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Why did the Framers establish the Legislative Branch in Article I of the Constitution?

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The Federal Convention needed Congress to forward the Constitution on to the state ratification conventions. People would be more comfortable with a strong executive after they saw legislative checks on executive powers. Congress would be the first branch of the new government.

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