Where is Tyranny? What is Tyranny? Who has Tyranny? But the main question is, how did the constitution guard against tyranny? The definition of tyranny is, ¨the accumulation of all powers in the hands of one, many, or a few is the very definition of tyranny.¨ said James Madison in the constitution. The constitution was written on May 25, 1787, but there was one problem, the writers of the constitution had to find a way to guard against tyranny. some of their solutions were, Federalism, Separation of powers, Checks and balances, and Balancing powers between the largest states and the smaller states(Large VS Small states). These were the ways the constitution guarded against tyranny.
The first guard against tyranny in the constitution is federalism. Federalism is the separation of powers between the Central Government, and the State Government. When states powers are separate and different from the Government's’ powers prevents tyranny by separating the powers between the Central Government and the State Government. Also if the Government's had all powers, then the states wouldn’t have any freedom, which is what America was built for.
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Separation of Powers is how each branch of Government, Legislative, Executive, and Judicials, have different powers for different reasons. Each government has a different responsibility, Legislative makes laws, Executive executes laws, and Judicial determines if laws were broken. Separation of Powers guards against Tyranny by not letting one branch be able to make up laws and have to much