Question

How is james madison’s plan for “ambition to counteract ambition” reflected in our system of separated powers?

Answer 1

The idea of it is the idea of checks and balances. You separate the three powers and make them powerful. If one does something bad, or tries to, they get countered by another branch. The executive and the legislative choose the judicial, the judicial resolves the executive and the legislative, and so on and so forth, it's like a circle.