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The Supreme Court generally treads lightly in "separation of powers" cases, where one of the three branches of government is being subjected to the dictates of another.
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Checks and balances between the three branches of government protect the individual's rights by limiting the powers of the state, but make the individual subject to the law.
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Under our founding document, powers were divided at the center into three branches of government and were diffused again among states and municipalities.
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Each of the entities was given rights that may infringe on powers vested in at least one of the three traditional branches of American government, and thus to constitutional checks on power, according to the plaintiffs.
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