...republics, and various principles had been discovered that tended to make such a government possible: The regular distribution of power into distinct departments;...composed of judges holding their offices during good behavior; the representation of the people in the legislature by deputies of their own election . ....

...excellences of republican government may be retained and its imperfections lessened or avoided." He wrote: "The regular distribution of power into distinct departments;...composed of judges holding their offices during good behavior; the representation of the people in the legislature by deputies of their own election; these...

...efficacy of various principles," as Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) wrote in The Federalist No. 9, "[being] now well understood, which were either not known at all, or imperfectly known to the ancients.") Modesty has proved to have been as becoming to the convention as it was realistic. As early as the...

...indefensible. The science of politics, however, like most other sciences, has received great improvement. The efficacy of various principles is now well understood,...composed of judges, holding their offices during good behavior— the representation of the people in the legislature by deputies of their own election —...

...sciences, has received great improvement. The efficacy of various principles is now well underst00d, which were either not known at all, or imperfectly...courts composed of judges, holding their offices during g00d behavior; the representation of the people in the legislature, by deputies of their own election;...

...they were kept in a state of perpetual vibration between the extremes of tyranny and anarchy. . . . The regular distribution of power into distinct departments;...composed of judges holding their offices during good behavior; the representation of the people in the legislature by deputies of their own election . ....

...like most other sciences has received great improvement. The efficacy of various principles is now understood, which were either not known at all, or...departments — the introduction of legislative balances — the institution of courts composed of judges, holding their offices during good behavior — the...

...republicanism itemized the following points, taken largely from the Calvinistic states of Geneva and Holland: "the regular distribution of power into distinct departments;...composed of judges holding their offices during good behavior; [and] the representation of the people in the legislature by deputies of their own election"...

...modern times. The central principle of the five essays that define the new American constitutionalism is "the institution of courts composed of judges holding their offices during good behavior."16 Hamilton further emphasizes independent judging when arguing that the Constitution at...

...indefensible. The science of politics, however, like most other sciences, has received great improvement. The efficacy of various principles is now well understood,...introduction of legislative balances and checks; the insti-, tution of courts composed of judges holding their offices during good behavior; the representation...