Gideon's Trumpet to discuss the various powers in the US Government.

The American political system is a complex structure involving many different parties/actors, each group with its own unique goal and unique power. In order produce a new policy or law, it is impossible for one party to do it alone; compromises must be made, and coalitions are usually formed. It is a complex and maybe a confusing process, in certain situation some actor may appear powerful, other times very weak. The case of Gideon …

…groups to support it. What complicates things even further, as shown above, is that in within each group of political actors, there are also many factors which could make one member more powerful than the other. But this all makes sense since there was the fear of having minorities with concentrated power, so the Constitution framers wanted power to be spread out, and clearly they have successfully created a diverse political system with fragmented powers.