But it is equally certain, I think, they they ought to have been still greater, or much less. The limitations upon them in the cases of war, treaties, and appointments to office, and especially the limitation on the president's independence as a branch of the legislative, will be the destruction of this constitution, and involve us in anarchy, if not amended. A simple sovereignty in one, a few, or many, has no balance, and therefore no laws. A divided sovereignty without a balance, or in other words, where the division is unequal, is always at war, and consequently has no laws. The house and senate are equal, but the third branch, though essential, is not equal.
Power naturally grows.
Because human passions are insatiable. The legislative power will increase, the executive will diminish. Indeed, I think the aristocratical power is greater than either the monarchical or democratical. That will, therefore, swallow up the other two. The Works of John Adams .