How The Government in the US is Able to Function

According to Federalist Essays No. 10 and 51, America’s form of government is able to function while still being a republic and a federal government because it is so well able to keep the opposing parts of society and the government from ever taking too much power from the others. The first and foremost way that it is able to do this as seen in FE No. 10, is due to its three way split of power. The government is split into the congressional, judicial and executive branches. These three branches all have the power to check and balance the power of each other. This separation of power is something that is critical and as described is often missing in other forms of previous government that has failed. This system of governing which controls the effect of factions is described as the best solution, compared to the alternatives which include controlling the thoughts of the population, something that is admitted to be impossible due to the underlying differences of humanity. As well as the alternative possibility of removing liberty entirely, something that is in the end contradictory in nature to the original goal. This method of controlling the effects of factions with the a split government means that if one rogue faction is even able to take over one section of the government, they are unable to have any effect upon the other. This fact is later accentuated with the writings contained in FE No. 51, where is it described that the different sections of government are to have little to no influence upon who is in control of the other sections. This is a fact that in essence must be true, otherwise the whole reasoning of having split power within the government is fundamentally flawed, as it can easily be circumvented., These thorough differences are evident within our society with the fact that the judges serving on the supreme court are offered that position for life, meaning they can do their job without having to worry about a new president removing them from power. The two branches of congress have little effect upon who makes up the other half. These separations as described are key to the American government to function, if any of these safeguards were to be removed, the whole excess of the American government would disappear and the dominant faction would quickly seize power eliminating the power and potentially even the existence of any rival minority factions.