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King Louis XIV, attributed with the quote below, believed that the law was whatever he said it was. “I am the State!” –King Louis XIV How did the Founding Fathers hope to prevent such unchecked government power?

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Bicameral legislative branch, judiciary powers of the judicial branch, checks and balance
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