And the basic idea behind the Checks and Balances we have is that if one branch of the Government goes crazy, the other two can hold it down.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	27:cc	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	4:det	_
3	basic	basic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	4:amod	_
4	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj:outer	27:nsubj:outer	_
5	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	7	case	7:case	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	7:det	_
7	Checks	check	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	4:nmod:behind	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	9:cc	_
9	Balances	balance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	4:nmod:behind|7:conj:and	_
10	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	11:nsubj	_
11	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	7:acl:relcl	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	27:cop	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	27:mark	_
14	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	20:mark	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	16:nummod	_
16	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	20:nsubj|21:nsubj:xsubj	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	19:case	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	19:det	_
19	Government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	16:nmod:of	_
20	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	advcl	27:advcl:if	_
21	crazy	crazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	xcomp	20:xcomp	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	27:punct	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	25:det	_
24	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	25:amod	_
25	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	27	nsubj	27:nsubj	_
26	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	27:aux	_
27	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	0:root	_
28	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obj	27:obj	_
29	down	down	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	27:advmod	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	27	punct	27:punct	_
