...In republican government, the legislative authority necessarily predominates. The remedy for this inconveniency is to divide the legislature into different branches; and to render them, by different modes of election and different principles of action, as little connected with each other as the nature of their common functions and their common dependence on the society will admit. It may even be necessary to guard against dangerous encroachments by still further precautions. As the weight of the legislative authority requires that it should be thus divided, the weakness of the executive may require, on the other hand, that it should be fortified
QUESTION:
In Federalist NO. 51, James Madison's concerns about a powerful legislative branch point to his belief in
A) Federalism
B) Bicameralism
C) Direct Democracy
D) Individual Rights