How did the writers of the US constitution put into practice the ideas of separation of powers?

Answer 1

The founding fathers did not have to look anywhere to get that idea. This idea was entrenched in the minds of many early American pioneers ever since the War of Independence.

The idea back then against the British was "no taxation without representation", basically no taking our money if you're not going to let use decide how our country should be run. So to prevent abuse of power by the government and especially by the President himself, separation of powers was a clause that automatically was top priority as a basic Right in the United States of America.

There is also separation of Church and State because if a country is to truly be free, we really can't let any one have all the power, no matter who that person is (except maybe God, but then no Constitution would stop him, really. His priests maybe, but not Him).

Answer 2

which of the following is NOT an example of the separation of powers written into the constitution?

A. the presidential ability to appoint senators

B. congress's control over the Federal budget

C. the presidential veto of prososed legislation

D.the (implied) power of judicial review of legislation

the answer is A.

APEX- ability to remove Supreme Court senators (HS)

Answer 3

The Legislative branch has the sole power of drafting legislation. Within this branch exist two Houses, the House of Representatives and the Senate. In the HOR the members are delegated based on state population, in order to account for the larger states based on population. Smaller-populated states had a problem with this however, so the Senate's seats were given two-to-a-state to balance out this difference. As well as this balance, there was also a lot of controversy between the white population-heavy Northern states and the predominantly black southern states. In order to get more delegate power in the House of Representatives, the southern population reached a compromise known as the "Three Fifths Compromise", where every slave counted as three fifths of a person. (This is somewhat ironic as the Dred Scott Decision later ruled that slaves imported from Africa did not count as American citizens.)

The Executive Branch had the power to pass legislation from the Legislative Branch, but could also veto it. However, if two thirds of the Legislative Branch revoted on the bill it becomes law.

The Judicial Branch has the right to rule any piece of legislation unconstitutional. Such decisions include Gibbons v. Ogden.

Answer 4

because they did not want practice any more those kinds of powers.

Answer 5

The writers of the US Constitution put into practice the idea of separation of powers through a system of checks and balances.