Checks and Balances

The government has a separation of power which is shared among three branches.These three branches are executive, legislative and judicial. Each branch is independent so that no one branch takes control. This can also be called checks and balances a way to keep 1 branch from becoming too powerful. The executive branch can propose laws and veto bills to the legislative branch but the legislative branch can override the veto with a ⅔ vote in both houses to the executive branch. The judicial branch can declare treaties unconstitutional to the legislative branch but the legislative branch can impeach judges to the judicial branch.  

Separation of power and checks and balances are really important because without this rules all the power would be in one pair of hands. With the power shared, each branch would need the consent of the other. If this rules would not exist all the power would just be to one branch. And the one that would benefit the most would only be that branch since that one is the one that has all the power.