04/29/2011 The Senate VS the House of Representatives 2 The government of the United States is made up of three branches: The legislative branch‚ the executive branch and the judicial branch. The legislative branch‚ which is called Congress‚ is responsible for making the laws. Congress is made up of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives. I present the differences and similarities between these
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After America declared their independence from Britain in 1776 they had no governance system. One year after the Declaration of Independence was signed‚ and America gained their freedom the Articles of Confederation was signed and served as the governance for the nation. There were weaknesses in the articles such as the inability of the natural government to implement foreign or domestic policy‚ to tax‚ or regulate trade‚ and due to these weaknesses in 1778 the Constitution was the replacement of
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constitution. Often‚ the system of checks and balances keeps one branch from moving forward with the law-making process. However‚ on the long road to desegregation‚ all three branches of the government were involved to make segregation in public schools against the law. The Legislative branch of government can make bills‚ but the Executive branch may veto them. The Executive branch may veto the bills‚ but the Legislative branch may override the veto. All of this is true; however‚ the Supremacy
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its power. They believed they could do this by having three separate branches of government: The Executive‚ The Legislative and The Judicial. This separation is described in the first three articles‚ or sections of the constitution. The legislative branch is made up of two houses of Congress‚ the Senate and the House of Representatives. The most important duty of the legislative branch is to make Laws. Laws are written‚ discussed and voted on in congress. There are 100 senators in the senate‚
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What were the reasons America’s forefathers divided the government into the legislative‚ judicial‚ and executive branches? How does this benefit the three branches? In the beginning before the Constitution was drafted‚ the founding founders were concerned about how to solve the issue of a weak central government. The Federalists and the Anti-Federalists had different ideology and views in regard to the issues at hand‚ but had the common goal of ensuring the government would be protected
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government. This constitution system consisted of the separation of powers also known as “separate institutions sharing power”. The reason why the Founders elected to use that form of government and the reason it is still in effect today is to prevent one branch from having too much power which in turn is to prevent tyranny which is one of the main reason of the adoption of the Constitution. In the national anthem of the United States ‚The Star-Spangled Banner‚ it states “ land of the free”. We became free
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legislature is based on election by people to whom he or she is directly accountable. The legislative branch is made up of two houses of congress. The House of Representatives and the senate. The duty of the legislative branch is to make laws which are written discussed and voted on in the Congress. The senate approves the nominations made by the president to the cabinet‚ Supreme Court and other post. The executive branch of the US is responsible for enforcing laws; this facilitates responsibities of the
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government are legislative‚ judicial‚ and executive. The constitution also includes a system of checks and balances. Checks and balances and the separation of power use are very important in our government. The legislative branch is the branch that is in charge of making laws. It’s made up of both parts of the Congress‚ House of Representatives and the Senate. This branch also represents the people and approve treaties. Some examples of government agencies in the legislative branch is the Government
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“We all learn in school that the judicial‚ legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other non state institutions must participate in this important system of checks and balances as well‚” stated by Alan Dershowitz. All of the branches should be checked on power by everyone. That is where Judicial review comes in‚ it is a check and balance on the Executive branch and the Legislative branch. Judicial review is an important part of our constitutional system
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government is also divide up into three branches which are the legislative branch‚ judicial branch‚ and executive branch. They each have their own job just like the criminal justice system. The legislative branch is in charge of making laws and changing already existing laws if they see it necessary. The judicial branch carries out the laws made by the legislative branch and also hears cases that challenge those laws. The executive branch enforces the laws that are passed. Both the government and the
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