Separation of Powers

Separation of Powers- a principle that creates three branches of government to avoid one branch from having too much power.

Metaphor- The separation of powers are like basketball referees. The separation of powers can limit one branches powers but if there was one branch that had all the power they could do what ever they choose to and dominate that government. In basketball if there was only one basketball referee and they wanted a certain team to win they could decide the outcome of the game by calling unruly fouls. But with multiple referees it limits the power of that one referee and that one referee wouldn't be able to call such biased fouls.