I have appealed to our own experience for the truth of what I advance on this subject [that the legislative power is the predominant power]. Were it necessary to verify this experience by particular proofs, they might be multiplied without end. I might find a witness in every citizen who has shared in, or been attentive to, the course of public administrations. ✨ Federalist No. 48. These Departments Should Not Be So Far Separated as to Have No Constitutional Control Over Each Other by James Madison, www.congress.gov. February 1, 1788.
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