11/10/22
Legislate
Execute
Adjudicate
Making the Framework Work: Balance of Power
= “Basic Powers of Government”
In the Constitution, the Framers Carefully Divided These Powers and Assigned them to the Three Branches of Government WHY?
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To Provide a Strong Governmental Structure with Proper Checks & Balances To Secure the Basic Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of the Citizenry Guaranteed by the Constitution
Why?
To Constrain Governmental Power
To Prevent Governmental Abuses of Power
To Ensure Fundamental Fairness and Due Process of Law
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