In recognition of the fact that vesting all Government power on one source could lead to abuse and mismanagement of power as well as a lack of accountability, the Founding Fathers saw it fit to separate the powers of the Federal Government into 3 branches.
These 3 branches had their own powers which were separate from the other and would allow them to be able to put a check on the powers of the other such that no branch would reign supreme and enforce its policies on the country unilaterally.
An example of this principle is the power of Congress (Legislative) to create laws. The President (Executive) can decide to veto the law by not assenting to it and the Supreme Court (Judiciary) can judge the law to be unconstitutional thereby voiding it even if the President assents to it.
Citations is a short reference that is placed on a certain writing in order to provide the readers with the information that some of the data placed in the writing is taken from outside sources.
The data that included from those outside sources often only in small fractions. So the citation is made so the readers could identify the source and evaluate the data by themselves.
No government has any rights not granted to it by the governed. It may have the power but it would be pretty darn foolish for the people to grant it that power. The people on the other hand have the right to decide on the termination of an undesirable government and or its officials. A sane modern liberal government will have an established procedure for doing this in an orderly, non violent fashion.
