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Framers Summary And Analysis

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The Framers of the United States Constitution intended for the idea of separation of powers to be a conceptual idea that kept one single branch of government from becoming tyrannical. This “idea” may have become misconstrued since the Framers first drafted the United State’s Constitution in 1787. For example, immigration has become an increasingly growing issue within the United States justice system. Consequently, the branches are having a power struggle over the authority of what laws are going to be made, how they are going to be enforced, and how they are interpreted. Article one, Section eight, Clause four of the United State’s Constitution gives Congress control over all immigration matters. Despite this, the president has enacted laws that directly affect immigration as a whole. Over all, the branches of government are overstepping their boundaries. The incessant overflow of power between the United State’s branches of government has become an increasingly common problem in today’s society. In 1991 Congress passed a law that reopened …show more content…

United States. This crucial court case was enacted in 2010, and addressed the increasingly popular issue of illegal aliens in the United States. The state, Arizona, wanted to wrongfully control the lives of unlawful aliens, thus passing the state law SB 1070. Consequently, the United States Government rejected this state law expressing that the four provisions this law enacted conflicted with the authority and provisions already set in stone by the federal government. This would not have been a problem if the branches were using separation of powers correctly. In 2011, Arizona appealed the case to the Supreme Court in hopes that they would elicit a different response. The Supreme Court eventually came to the verdict of 5-3 against Arizona. This court case illustrates the discoordination within the United State’s

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In order to strengthen the government, three branches were put into place, each holding specific powers. These include the Legislative branch which creates laws, “To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers…” (2: Source A). The Executive branch that is meant to enforce laws, “He shall take care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States” (2: Source A). Lastly, the Judicial branch interprets the laws created, “The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity arising under this Constitution…” (2: Source A).

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