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In order to lay a due foundation for that separate and distinct exercise of the different powers of government, which to a certain extent is admitted on all hands to be essential to the preservation of liberty, it is evident that each department should have a will of its own; and consequently should be so constituted that the members of each should have as little agency as possible in the appointment of the members of the others. . . . It is equally evident, that the members of each department should be as little dependent as possible on those of the others, for the emoluments annexed to their offices.

What is Madison’s primary motivation in the separation of powers in the national government? Do the provisions outlined in the Constitution line up with Madison’s reasoning? Why or why not? Your response should be one paragraph in length.

Madison's motivation to establish a just seperation of powers is for the "preservation of liberty", to remain the claimed title of being America the free. The provisions giving these checks and balances for each group to be autonomous but not too controlling over the other fuels Madisons reasoning well. Madison states that evry department should have their own governing party, with "little agency as possible in the appointment of the members of others" eliminating the nepotism they saw in the British monarchy.

Madison believed that keeping the three branches separated was fundamental to the preservation of liberty. He wrote: "The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many... may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny."

James Madison theorized that as it is the Constitution that grants each branch its power, honorable ambition that ultimately serves the highest interests of the people could work to

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