Checks, Balances And Constitutess A Law

A man once said that a bill can become a law through a long journey. This journey begins with an idea, moves through Congress, and ends with the President’s signature. The Legislative Branch makes, debates, and passes laws. The Judicial Branch analyzes the laws and directs justice. The Executive Branch enforces the laws created by the Legislative Branch. When a bill becomes a law 2 of the 3 branches must work together to make this happen. The Branches involved are the legislative and executive. They both have powers that balance each other out. This is known as checks and balances. This system allows laws to be created to fit the needs of the people and help our government function while maintaining the Enlightenment ideal of limited Government.
Have you ever wondered about something thats now a law and how it became a law? Well a lot of people do, so you should too. A law can start when a citizen proposes it to the local representatives.
The Legislative Branch is responsible for making laws. Once, a law written they discuss and vote on it in Congress. In the Senate, they’re 100 people, 2 from each state. The House of Representatives is made up of 435 members, the members came in proportion to the total population of the state. The Executive Branch is responsible for enforcing the laws that are written by Congress. The President has power to sign the bill or he can veto it, but Congress can override this veto with two-thirds vote of both houses. Our Founding Fathers did not want the Executive Branch to be as powerful the European governments. They did not want a king, they wanted a limited government with the Legislative Branch having the most power. We need this process because our government in 1787 was in confusion. Some states wanted the states to have the most power, but other states wanted the federal government to have the most power. How does a bill become a law? “ Creating laws are one of the most important jobs in the U.S House of Representatives. Laws begin as Ideas, the ideas come from the Representatives, or citizens. The Citizens propose these ideas to their local Representatives, if they agree, they will
then research these ideas and write them into bills. Next, the Bill is introduced in the U.S House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House will then send the bill to a committee. At the Committee, the members, will review the research recently created by the local Representative, and will change some stuff, before they will vote on whether to send the bill back to the House. Then the Bill will be voted on in the House of Representatives. If the majority says yes, the bill will be passed. Then it will be sent to the Senate, and at the Senate they will vote on it. If the majority say yes, the bill is passed here is ready for the President. The President has three choices, he could sign and pass the bill, or he could veto it, or he could to do nothing.”
We have been discussing how a bill becomes a law, but we haven't discussed a specific bill that became a law, so let’s discuss some examples.
Establishing the age of voting to 18. Members of the Senate, proposed that the 18 years people shall be able to vote. Supporting the process of building a new pipeline from Canada to Texas. The republicans wanted this to be passed and it did with votes of 266 to 153, but President Obama said he intends to
veto.
Turning a bill into a law is a long and difficult process but with both branches working together, the law will pay off. This system allowed many laws to be created that fit the needs of the people and helped our government function while maintaining the Enlightenment ideal of limited Government . Checks and Balances, balances all the branches, all branches have a job. A bill becoming a law involves 5 steps. Local Representatives, U.S House of Representatives, Committee, Senate, President. Two of some famous laws are the voting age of 18, and passing the Keystone Pipeline. The process of making a bill a law is a very interesting process. This essay was just the basic explanation of it. If you're still interested, find some more information about this subject. You’ve got a head start.