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Federalist No. 51, James Madison's concerns about a powerful legislative branch point to his belief in

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In Federalist No. 51, James Madison's concerns about a powerful legislative branch point to his belief in the "separation of powers" between the major branches of government, which protect against any one branch from becoming too powerful. 
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