protects against one branch of government gaining too much power. The United States is an example of a country that has a system of checks and balances.
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They check the power of each branch. The articles of confederation is the power balance.
so if two of the other government branches thought the other was too powerful they could check the issue then balance the branches
The Check and Balances
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Checks and balances protect against any one sector from having all power. Checks control one side's actions. Balances attempt to moderate decisions and choices. However, big government has grown so large, the check and balances system seems at times to fail.
The federal government has 3 parts, or branches. To make sure that no one branch has too much power, the U.S. constitution set up a system of, "checks and balances" . Each branch may use its powers to check or limit the power's of the other two.