In order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty, George Washington and 54 other aristocrats planned a government for the U. S. consisting of three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. It did not occur to them to create a fourth branch—inquisitorial. In the course of nearly 150 years politicians have learned a lot, and one thing they have learned is that there is nothing more effective politically than a good hot investigation.
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