...such a patronizing system where the executive and the legislative powers overlap. Montesquieu wrote: "when the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the...

...separation of powers is not possible. He construes Montesquieu's maxims that "there can be no liberty where the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or body of magistrates" or "if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers"...

...to the doctrine of the separation of powers as formulated by Montesquieu in his Spirit of the Laws. "When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates," Montesquieu wrote, "there can be no liberty."40 "Constant experience,"...

...which Montesquieu was guided, it may clearly be inferred that in saying 'There can be no liberty where legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or body or magistrate,' or 'if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers,'...

...also greatly influenced by the views of Montesquieu, the French lawyer and politician, who wrote that "when the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty."52 And throughout its deliberations, the...

...oracle who is always consulted" on separation of powers, maintained that "there can be no liberty where the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or body of magistrates."82 100 The most infamous example of that dynamic occurred when FDR authorized the mass...