Our nation’s fourth President James Madison, writing in “The Federalist Papers” (“Federalist 51” to be precise) said:

“If men were angels, no government would be necessary.  If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.  In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government……”

This is why there must be “separation of powers,” a sensible and consistent balance between the Legislative branch (Congress), the Executive branch (the Presidency) and the Judicial branch (the courts, especially federal courts) and why those powers must be limited.   The intent of the founders and framers was that the power remain with the People.