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Rewriting the Constitution
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Forsyth County News
Back in the late 1700s, when our nation was established, the Founding Fathers came up with a unique system of checks and balances. The government was structured in three parts — an executive branch, headed by the president; a legislative branch, with two houses; and a judicial branch, headed by the Supreme Court. The concept was to divide the powers of government among the three.