Why did the Founding Fathers want there to be separation of powers in government? (1 point)

Question

Responses

to ensure the President always had the most power
to ensure the President always had the most power

to ensure no part of government could grow more powerful than another
to ensure no part of government could grow more powerful than another

to ensure the Supreme Court could always impeach the President
to ensure the Supreme Court could always impeach the President

to ensure citizens could never have complete power

Answer 1

The correct response is:

to ensure no part of government could grow more powerful than another.

The Founding Fathers established the separation of powers to create a system of checks and balances, preventing any one branch of government (executive, legislative, or judicial) from becoming too powerful and to protect individual liberties.