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Instead of placing authority in the hands of one person, like a king, or even a small group of people, the U.S. constitution divides power. Power is first divided between the national, or federal government, and the state and local government under a system known as Federalism. At the Federal level, the constitution again divides power between the three major branches of our federal government—the Legislative, the Executive, and the Judicial. View a special session featuring Father of the Constitution, James Madison!
