The framers of the Constitution ... power, adopting the philosophy of divide and conquer. At the national level, they created three different branches of government to administer three different ...

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. The Tenth Amendment expresses the ...

THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further ...

Checks and balances had a role in ensuring a more meaningful separation of powers for they helped ensure that no one branch would dominate. Once one recognizes that the Constitution does not ...