According to the doctrine of separation of powers, the U.S. Constitution distributed the power of the federal government among these three branches, and built a system of checks and balances to ensure that no one branch could become too powerful.
To gain the southerners' support, Douglas proposed creating two territories in the area–Kansas and Nebraska and repealing the Missouri Compromise line. The question of whether the territories would be slave or free would be left to the settlers under Douglas's principle of popular sovereignty
as such , the triple alliance was not always equal between the three city states and heavily benefitted the aztec . regardless the formation of the triple alliance allows the aztec to expand their empire and eventually take control over large taxes