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An elective despotism was not the government we fought for; but one in
which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among
the several bodies of magistracy as that no one could transcend their
legal limits without being effectually checked and restrained by the
others.
-- Quote from Madison...
Do we really have that balance today? Discuss...