According to Ferrara, "the claim that the Framers created a 'limited government' of 'checks and balances' borders on the ridiculous".<ref>Liberty, the God That Failed: Policing the Sacred and Constructing the Myths of the Secular State, from Locke to Obama, p. 180</ref> | According to Ferrara, "the claim that the Framers created a 'limited government' of 'checks and balances' borders on the ridiculous".<ref>Liberty, the God That Failed: Policing the Sacred and Constructing the Myths of the Secular State, from Locke to Obama, p. 180</ref> |