... flaw in this method. Fundamental in the U.S. Constitution is the idea of checks and balances, which by the very nature of a congressional elected President, would be put in jeopardy. (Pierce 39). The members of the Congress recognized this and the danger it posed to the system of democracy. Alexander Hamilton, co-author of the Federalist Papers, acknowledged this hazard and stressed in the Federalist Papers No. 68 that unlike Congress, or any other ... permanent body with duties beyond electing the President, the Electoral College should be free to act without influence (Hamilton). Shou...

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... act as a check on other branches. In addition, separation of the branches was intended to ensure judicial independence from political pressures. (Barone and Cohen, 54) Statesman Alexander Hamilton argued in The Federalist papers that "the judiciary is beyond comparison the weakest of the three departments of power."(Bernotas, 113) Because the judiciary lacked the lawmaking or enforcement powers of the other branches, he argued, its authority would rest solely on ... the quality of its judgments. The judicial branch has indeed proved to be the least powerful branch as Hamilton predicted,...

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