...explained the benefit of our system of divided power better than Justice Louis Brandéis: The doctrine of separation of powers was adopted by the Convention...inevitable friction incident to the distribution of governmental powers among three departments, to save the people from autocracy.217 Arbitrary exercise...

...Brandeis noted in his dissent in Myers v. United States (1926), the purpose of the Constitution is "not to avoid friction, but, by means of the inevitable...three departments, to save the people from autocracy." Under this philosophy of Government, the Constitution has endured and prospered. It is argued that...

...Brandeis noted in his dissent in Myers v. United Slates (1926), the purpose of the Constitution is "not to avoid friction, but, by means of the inevitable...three departments, to save the people from autocracy." 28-279 O— 90 30 Recent decades, however, have witnessed sharp critiques of separation of powers in...

...willingly sacrificed speed, secrecy, and efficiency. But as Justice Brandeis explained, "[t]he doctrine of separation of powers was adopted by the Convention...efficiency but to preclude the exercise of arbitrary power."56 By knowingly trading losses in efficiency, the Framers opted for gains in interbranch consultation,...

...States impotent to cope with complex problems."4 In 1926, Justice Louis Brandeis could still remark that "[t]he doctrine of the separation of powers was adopted...departments, to save the people from autocracy."" At the very time Brandeis wrote these lines, however, powerful forces of the Progressive movement had...

...willingly sacrificed speed, secrecy, and efficiency. But as Justice Brandeis explained, "[t]he doctrine of separation of powers was adopted by the Convention...efficiency but to preclude the exercise of arbitrary power."56 By knowingly trading losses in efficiency, the Framers opted for gains in interbranch consultation,...

...of extreme gravity, leading to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. >M As Justice Brandeis once said, "The doctrine of the separation of powers was adopted by the Convention of 1 787, not to promote efficiency but to preclude the exercise of arbitrary power. The purpose was not...

...of extreme gravity, leading to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. IM As Justice Brandeis once said, "The doctrine of the separation of powers was adopted by the Convention of 1 787, not to promote efficiency but to preclude the exercise of arbitrary power. The purpose was not...

...F75, p. 504. 7 Compare Mr. Justice Brandeis, dissenting, in Myers v. United States, 272 US 52 (1926), at 293: "The doctrine of the separation of powers...three departments, to save the people from autocracy." But consider, for example, F75, p. 507, where Hamilton presents an argument against admitting the House...

...constitutionalism. A century and a half after the country's founding, Justice Louis Brandeis was to write, "The doctrine of the separation of powers was adopted...1787 not to promote efficiency but to preclude the arbitrary exercise of power — not to avoid friction but by means of the inevitable friction incident...