| | The three branches of government are the [[Legislative branch]], the [[Judicial branch]] and the [[Executive branch]]. The Legislative branch consists of the two houses of [[Congress]]: [[United States Senate|The Senate]] and [[United States House of Representatives|The House of Representatives]]. The Judicial Branch consists of the Federal Court System led by the [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court]]. The Executive branch consists of the [[President of the United States|President]] and his [[Cabinet]]. | | The three branches of government are the [[Legislative branch]], the [[Judicial branch]] and the [[Executive branch]]. The Legislative branch consists of the two houses of [[Congress]]: [[United States Senate|The Senate]] and [[United States House of Representatives|The House of Representatives]]. The Judicial Branch consists of the Federal Court System led by the [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court]]. The Executive branch consists of the [[President of the United States|President]] and his [[Cabinet]]. |
| − | [[James Madison]], [[America]]'s fourth [[President]], at the [[Constitutional Convention]] in 1787, proposed to set up the three branches of the U.S. government; Judicial, Legislative, Executive. He discovered this as the model, reading {{bibleref|Isaiah|33|22}}: “For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our final judge; He will save us.” Madison wrote: | + | [[James Madison]], [[America]]'s fourth [[President]], at the [[Constitutional Convention]] in 1787, proposed to set up the three branches of the U.S. government; Judicial, Legislative, Executive. He discovered this as the model, reading {{bibleref|Isaiah|33|22}}: “For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our final judge; He will save us.” Madison wrote in [[Federalist No. 47]]: |
| | {{cquote|No political truth is certainly of greater intrinsic value or is stamped with the authority of more enlightened patrons of liberty, than [separation of powers].<ref>https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-10-02-0266</ref>}} | | {{cquote|No political truth is certainly of greater intrinsic value or is stamped with the authority of more enlightened patrons of liberty, than [separation of powers].<ref>https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-10-02-0266</ref>}} |