The branches work against eachother when it comes to laws. The legislative branch makes laws, but the President can veto those laws with a Presidential Veto. The legislative branch makes laws, but the judicial branch can declare those laws unconstitutional.
As a result of Supreme Court rulings during the Progressive era, much of the Progressives' agency was shot down due to rulings that tended to favor the liberty of the states over the liberty of individuals, such as women and African Americans.
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C. because people who lived in Britain did not have to pay taxes