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.
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 of the Constitution, bewildered by many proposals and unable to agree on any single plan, had committed the choice of presidential electors to the discretion of the state legislatures.