Although we don’t get to do whatever we want we do still have rights that are listed in the constitution. How do we keep these rights? We have a government with three branches that do different things to help protect our country from predators. In document B James Madison writes in Federalist paper number 47 “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands whether of one or a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may be justly pronounced the very definition of tyranny...(L)iberty requires that the three great departments of power should be separate and distinct.” When Madison, wrights this, he means is saying the three branches have the same meaning, and the job as tyranny, to set laws, and make sure no one thinks they are above the law. Madison also says that liberty requires those three branches of the government and that all three branches show a different version of tyranny, and how we can view different viewpoints of …show more content…
What are the three branches? The three branches are a way of controlling the government, so the government can decide on what laws to make. The executive branch is the big boss, the president who plays a role of taking care of the USA and its territories. The president can veto congressional legislation. The president can also nominate judges to give people a fair trial/ appearance in court. The judicial branch is the courts, supreme courts, courts of appeal, and the district court. The court can declare presidential acts unconstitutional. The court can declare laws unconstitutional. The legislative branch can approve presidential nominations, override a presidential veto, and impeach the president and remove him or her from office. All information provided was found in document C of the