⚖️ Article II — Separation of Powers
- Freddie America
- Dec 14, 2025
- 1 min read
What Article II says (short and powerful)
• Government is divided into three branches:
1. Legislative — makes the law
2. Executive — enforces the law
3. Judicial — interprets the law
• No branch may “attach itself” to another.
That sentence is doing a lot of work.
What this means in real life
• The Governor:
• ❌ Cannot make new law
• ❌ Cannot punish without statutory authority
• ❌ Cannot bypass courts
• Agencies:
• ❌ Cannot invent power not granted by the Legislature
• ❌ Cannot enforce rules that contradict statutes or the Constitution
• Courts:
• ❌ Cannot legislate from the bench
• ❌ Cannot excuse constitutional violations for convenience
🔗 How Articles I and II work together
Think of it like this:
• Article I = What government may not do to you
• Article II = Who is allowed to do what
Together they say:
Even good intentions do not excuse unconstitutional power.

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