Constitutional Democracy-American Federalism

SEPARATION OF POWERS

Separation of Powers : Who Does What (Name (School (Professor (Course

Abstract

In the olden days , most of the power to rule lay in the hands of the King . That rule often extended to other agencies or personalities that supported the King the Parliament , the Church , and a few of the King 's underlings , inclusive of those that formed the King 's Court . Oftentimes that rule swayed to the favor of one part of the power structure whoever was in the good graces of the King , so much so that

the lawmaking body often exercised more power than the King , or vice-versa The concept of separation of powers gave clear delineating lines on the powers of each branch of government , without undue interference from the other branches of the government

Separation of Powers : Who does what

The concept of United States was constructed with the main objective of enclosing the powers of governance in the three main branches of government to hinder or forestall any instance of abuse (Encarta , 2008 This is to assure that one of the branches of government will not be able to conduct the functions , or core responsibilities of the other branches of government (National Conference of State Legislatures . It is the intent of this practice to enforce a system of checks and balances among the three branches and avoid the centralization of power in any one of the branches (State . How is this achieved

First , each of the branches is not afforded blanket...