Although no branch is more powerful than the other because of check and balances‚ the most powerful and influential branch of government is the Legislative branch and the president in my opinion. Almost every thing the other two branches do can be overridden by the legislative branch in the House and Senate. Also I believe that since the President is the most influential and powerful person so that plays a role in why I believe the legislative branch is the most powerful. This means the president
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The executive branch is the most important government branch. The executive branch is the 3rd branch of government and with out it‚ the entire system would be backwards and out of order. The executive is the branch of a government charged with implementing‚ or executing‚ the law and running the day-to-day affairs of the government or state. The de facto most senior figure in an executive is referred to as the head of government. The executive may be referred to as the administration‚ in presidential
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Supreme Court emerged as the most powerful branch of our government. I agree with the above statement. The US Supreme Court started slowly as a branch of our government‚ but by 1857 it emerged as the most powerful branch. The Presidency and the Executive branch certainly can create things‚ implement new ideas and have a large impact on all the citizens’ lives. The Congress as the legislative branch can establish or change laws‚ and declare war. These are both powerful branches. However‚ the Supreme
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separate branches of government: legislative‚ executive‚ and judiciary; with the most powerful branch‚ the legislative branch‚ being divided further into two separate houses‚ the House of Representatives‚ with representation based on population‚ and the Senate‚ with an equal number of representatives from each state. Each branch of government is independent with its own sets of duties‚ and‚ as mentioned before‚ can check the power of the other two branches. The judiciary branch is kept separate from
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framed the Constitution wanted to form a government would not allow one person to have too much control over another. That’s why they wrote the separation of powers and set up three branches of government. The individual branches having there own responsibilities but working together all at the same time through checks and balances. I gather from our readings and videos that the United States Judicial Branch certainly is the most power branch of government. I believe this has been the case since
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The Legislative Branch is made up of the two houses of Congress—the Senate and the House of Representatives. The most important duty of The Legislative Branch is to make laws on a particular Bill‚ which are written‚ discussed‚ and voted on amongst Congress. In the Senate there are 100 senators‚ two from each state. Senators are elected by their states and serve six-year terms. The Vice President of the United States is considered the head of the Senate‚ but does not vote in the Senate unless
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UNIT 3 ESSAY: THE FOURTH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT Norma Rogers January 4‚ 2011 Kaplan University Dr. Warren PA165-01 The Fourth Branch of Government It has been taught since elementary school that the United States government consists of three branches‚ including the Executive‚ Legislative‚ and Judicial. However‚ in those early days‚ there were no lessons on the influential fourth branch of government that operates alongside the other three and plays a central and increasingly
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Athens and Sparta were two of the most powerful and well known cities among all the Greek nations. Both Athens and Sparta had many similarities and differences whether it is culturally or politically. For instance the way that these cities were governed and their political procedures and functions are similar yet much different from each other. There were many differences and similarities between Athens and Sparta both culturally politically. One major difference between the two major cities was
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Chapter 13 – Congress Introduction Congress is the most unpopular branch but also the most important one To the Framers of the Constitution‚ the bicameral (two-chamber) Congress was the “first branch” Expected Congress to wield most of the national government’s powers‚ including its most important ones like the “power of the purse” (encompassing taxation and spending decisions) and the ultimate authority to declare war Understood Congress as essential to sustaining federalism (guaranteeing
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weakest branch of government. I will outline my reasoning for this an explain why I‚ personally‚ believe that Judiciary is not the weakest branch of government. Before I began to explain my reasoning behind this‚ it is important to look at the other branches of government and delineate why judicial is not the weakest. I will be referring to the legislative branch‚ the executive branch and the judicial branch in order to get a better understanding of each branch of government. The government branches
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