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Quotation from United States v. Nixon by Supreme Court of the United States
“While the Constitution diffuses power the better to secure liberty, it also contemplate that practice will integrate the dispersed powers into a workable government. It enjoins upon its branches separateness but interdependence, autonomy but reciprocity.”
United States v. Nixon, Opinion of the Court (Burger, C.J.), Part IV-B (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Quoting Justice Jackson's Youngstown concurrence, Burger describes how the branches must cooperate; the library text reads contemplate where the U.S. Reports print contemplates.
Citation: "While the Constitution diffuses power the better to secure liberty, it also contemplate that practice will integrate the dispersed powers into a workable government. It enjoins upon its branches separateness but interdependence, autonomy but reciprocity." — Supreme Court of the United States, United States v. Nixon, Opinion of the Court (Burger, C.J.), Part IV-B (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id united-states-v-nixon-q4)
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