Question

Which of the following excerpts from the Constitution best demonstrates the constitutional principle of separation of powers? (1 point)
"All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States."
"The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided."
"Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the
United States."
"No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United
• States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen."

Answer 1

"All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States."

Reason: this clause explicitly assigns legislative authority to a separate branch (Congress), illustrating the separation of powers.