Hawaii Must Maintain the Separation of Powers

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One of the most basic aspects of American democracy is the principle of checks and balances, or separation of powers. This concept, dating back to Aristotle in ancient Greece, greatly influenced our founding fathers when they wrote the United States Constitution.

By separating the powers of government into three branches — the executive, the legislative and the judicial — the Constitution guards against what has been called “the tyranny of the majority.”

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