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The phrase "a separation of powers" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to the division of government powers among different branches, such as the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Example: The United States Constitution is based on the principle of a separation of powers, with the president, Congress, and the Supreme Court each having distinct responsibilities and checks on each other's power.
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Why do we have a separation of powers?
"Judges cannot claim a separation of powers issue here.
"That's why there's a separation of powers," David Wright said.
This is not a separation of powers issue.
The attempt to found such immunity upon a separation of powers argument is particularly unconvincing.
This isn't about a separation of powers — as Spicer claimed Tuesday — or anything else.
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The demands by Hastert and Pelosi further escalated a separation-of-powers conflict between Congress and the White House.
So this isn't (as some have been framing it) a Republican-versus-Democratic fight, it's really a separation-of-powers fight between the legislative and executive branch.
The United States is a separation-of-powers system within which the chief executive has substantially less power over domestic policy than, say, a British prime minister.
In its appeal to the California Supreme Court, the Brown administration is making the state attorney general a separation-of-powers issue.
At its core, this is a separation-of-powers revolution, one that happens to be playing out now on the field of states' rights but is not likely to stay confined to that battleground.
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