all have their own powers and restrictions‚ and checks and balances enforces these restrictions and ensures that each branch does what it’s supposed to do. Without it‚ our government would probably be more like an anarchy‚ as our constitutional democracy could break down. The first branch is the legislative branch. The main goal of this branch is to make and change laws. This branch has the power to declare war‚ the power to create and maintain a military‚ the power to borrow and
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different branches: Legislative‚ Judicial‚and Executive. The Legislative branch‚ headed by Congress‚ includes the House of Representatives and the Senate. This branch’s powers include passing laws‚ originating spending bills‚ impeaching officials‚ and approving treaties. The Judicial branch‚ headed by the Supreme Court‚ is in charge of deciding the meaning of laws‚
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country‚ no one branch of government has complete power over the people. The Federal system divides the power equally among the three branches. Our three branches of government‚ the Legislative‚ Executive and Judicial branches‚ help keep our country from being run by one person‚ or a group of people. This makes the jobs of the government fairly divided between elected people and appointed people. The Legislative branch is our branch of government that makes the laws. This branch has two houses‚
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But did our founding fathers get it right? In my opinion they may have overlooked an important check on a very powerful branch of the government. I consider the legislative branch to be the most powerful of our branches. The legislative branch‚ also known as Congress‚ is very large having a total of 535 members‚ 100 Senators and 435 members of the House of Representatives. Senators are elected officials serving six year terms before
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branches of government. It appeared as though each branch had an equal set of powers and that no abilities overlapped in the branches. However‚ after further research‚ it is blatantly apparent that one branch’s power supersedes the others. The Legislative branch’s powers stem into areas that overlap the judicial and executive branch. Conversely‚ the executive and judicial branch do not have any powers that may even resemble that of the legislative branch. Outlined in the first Article of the United
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branches of government. In class‚ we discuss that in order to make the separation of powers work there is a need to find a way that the legislative branch does not take power from the executive. He provides examples of Virginia and Pennsylvania in which the powers of the legislative were not protected against and the executive branch was usurped by the legislative. In class‚ we also discuss that there were three important things that prevent legislature to intimidate and control the behavior of the
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The United States Constitution avoids tyranny by separation of power‚ federalism‚ and checks and balances. The creators of the Constitution made sure to safeguard against tyranny so the citizens wouldn’t retaliate again like they did with the British. One of the important steps of making the United States was the Bill Of Rights. Many states didn’t approve of the Constitution because it didn’t list any of their rights. After that‚ the first ten amendments were added. Important leaders in creating
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This was a big step for the colonists‚ as in each level of this branch‚ there is one main leader. Fears of tyranny caused many rules to be written down. Similarly‚ both state and national branches consist of a cabinet‚ a main leader‚ and a second in command. Starting with state‚ we have a governor and a lieutenant governor
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is structured like the federal government. Each state has the three branches‚ executive‚ legislative‚ and judicial. The size of the state determines the size of the government. For example New York is a larger state than Mississippi therefor the size of the legislative branch differs. This is just one of the differences in these two state governments. The executive branch is the main law enforcement branch and in both states consists of governor‚ lieutenant governor and attorney general. In addition
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Terrorism is becoming a problem in the United States and is a major focus for the government. Each branch deals with terrorism in different ways. The judicial deploys a project which will aid to fighting terrorism. The Legislative designed a team to counterattack terrorist destruction. Executive uses all strength in power to reduce enemy attempts. The Judicial branch main focus is to launch a project to support senior judicial officials in leading a criminal justice response to terrorism. Allowing
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