The United States government under the constitution is divided into 3 branches of power in order to provide a system of balance to our government. The 3 braches include the executive, the legislative, and the judicial branch. Each branch of government has a different type of power instead of giving all the power to one branch. Every state has its own laws and ways it can run these branches of government. The state of Alabama legislative branch is slightly different from the other 49 states. Alabama’s legislative branch has more authority than the executive branch. The balance of power of the state of Alabama lies within the Legislative branch, because it has more power and can overrule the Executive branch in many ways .
In Alabama the official …show more content…
governor, the other top level executive offices also have important roles to play in Alabama’s executive branch. The states attorney general provides legal representation for the state of Alabama, the officers, agencies and departments. Also the attorney general defends the state in all the state defendant lawsuits and court proceedings. Also the Alabama’s office of Attorney General Website states that “In addition to defending the state, the attorney general may initiate court activity, civil and criminal, to protect the state's interests and to enforce the laws of the state.” The Alabama’s secretary of state duties include classifying and processing documents for the state’s public records, such as crime reports, county and municipal budget records, and recordings of calls to a public agency. Alabama’s commissioners, state treasurer, judges, county prosecutors and state auditors also have major roles that keep the states executive branch in order. All of these top levels executive offices are appointed by the governor to serve their position and execute laws that are implied by the legislative …show more content…
Alabama’s legislative branch oversees the executive branch’s operations. They create special committees to evaluate the performance and operations of the executive branch. Even though the executive branch executes the laws, policies and procedures the legislative branch has more dominance, because they can veto laws that the governor, chief commander of the executive branch has signed off on. Although the legislative branch has more supremacy than the other branches the legislative, executive and judicial branches are necessary to provide a balanced system to Alabama’s government and the way the state of Alabama is
In Alabama the official …show more content…
governor, the other top level executive offices also have important roles to play in Alabama’s executive branch. The states attorney general provides legal representation for the state of Alabama, the officers, agencies and departments. Also the attorney general defends the state in all the state defendant lawsuits and court proceedings. Also the Alabama’s office of Attorney General Website states that “In addition to defending the state, the attorney general may initiate court activity, civil and criminal, to protect the state's interests and to enforce the laws of the state.” The Alabama’s secretary of state duties include classifying and processing documents for the state’s public records, such as crime reports, county and municipal budget records, and recordings of calls to a public agency. Alabama’s commissioners, state treasurer, judges, county prosecutors and state auditors also have major roles that keep the states executive branch in order. All of these top levels executive offices are appointed by the governor to serve their position and execute laws that are implied by the legislative …show more content…
Alabama’s legislative branch oversees the executive branch’s operations. They create special committees to evaluate the performance and operations of the executive branch. Even though the executive branch executes the laws, policies and procedures the legislative branch has more dominance, because they can veto laws that the governor, chief commander of the executive branch has signed off on. Although the legislative branch has more supremacy than the other branches the legislative, executive and judicial branches are necessary to provide a balanced system to Alabama’s government and the way the state of Alabama is