How does rule of law protect citizen from arbitrary and abusive use of government power?

Answer 1

The Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches block each other from abusing too much power.

The executive can veto legislation, and appoint justices.

The legislative is the only one that can make laws, and overturn vetos.

The judicial branch can declare laws and executive actions unconstitutional, voiding them.

Answer 2

By:Edward Tyles

How the Constitution Prevented Things like Dictatorship

Tyranny is a confusing thing. It can start anywhere, from any small mistake, and develop into a huge crisis. In May of 1787, 55 delegates came to a constitutional convention in Philadelphia. They came there to fix the Articles of Confederation, but soon found out that they had to write a new constitution. After lots of arguments and compromises, they finally made one . Now how does the Constitution prevent one person or group of people from having all, or too much, power ? This is how; The Constitution prevented tyranny in four ways: Federalism, separating powers, each branch checking and balancing the other, and creating equality between large and small states.

The delegates eventually came to a conclusion. Their government would be based on Federalism . This form of government suited them. It gave power to the state and federal government . The state government's powers would be more based on what its society needs . The federal government would have the power to do big and more important things, that the country needs . Both state governments and the federal government would be able to tax, borrow money, set up courts, make laws, and enforce laws . This protected tyranny by balancing powers between state governments and the federal government.

After the delegates decided they would base their government on Federalism, they went to work to decide how they would separate powers between the three branches. This was called the separation of powers . It was probably the hardest part of making the constitution. That was because the delegates were afraid that if one thing wasn't right, there would be tyranny. They decided that the legislative branch would make the laws, the executive branch would enforce the law, and the judicial branch would examine and interpret the law . This protected the constitution from tyranny by separating powers between three branches in the federal government.

Then, the delegates decided to create a system of checks and balances. They made this so if one branch did something wrong, it could be stopped by another. This is how it worked: The executive branch checked the legislative and judicial branches; the legislative branch checked the executive and judicial; and so on . This prevented tyranny by not letting one branch do something wrong.

Even though this seems like a lot, the delegates still had other problems. How could they keep the legislative branch fair between the large and small states? They argued for hours and hours. This conflict threatened to destroy the convention. It was finally solved by the Great Compromise. The legislative branch would be made like this:

· 2 Houses

· House of Reps.- Reps. determined by population

· The Senate- 2 from each state.

That finally solved the last problem in the constitution that could create tyranny by making the legislative branch fair for all states.

There are always mistakes that create tyranny. Tyranny has happened almost everywhere! But tyranny is always eventually solved. America is really lucky that the 55 delegates created a good constitution. For all the reasons in this essay, our constitution is tyranny free!

Answer 3

• Officials and citizens are the same under the law.

Answer 4

What is tyranny? TRKB.