To act as a check on the power of the different branches of government, so that one of them can't become too powerful. The founding fathers feared a monarchy like the one they had just worked so hard to gain independence from.
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Separation of Powers Separation of Powers
Separation of powers is what dividing the powers of government is called.
The government would have become a tyranny if there was no separation of powers
Judicial activism weakens the separation of powers by involving the Court in what are traditionally executive and legislative functions. Judicial restraint reinforces separation of powers.
involves the separation of executive, legislative and judicial branches of government.