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The system of checks and balances allows each branch to check the power of the others and makes sure that no one branch gets too much power.
This prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
The system of checks and balances is an important part of the Constitution. With checks and balances, each of the three branches of government can limit the powers of the others. This way, no one branch becomes too powerful.
its legislative None of the three branches of the federal government is "an exception" to the separation of powers. All three branches are equal.
The Constitution call's for the powers of federal government to be divided among the three separate branches: the legislative, the executive, and the judiciary branch.
The Judicial Branch makes sure that the laws made by the other branches are not unconstitutional.