The third branch, the judicial power, the application of law to particular situations exercised by independent judges. ... The federalists, a group of men writing newspaper essays to answer the anti-federalists attacks on the Constitution, gave notice that the best way to stop tyranny is by creating a system of check and balances. ... The people can vote for whom they chose in the Senate and in the House of Representatives, and all those representatives can vote for the President in the Electoral College. ...

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