A mere demarcation on parchment of the constitutional limits of the several departments is not a sufficient guard against those encroachments which lead to a tyrannical concentration of all the powers of government in the same hands. -James Madison, The Federalist, No. 48 There are two points in Madisons statement above: 1) The words alone of the Constitution have no efficacy in and of themselves to be effective, they must be enforced; and 2) maintaining the constitutional limits of the different branches of government the separation of powers is crucial to avoiding tyranny.
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