Running head: THE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT The Branches of Government Alicia Sanders University of Phoenix His 301 The Branches of Government Ever wonder how our government works? The government was divided into three branches: the legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial. What were the reasons our forefathers divided the government into these branches? Each branch works together as a whole by a system of checks and balances in order for the government to be run properly and no one branch
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“Democracy is a system of government in which political authority is vested in the people” (Bardes‚ Shelley and Schmidt‚ p.8). Democracy is the people have the power and authority. Democracy opens doors to lots of opportunity because of the first amendment rights and the three branches of government. We are one the luckiest countries in the world because we are under a democracy rule and not hierarchy system or the socialist or communist system. This paper will explore the greatest impact that the
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The 3 Branches Research Paper In the United States we have three different branches that make up our government. The branches include: the legislative branch‚ the executive branch‚ and the judicial branch. Even though they are all part of the U.S. government‚ they all have separate powers and responsibilities. For example‚ the legislative branch is able to make a law‚ while the executive branch enforces that law. All of the branches are made up of many different people with their own rolls in the
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In the American system of government many citizens know that there are three branches of the national government‚ being the Supreme Court‚ The President and Congress‚ respectively. The background and foundation of these said branches cannot be more clearly derived and begotten from federalism‚ the important division of powers. The important aspect of this system is‚ at a national level‚ federalism will ‘fall down the chain’ to affect the states and further affect the communities within that state
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The three branches of government makes the law. Legislative branch make the law. The legislative branch is made up of congress‚ senate‚ and House of Representatives. The second branch is the executive and that branch carries out the laws. The executive branch is the President‚ Vice President‚ and cabinet. The third branch would be the judicial branch. This branch evaluates laws and it includes Supreme Court‚ and other federal courts. Today I will be writing about if these three branches are for legalizing
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union and a government which would be powerful enough to defeat Great Britain. However‚ the central government lacked the ability to ivey taxes and regulate commerce issues. This led to the construction convention. In 1787 leaders of the states gathered to write the Constitution-a set of principles that told how the new nation would be governed. They made three government branches that are called Executive Branch‚Legislative Branch and Judicial Branch they made these three branches to have a system
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The system is how the government operates‚ there are three individual branches: the Executive‚ the Legislative branch‚ and the Judicial branch. Each of these branches have their own powers‚ but there is a catch; all of these branches can "check" off the other branches. This is so that there isn’t a superior branch that has all of the power. This government is called a democracy‚ It means giving the people the power‚ so representatives are voted on by the people to run in office. Having someone that
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There are three different branches of government in the federal government: Legislative‚ Executive‚ and Judicial branches. These branches are connected to one another having their own powers and responsibilities. Legislative branch is made up of the Congress‚ also known as the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Legislative branch job is to make the laws as well as decide on who and what to tax‚ and how to use the tax money. Executive branch consists of the president. This branches job is to
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The founding fathers set up the national government to have three branches which are legislative branch‚ executive branch‚ and Judicial branch. The founding fathers made up the three branches so one branch wouldn’t take over‚ so the president didn’t get too much power over the United State‚ and that at anytime something is wrong they mad checks and balance to check one another. First‚ the founding father made sure that all the branch were equally responsible for certain things in the world. The
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How effectively do the three branches of the Federal government check each other? The checks and balances system was put in place in order to stabilise the separation of powers. However‚ questions have arisen regarding how effective and credible the checks and balances system really is; debating whether some branches have more power than others. According to the constitution the legislative branch is to make the laws‚ the judicial branch is to review the laws to be sure that they are constitutional
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