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1.2.ThedefinitionofChecksandBalances.V
WhatGuaranteedtheUnitedStatestoSelecttheChecksandBalances.VII
2.1Theprofoundlessonsduringthefederaldistributionofpower.VII
TheComplexSocialBackgroundaftertheWarofIndependence.VIII
TheU.S.Politicians’ThinkingontheChecksandBalances.IX
TheReasonWhyAmericaNotChooseAConstitutionalMonarchy.XI
3.TheChecksandBalancesinAmerica.XII
3.1.TheBalancebetweentheGovernmentandthePeople.XII
3.2.TheBalancebetweentheFederalandtheState.XII
3.3.TheChecksandBalancesEmbodyintheLegislativeandExecutivePower.XIII
3.4.JudicialPowerhastheChecksandBalanceswithLegislatureandExecutivePowerdepartments.XIV
4.Conclusion.XVI
ChecksandBalancesIstheBasisofAmericanPolicy
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Abstract
TheideaofseparationofpowerswasoriginallyproposedbyLockeandMontesquieu.Montesquieuhadsystematicallydescribeditscontent.Hisideologyofseparationofpowershademphasizedthedivisionofpower,andalsostressedonthechecksandbalancesofpower,whichhadaprofoundimpactontheU.Sestablishmentofseparationofpowers.TheChecksandBalancesmechanismintheUnitedStatesisaformofpoliticalorganizationwhichwasestablishedin1787tomeettheneedsofthedevelopmentofcapitalismintheUnitedStatesConstitution.Dividingthestatepowerintothreepartsaslegislative,executiveandjudicialpowersisthemaincontentofChecksandBalances.AndeachpartofpowerisrespectivelyexercisedbyCongress,thepresidentandthecourt.Thesethreepowersareindependent,mutuallyrestrainingandbalancingoneachother.TheChecksandBalancesisasynthesisofboththedivisionandcontainmechanismoftheUnitedStatesConstitution.200yearsofAmericanhistoryhasprovedthatChecksandBalancesisthebasisofAmericanpolicy.IthasmaintainedtheU.Ssocialstabilityandpromotedsocialdevelopment.
Keywords:
AmericaChecksandBalancesBasis
WhatIstheChecksandBalances.
ThehistoryofthedevelopmentofChecksandBalances.
Thethinkingofseparationofpowershasalonghistoryinthewest.InancientGreece,Aristotleputforwardtheconceptofamixedsystemofgovernment.Hebelievedthecountryshouldhavetherulesofprocedure,administrativepowerandjudicialpower.Aristotle’sgoalistobalancetheinterestsofallsectorsinsocietyandbutnotliketheseparationofpowersofthevariousdepartmentsofthestate,anditdidnothavethemodernsenseoftheChecksandBalances.ButhisidealaidtheideologicalfoundationforthegenerationofthemodernthinkingofChecksandBalances.
ItwasLockewhowastheBritishbourgeoisthinkerfirstlyputforwardthedecentralizedideologyastheorganizingprincipleofthestate’spoliticalsystem.TheKingenjoyedalltherightsinthatfeudalautocracy.Inthe17thcentury,theEnglishbourgeoisrevolutionbrokeout.ThekingWilliamhadreceivedandsignedtwobills:
TheBillofRightandTheSuccessionOrdinance,andthentheyestablishedtheBritishseparationofpowerswastheprincipleoftheconstitutionalmonarchy.Onthisbasis,Lockeproposedaseriesofpropositions,includingtheseparationoflegislativeandexecutivepower.LegislativepowerbelongedtoCongress,andkinghadtheexecutivepower.Andthelegislativepowerwashigherthanexecutivepower.Locke’smainpurposeistoconsolidatetheresultsofthebourgeoisrevolution.It’sofveryprogressivesignificanceinthattime.
Andtillthetimeoftheseventiesandeightiesof18thcenturyinAmerica.ThroughthediscussionfromThomasJefferson,AlexanderHamiltonandThomasPaine,thedecentralizationasawholepartwhichwasconstantlyimprovedandeventuallyestablishedintheU.SConstitution.Anditgeneratedacleverandsimplesystemwhichprotectedhuman’sfreedom.ThegreatexperimentofformalseparationofpowersobtainedagreatsuccessintheUnitedStates,andthentheChecksandBalancesonlytogettherecognitionoftheworld.
1.2.ThedefinitionofChecksandBalances.
“Freegovernmentbuiltonsuspicionnotontrust.”—byThomasJefferson.[1]Theframerssmartlysetvariousobstaclessothatthepowercannotbeconcentratedinthehandsofanyonepersonoronedepartmenttoavoidabuseorrashness.Thewaytocontrolistoenableeachdepartmenttoplayaroleinothersectors.Theabilitycandelayorevenpreventtheactionsofotherdepartmentsthenenablethemtorestricteachotherandformthebalanceofpowerbetween.
Toguaranteeseparationofpowers,theFoundersbuiltinoverlappingpowerscalledChecksandBalances.Madisonsuggestedthat“thegreatsecurityagainstagradualconcentrationoftheseveralpowersinthesamedepartmentconsistsingivingthosewhoadministereachdepartmentthenecessaryconstitutionalmeansandpersonalmotivestoresistencroachmentsbytheothers.Ambitionmustbemadetocounteractambition.”[2]Tothatend,eachbranchwasgivensomeauthorityovertheothers.Ifonebranchabuseditspower,theothercouldusetheircheckstothwartit.
Withfederalism,separationofpowers,andchecksandbalances,theFoundersexpectedconflict.Theyinvitedthepartsofgovernmenttostruggleagainsteachotherinordertolimiteachother’sabilitytodominateall.Atthesametime,theFoundershopedfor”balancedgovernment.”Thenationalandstategovernmentswouldrepresentdifferentinterests.TheHousewouldrepresentthe“common”peopleandthelargestates;
theSenate,thewealthypeopleandthesmallstates;
thepresident,allthepeople;
andtheSupremeCourt,theConstitution.Thepartsofgovernmentwouldhavetocompromisetogetanythingaccomplished.Althougheachpartwouldstruggleformorepower,itcouldnotaccumulateenoughtodominatetheothers.Eventually,itsleaderswouldhavetocompromiseandadoptpoliciesintheinterestofallofthepartsandtheirconstituencies.Paradoxically,then,theFoundersexpectednarrowconflicttoproducebroaderharmony.
WhatGuaranteedtheUnitedStatestoSelecttheChecksandBalances.
2.1Theprofoundlessonsduringthefederaldistributionofpower.
IntheWarofIndependence,the13statesinNorthAmericaformedaloosecombinationonthebasisoftheFederalTreatyin1777.AndthisisthefederalperiodbeforetheUnitedStatesestablishment.ThecompositionoffederalstatesseparatedthepowerswiththethinkingofseparationofpowersfromMontesquieu.ButonbasedonthefearofadministrativetyrannyofBritishcolonialrule,eachstateempoweredthemainpowerofgovernmentonthelegislature,andmadethelegislativepower,administrativepowerandjudicialpowerwereextremelylopsided.Itdidmutualrestraint,butresultingtheabuseofrightsinthelegislaturewithoutscruple.Thenpeoplerealizedtheconcentrationofpoweronthelegislatureremainedabuseofrightandcannoteliminatetheauthoritarian.RightsdivisioninthefederalperiodcanberegardedasanattemptoftheUnitedStatestoestablishChecksandBalances.
TheComplexSocialBackgroundaftertheWarofIndependence.
AftertheWarofIndependence,whereandhowtheformof13stateswhichjoinedinthefederalcriminaltimewouldgo?
ThisisthefirstproblemthatthefoundingfathersoftheUnitedStatesshouldsolve.Atthatsociety,ethnicconflictshadbeenresolved.TheinternalcontradictionoftheU.Shighlighted.Itshowedonthefiercestrugglebetweendifferentclassesanddifferentinterestgroups,especiallyontheissueofestablishingwhatkindofgovernment.Finallythebourgeoisiethathadabundantstrengthgainthevictory.Thefederalgovernmentexistedonlyinnameonthebrinkofthecollapseofstateswhichmaintainedthestatesstartingfromtheinterestsofrulingclique.The13statescombatedeachotherandstruggledwiththeCommonwealthHeadsinunion.Congresshadbecomeadeaderodedagency.Lookatthesituationfromabroad,theBritish-ledforeignpowerswereassaultingontheindependenceoftheUnitedStates.Underthiscomplexformofsociety,ononehandeachstatetriedtosafeguardtheinterestsoftherulingcliquesothattheoriginalfederalgovernmentlivedonlyinname;
ontheotherhand,thestatesalsorealizedit’snecessarytoformaunifiedstatepowertomaintainthesurvivalofemergingsovereignstate.
TheU.S.constitutionalfoundingmembersbeganfurthersystematizingandAmericanizingthetheoryofMontesquieu,andestablishedtheprincipleofChecksandBalances.TheUnitedStatesmustestablishaunifiedstrongstatepowerbutcannotahighlytotalitariangovernment.Thissituationreflectednotonlytheconstraintsoffederalism—therestraintfromlocalauthoritytothecentralauthority,butalsoreflectedintheauthoritywhichsettheseparationofpowers.Thatisjudicial,legislativeandexecutivepower,containingeachother,whichmadethevariousgrouphavefelttheconstrainttoothersandtheprotectionoftheirinterests.Basedontheneedatthattime,the13statesurgentlyneedtobeintheformofanappropriatecombinationtosolveinternalandexternalproblem.ChecksandBalanceswasthebestchoicefortheframers.
TheU.S.Politicians’ThinkingontheChecksandBalances.
ThethinkersandpoliticiansinthetimeofestablishmentoftheAmericanWarofIndependenceandthefederalperiod,ThomasJeffersonandAlexanderHamiltonandotherpeoplebegantheblueprintfortheChecksandBalancesoftheUnitedStatesinthefuture.JeffersoninheritedthethinkingofseparationofpowersofMontesquieu.Headvocatedth
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