it's not just that - it assumed that the courts and legislature would not consent to losing their power. electing a bunch of pathetic apparatchiks to the legis

it's not just that - it assumed that the courts and legislature would not consent to losing their power. electing a bunch of pathetic apparatchiks to the legislature and letting the Heritage Foundation choose a bunch of lunatics for the courts is why there's no counterbalancing force. the Founders assumed the other branches of government would have some self-respect.