In the news, the people of Hong Kong haven't been treated well by their so called democracy. According to Boston Globe, The people demand for more democracy, including the right to choose Hong Kong's political leaders without interference from Beijing. The Chinese government, for its part, wants to keep democratic demands in check and maintain some control over Hong Kong politics. Another issue at hand is that in 2017, the people of Hong Kong are supposed to gain the right to elect their own chief executive, the leader of Hong Kong. Last month, however, the Chinese government announced that all candidates would need to be pre-approved by a committee friendly to the Chinese Communist Party. What this means is that the people of Hong Kong want the current chief executive to resign, and they want free elections beginning in 2017. Instead they are being ignored by the so called democratic Chinese government. So a question comes to mind, what prevents this from happening in America?.
One thing that prevents what's happening in Hong Kong in America is the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America. The Constitution, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government. Its first three articles entrench the doctrine of the separation of powers, whereby the federal government is divided into three branches so that the power is divided equally. The three branches of government are the legislative, consisting of the bicameral Congress, the executive, consisting of the President, and the judicial, consisting of the Supreme Court and other federal courts. This prevents the problem of power in a country. .
Another thing that prevents what's happening in Hong Kong in America is the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.