That oversight of executive action which Parliament had not yet had the spirit or the inclination to exert, and which it had forfeited its independence by not exerting, was forever secured to our federal upper chamber by the fundamental law.
Wilson emphasizes the importance of legislative oversight in the U.S. Constitution compared to British governance.
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