It is important for the three branches of government to share power in order to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful and potentially abusing its authority. This system of checks and balances ensures that each branch can limit the powers of the other branches, helping to maintain a stable government and protect the rights of citizens. By sharing power, the branches can hold each other accountable and promote transparency in decision-making processes.
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The founding fathers were trying to avoid a government like the one they had left, and were fighting. They didn't think one person should have that much power.
The Executive Branch of Government was made the weakest of the 3. If you get enough support in congress you can check the president, and override his/her veto of a bill.
Our Constitution architects created a fundamental principle underlying the strength and tension of the federal government. No one wanted anyone else to become too powerful. So for almost every power they granted one branch of government, they created an equal power of control for the other two. The legislature could "check" the power of the President; the Supreme Court could "check" the power of Congress
, and so on maintaining a 'balance" among the three branches.
In the United States of America, the concept of having three separate branches of government that share power is referred to as the "Separation of Powers". For the United States of America, those branches are the Legislative (i.e., Congress and Senate), Judicial (i.e, the Supreme Court), and the Executive (i.e., the President).
They are all together and share power by all.
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The job of the president is to enforce the laws. The job of Congress is to legislate laws. Together they do the business of the government. The president doesn't share power with congress, but has his own duties. Congress checks his power by not passing laws, not approving appointments, approving the budget or not, and he needs approval of congress to declare war. Constitution tries to make a balance of power between the branches. Sometimes one branch will try to gain more power from other branches. Watergate changed the office of the president and it's power.
all three branches are powerful but the executive branch has the most power