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Despite its imperfections, the US Constitution's very measured and explicit introduction of independent branches of government with checks and balances between
by kcorbitt 13y ago
Despite its imperfections, the US Constitution's very measured and explicit introduction of independent branches of government with checks and balances between them strikes me as one of the greatest political innovations of all time. It's right up there with representative rule.
- thrill 13y agoThe Constitution also envisioned limited government.
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- aestra 13y agoThe United States did not invent that idea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers
- saraid216 13y agoI'm just going to leave this here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6661282 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6661282