Board of County Commissioners v. Padilla

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• stating that the state guarantee of separation of powers does not apply to the distribution of power within local governments because the *Page 31 threat of an unchecked governing body is slight where the body is subordinated to the powers of a higher level of government
• 'Traditional [separation of powers] doctrine derives from concern about the tyranny that can arise when one branch of government — the executive, legislative, or judicial — assumes the powers of another, (citation omitted

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