Who has the majority of power in a federal system.

In the federal system, no branch has the majority of power due to the check and balance system.With checks and balances, each of the three branches of government can limit the powers of the others.

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”