The Government Check And Balances Against Tyranny In The US Constitution

The meeting called the Constitutional Convention that ended up creating the U.S. Constitution lasted for four months. Tyranny is when a person or group of people rule over others with cruel and unusual methods. Tyranny can happen with one rule or multiple, they can take the power, or be born with it. This means tyranny comes in many shapes and sizes. The U.S. Constitution guards against tyranny by splitting each government into three branches, splitting power multiple times within each branch, and letting each part of the government check and balance each other.

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First of all, The U.S. Constitution guards against tyranny by splitting the government into three main branches. These branches are called the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch. Splitting the government into different parts, so no one part of government has too much power. The U.S. Constitution states, "All

Constitution guards against tyranny by making each government check and balance one another. Checks and balances is a system in which each part of the government limit other branches while being limited by others so nothing beneficial for only one group of people gets passed. By letting this happen, each branch can be overruled and it prevents unlawful things from happening. The Federalist Paper #51 by James Madison states, “… the constant aim

is to divide and arrange the several offices in such a manner as that they may be a check on the other…not be so far separated as to have no constitutional control over each other…”(James Madison, Federalist Paper #51). This conveys that by arranging the government in a specific way, each piece of government is carefully checked to make sure power is balanced. This eventually makes tyranny difficult because power is split and it stays that way. If the U.S. government did not have a check and balance system, then power could be accumulated in one branch which makes tyranny more