The correct answer is B. the Federalist idea that lawmaking power should be divided among the different branches of government
This excerpt discusses the idea that there should be a balance of power in the government. The text suggests that the government should be split up into different branches. However, it DOES NOT suggest anything about powers overlapping. It actually says the opposite as evident from the part of the excerpt that states "The remedy for this…is to divide the legislature into different branches; and to render them…as little connected with each other [as possible]"
