The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. The Supreme Court is the only branch of government that has the right and duty to interpret the Constitution. In interpreting the Constitution it is right and proper to examine the purpose and intent of the writers. That purpose and intent are found in the Federalist papers. The Constitution as written includes by implication, whatever powers are needed to implement any legitimate end within its scope.
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely' .
Beteen each State and the Federal government. By splitting government entities into three branches and by splitting the legislative branch into two chambers, the House and the Senate. Some argue that lawyers, being ' officers of the court ', are part of the judiciary and therefore automatically prohibited under the separation of powers concept, from elective office outside it. While this argument has merit, opponents could easily work around it by simply changing the designation ' officer of the court ' to something else. Furthermore the US Constitution does not require any member of the Judiciary to be a lawyer.