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Thursday, December 3, 2009

Review of U.S. of Branches Government


They came from the Ratification of the Constitution in 1790 when delegates thought of new ideas to add. The United States Constitution divides government into three separate and distinct branches: the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches. The concept of separate branches with distinct powers is known as separation of powers. That doctrine arose from the writings of several European philosophers. The Englishman John Locke first pioneered the idea, but he only suggested a separation between the executive and legislative. The Frenchman Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, added the judicial branch. The U.S. Branches of Government show order and blance of the laws in the U.S.A.




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