How Does The Constitution Guard Against Tyranny

Have you ever wondered how our government has been the same for more than 200 years? The US Constitution was written September 17, 1787, in the Philadelphia Convention, to replace the Articles of Confederation for the government. It currently has 27 Amendments, which are very hard to add. Tyranny is when someone or a group of people have way too much power in the government. The US Constitution guards against tyranny by making sure that the government is divided into federal and state, and into smaller branches, with each branch being able to check on each other. The first guard against tyranny was federalism. According to the Tenth Amendment of the U.S Constitution, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States…” This means that the states also have powers, so that the federal government is not the only government. For example, the federal government is the one who declares war and signs treaties. The state government is the one that is in charge of their state’s education system and driver’s licenses. But, there are also powers

According to Articles I, II, and III in the U.S. Constitution, the federal government is divided into three different branches with all different jobs. This means that each branch is separate and cannot have all the power. For example, the President cannot make a person guilty, that’s the Court’s job. James Madison states in the Federalist Papers #47 that, 1788.“...(L)iberty requires that the three great departments of power should be separate and distinct.” This means that the government is split up into three different and separate branches, the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, so that we can be free from tyranny. Each branch has different job. For instance, the legislative branch passes laws, executive branch enforces laws, and the judicial branch interprets