It is thus apparent that the framers of the Constitution, in shaping the form of government, arranged for a distribution of power among three branches, executive, legislative, and judicial.
The framers also were deeply concerned that the new national government might invade the proper province of state governments or threaten the basic rights of the people.
Otis lost that case. But his arguments, as well as memory of the violations of privacy and unreasonable searches suffered by the colonists under the British government, influenced the framers of the Constitution.