I’ve heard some tie it to Montesquieu’s philosophy that derived from the biblical idea of God being judge and lawmaker and king. I won’t go out on a limb there and insist on that, but it seems a valiant attempt to do something that a sinless God would never need in himself, that is to wall off flaws through the famous principle of checks and balances. That noble concept all goes to hell when the parts of the government are all in bed with one another. What can I say, it’s part of a now flawed creation and we shouldn’t expect it to generate miracles.
I certainly do not expect miracles from the Gov.