The Legislative Branch: The Most Power In Our Government

According to the Constitution, the Legislative Branch has the most power in our government because they have the most checks and balances over the other branches. The Constitution gives the Legislative many powers to overrule and control the decisions of the other two branches:”The President appoints the heads of all the departments, appoints ambassadors, appoints Federal judges and appoints Supreme Court Justices. The Senate must confirm all nominations.”(Article II, Section 2) and “The President, Vice President, and other Executive leaders can be impeached by Congress for committing crimes.”(Article II, Section 4). The Constitution gives Congress the power to approve or decline all of the President's appointments. This gives not only gives
Congress checks over the President, but also over the Federal judges and Supreme Court Justices because they (Congress) decides whether or not the appointees are worthy of their position. The biggest check that Congress has over the Executive Branch is the power to impeach any Executive official, including the President. This gives the Legislative Branch a lot of power because they can basically “fire” any executive leaders of our country if they believe the leader should no longer be in power!