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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: their power and their freedom. In others the legislative and
judicial powers are entirely confounded; thus the Senate of New
York, for instance, constitutes in certain cases the Superior
Court of the State. The Federal Constitution, on the other hand,
carefully separates the judicial authority from all external
influences; and it provides for the independence of the judges,
by declaring that their salary shall not be altered, and that
their functions shall be inalienable.
The practical consequences of these different systems may
easily be perceived. An attentive observer will soon remark that
the business of the Union is incomparably better conducted than
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