Strike against Tyranny
How to guard against tyranny
Federalism
How it guards the US of tyranny: Federalism divides the government into two seperate governments branches, which checks eachother because they both have different abilities so one doesnt have too many. The state government have more local abilities within that state so the government can't interfere with the state and the state can't interfere with other states and doesnt become more powerful over other states. The national government has national abilities instead of single state abilities so it can only change things nationally instead of making a state do something.
Seperation of Powers
Definition: Seperating the government into three branches.
How it guards against tyranny: Seperating the branches divides up the government evenly so the government doesnt have supreme power, Legislative, Executive, Judicial. Dividing the branches means that instead of one huge vote it goes through each branch that can veto it, declare it constitutional, etc. and can check eachother so one doesnt become to powerful by a system called checks and balances.