Guarding Against Tyranny For Dummys
4 Easy steps to stopping tyranny
Step 1: Federalism
This helps guard against tyranny by preventing the state and national governments get all the power by separating them and not giving either too many powers.
Step 2: Separation of powers
This protects against tyranny by making sure that either the president, Congress or the Supreme Court will not get all of the power because if they do then they could make all the laws without any objections, which leads into the next step.
The different branches of our national government
Enforces the laws, includes president, Vice President, cabinet.
Makes laws, includes Senate, House of Representatives
Interprets laws, includes the Supreme Court
Step 3: Checks and balances.
This step guards against tyranny by granting the branches the power to limit the other branches power, if they didn't have this power than the other branches would be able to do what they want and enforce, make and interpret any law they want.
Step 4: big states vs. small states
This protects the country from tyranny by giving the big states what they want in the House of Representatives and what the small states want with the senate, this also makes the legislative branch a bit more equal in representation.