> It’s often stated that in theory each branch of government is equal Not by myself (above), but yes, sometimes others say this > in practice the idea of the

> It’s often stated that in theory each branch of government is equal Not by myself (above), but yes, sometimes others say this > in practice the idea of the constitution splitting power into three exactly equivalent portions is kind of silly. I wouldn't use the word 'silly'. I would say that any such design goal of a constitution would be (a) tricky to implement and (b) probably impossible to convince the public that it was 'equivalent' because doing so would require value judgments (norms).