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As far as I understand it, in the balance between the Hamiltonian/Jeffersonian stances the branches were to have varying degree of influence from the Public Will. The Senate, not so much, the House of Reps a whole lot, the Executive some but filtered through the Electoral College, and the Judicial really none at all, at least on the Supreme Court level (but then again Judicial Review is another issue entirely). It's fairly elegant and matched against the needs of the post-colonial era. It's changed over time - and not really for the better, although Judicial Review is arguably an improvement. Maybe. I'd argue that the Executive has actually more influence from the general population despite the electoral college (thanks to a concern and weight put on polls and so forth) and the Legislature has become more distant from real world public influence (see recent vote on bailing out wall street e.g.)