what does seperation of powers mean?
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It refers to the splitting of government power so that the government doesn't become too powerful.\n\nThe US government is split into three branches- judicial, legislative, and executive. The Judicial branch reviews laws and hears high court cases. The legislative branch passes new laws. The executive branch carries out laws.\n\nChecks and balences is a related concept that means that the seperated powers have similar amounts of power, so that no one group gains undue influence over the others. \n\nIn the US, the legislative branch can pass laws, but the executive branch (Mr. President) can veto them. In turn, the legislative branch can override the veto, and the judicial branch can declare the law unconstitutional.\n\nThe President can be impeached by the Congress, as can judicial court members.\n\nEtc. etc.
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This difficult because the majority of the cabinet must be chosen from members of the legislature.  This mingling of responsibilities is by definition not a separation of poweres.
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You are of course referring to Article 4 of the U.S. constitution....no cheating...you are going to have to read it to understand state's powers and limitations.....
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"The Constitution nowhere contains an express injunction to preserve the boundaries of the three broad powers it grants, nor does it expressly enjoin maintenance of a system of checks and balances. Yet, it does grant to three separate branches the powers to legislate, to execute, and to adjudicate,"\n\nGo read the rest....
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To restore the balance of power.
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- - - S E P E R A T I O N - - -\n\nI can't think of anything else but to be seperated for a time being and then get back together... \n\nIf the case is too much then we all know that its bad and how do you stop it? SEPERATE THE BAD THING AND MOVE ON!
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The tenth amendement is quite clear: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."\n\nThe federal government slowly has expanded its role through the judiciary branch by overinterpreting laws and by taking powers out of context and to a higher level than was intended.\n\nOne of the cries of the Revolution was that the colonies didn't want to be controlled by a single government thousands of miles away.  So I don't understand why the states allow that same thing now from the Federal government.
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Your question is unclear, however, with the separation of powers the Judiciary has nothing directly to do with statutes as legislated by the Congress.  It is the Congresses job to ensure that they are Constitutional.\n\nOnce enacted and applied, an individual who feels harm from that statute has standing to take it before the court.  Through judicial review that single court case can, through judicial review, make it to the United States Supreme Court.  That court can indirectly then make a decision as to the “rightness” of that statute as adjudicated in that single case.
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I have not yet gone through such decision from the Supreme Court, can you help me to get a copy of short judgment over it. I understand that such powers and authorities are fixed and delegated by the parliament.\n\nHowever in my personal opinion the national government must restrain itsself from intervening in the matters of State / Provincial and Local Governments except in the the matters those may jeopardize unity of a nation in the central monetary areas and defense of borders as well as foreign affairs.
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well, jefferson wrote in the declaration of independence, "when in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another... that governments are instituted among men... deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed... " as justification for the secession of the colonies from the british empire and the creation of a new state.\n\npresumably the same considerations applied to the people of the southern states and their wish to dissolve the political bands which connected them to the republic, especially as when jefferson continued "whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and institute new government... it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government".\n\nseems pretty reasonable to secede from a union based on principles graven in the very document which formed that union.
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it's a russian word that means "council" - used originally to refer to local community councils of workers.  these were (supposedly) regarded as the fundamental government entity under a communist system.\n\ninteresting, isn't it, that the form of government that was in theory all about putting power into the hands of local people and everyday workers has almost-universally has meant huge, absolutist, centralized power?  makes you wonder how communism would've turned out if the guys in charge weren't powermongering jerks.
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In a Parliamentary Democracy, No Single Person is the Boss. Means Country cannot take decisions like going to war etc. on the will of a single authority (Person).\n\nParliament has be taken into confidence and convinced in the favor of decisions.
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Some nations have seperate heads of State and Government. Other nations, such as the United States have one person representing Head of Stateand Government.\n\nIt all depends on the type of government they have; Parlimentarian, Federal Republic, etc.
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(m)\n\nAlienation is estrangement or splitting apart.
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To seperate the U.S. from Great britain.
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Anarchy - a condition of lawlessness or political disorder brought about by the absence of governmental authority. \nCommonwealth - a nation, state, or other political entity founded on law and united by a compact of the people for the common good. \nCommunism - a system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single - often authoritarian - party holds power; state controls are imposed with the elimination of private ownership of property or capital while claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people (i.e., a classless society). \nConfederacy (Confederation) - a union by compact or treaty between states, provinces, or territories, that creates a central government with limited powers; the constituent entities retain supreme authority over all matters except those delegated to the central government. \nConstitutional - a government by or operating under an authoritative document (constitution) that sets forth the system of fundamental laws and principles that determines the nature, functions, and limits of that government. \nConstitutional democracy - a form of government in which the sovereign power of the people is spelled out in a governing constitution. \nConstitutional monarchy - a system of government in which a monarch is guided by a constitution whereby his/her rights, duties, and responsibilities are spelled out in written law or by custom. \nDemocracy - a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but which is usually exercised indirectly through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed. \nDemocratic republic - a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them. \nDictatorship - a form of government in which a ruler or small clique wield absolute power (not restricted by a constitution or laws). \nEcclesiastical - a government administrated by a church. \nFederal (Federative) - a form of government in which sovereign power is formally divided - usually by means of a constitution - between a central authority and a number of constituent regions (states, colonies, or provinces) so that each region retains some management of its internal affairs; differs from a confederacy in that the central government exerts influence directly upon both individuals as well as upon the regional units. \nFederal republic - a state in which the powers of the central government are restricted and in which the component parts (states, colonies, or provinces) retain a degree of self-government; ultimate sovereign power rests with the voters who chose their governmental representatives. \nIslamic republic - a particular form of government adoped by some Muslim states; although such a state is, in theory, a theocracy, it remains a republic, but its laws are required to be compatible with the laws of Islam. \nMaoism - the theory and practice of Marxism-Leninism developed in China by Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung), which states that a continuous revolution is necessary if the leaders of a communist state are to keep in touch with the people. \nMarxism - the political, economic, and social principles espoused by 19th century economist Karl Marx; he viewed the struggle of workers as a progression of historical forces that would proceed from a class struggle of the proletariat (workers) exploited by capitalists (business owners), to a socialist "dictatorship of the proletariat," to, finally, a classless society - communism. \nMarxism-Leninism - an expanded form of communism developed by Lenin from doctrines of Karl Marx; Lenin saw imperialism as the final stage of capitalism and shifted the focus of workers' struggle from developed to underdeveloped countries. \nMonarchy - a government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch who reigns over a state or territory, usually for life and by
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Absolute power corrupts absolutely.\n\nCorruption robs us all