Explore the central role that the system of separation of powers, checks and balances, and federalism play in limiting the power of the federal government. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, explains the influences of the philosophy of Montesquieu, John Adams, and James Madison on the development of the separation of powers.

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