ABSTRACT
In framing a government which is to he administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself
—James Madison Federalist No. 51
The constitutional convention of 1787 is supposed to have created a government of "separated powers" It did nothing of the sort. Rather, it created a government of separated institutions sharing powers.
