Yes The Branches do have equal power because our founding fathers didn't want any of the branches to become more powerful than the others so they have equal powers, called sep…aration of powers. Each with its own ability according to the Constitution.
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Baron de Montesquieu. This man proposed the separation of powers that became an important element of the United States Constitution. He also believed that political liberty could best be preserved if the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government had equal power.
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Montesquieu did not describe a social contract as such. But he said that the state of war among individuals and nations led to human laws and government. Montesquieu wrote that the main purpose of government is to maintain law and order, political liberty, and the property of the individual.
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Hobbes believed that a government headed by a king was the best form that the sovereign could take. Placing all power in the hands of a king would mean more resolute and consistent exercise of political authority, Hobbes argued.
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Equal is hard to define. In principle, the design of the three-branch government is to provide a check on on the power of each by the other two. However, this design d…oes notspeak to the total power of each branch. The reality is that the balance of power between the three branches varies over time, generally due to the persons involved in each branch. At the current time (2010), it seems that the Executive Branch holds considerably more power than either the Legislative or Judicial branch. Much of that is due to the Executive going out and adding new powers to its portfolio, with the tacit (or sometimes explicit) permission from the other two branches.
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(true or false) One of the main problems under the Articles of Confederation was that there was no direct contact between the central government and the people. The authority of the Confederation rested on the states and not the people as a whole.
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First, Locke argued that natural rights such as life, liberty, and property existed in the state of nature and could never be taken away or even voluntarily given up by individuals. These rights were “inalienable” (impossible to surrender). Locke also disagreed with Hobbes about the social contract.
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In the state of nature, there were no laws or anyone to enforce them. The only way out of this situation, Hobbes said, was for individuals to create some supreme power to impose peace on everyone. Hobbes borrowed a concept from English contract law: an implied agreement.
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The Declaration of Independence. Of these four events, this one was the first one to occur: 1. The Annopolis Meeting, 2. the ratification of the Articles of Confederation, 3. The Constitutiional Conventiion, or 4. the Declaration of Independence.
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(true or false) These items were not considered to be weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation: 1. no executive or president, 2. no court system, 3. no power to tax, 4. one vote per state, and 5. unanimous votes being required.
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who believed that political liberty could best be preserved if the executive legislative, and judicial branches had equal power??
Baron de Montesquieu believed that political liberty could best be preserved if the executive, legislative, and judicial branches had equal power.   Baron De Montesquieu believed that political liberty could best be preserved if the executive legislative, and judicial branches had equal power.