The second answer would have to be correct, because I believe this is focused on the Paleolithic Era.
Answer:
voluntary self-punishment inflicted as an outward expression of repentance for having done wrong.
The answer would be : The Constitution
Many thought that congress is the one who limit the power of Government since they have the capabilities to decline a bill. But the highest hierarchy of power within every democratic countries fall to its constitution.
Whatever the congress and the Government planned on doing, it absolutely cannot stray from the constitution
