I would have to agree that separation of powers is a check and balancing of pillars, however I would have to disagree that is to ensure that one is not more powerful than the other. The separation of powers was created and is disperse into three branches, which are the legislative branch, executive branch and the judicial branch. They are meant to work together and generate control. The way I see it is the legislative is the one that generates the law, the legislative enforces it and the judicial branch is the middle person, making sure that whatever law is being created and enforced dose not go against the constitution. For example, in my initial post a talk about the case of “United States v. Alvarez” ( “2011 Term Opinions of the Court”,
