1.How do the systems of separation of powers and checks and balances limit the power of government? Give an example of how each branch can "check" that power.

2. In Federalist No. 47, James Madison wrote the following: "…Montesquieu was guided…in saying 'There can be no liberty where the legislative and executive powers are united erin the same person, or body'…he did not mean that these departments ought to have…no CONTROL over the acts of each other.

Explain the passage in your own words and how this passage is related to the concept of checks and balances.