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The new Constitution was based on separation of powers (70) and checks and balances (70), keeping the legislature (66), the executive (67), and the judiciary distinct but allowing each some power over the others. The independence of the branches and the checks between them were enhanced by such institutions as the bicameral legislature (66), the Electoral College (68), judicial power (69), and the practice of judicial review (69), though the latter are not mentioned explicitly in the Constitution. The founders provided for amendability (72), should circumstances require that the Constitution be changed in the future.