Separation of Power

• Create multiple parts in a government (we call these different parts branches)

• Give different parts of the power of government to those branches

• No one person/group is too powerful

​Two Big Ideas that Helped Organize Power in the Constitution

​Checking Power

• Build in actions that different branches can take to limit each other's power

• If one branch tries to do something they shouldn’t, other branches can take action to stop them