Tyranny is a major problem and many countries have fallen victim but not in the history of America have we been subjected to it. What is tyranny and how does the Constitution of the United States guard against it? the definition of tyranny is : cruel or oppressive government rule. So how does the constitution keep its people away from the cold hands of tyranny? The constitution protects us through four ways: Federalism, Separation of Power, Checks and Balances and lastly compromise between the big states and the small states. Federalism is : the ideas that both states and the central government get power. The states get the power to set up local governments, hold elections, marriage laws and establish schools.the central government gets the