By the first article, all legislative power “shall be vested in a Congress.” By the second article, the “executive power shall be vested in a President.” And by the third article, “the judicial power shall be vested” in the courts.
Mann outlines the distribution of powers in the U.S. Constitution, emphasizing the separation of legislative, executive, and judicial powers.
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