1B. The United States federal government consists …show more content…
The three branches of government were written to ensure a fair and strong government that would also protect the citizens from any group or individual abusing their power because with the three branches there would be check and balances (, n.d.). The legislative branch also referred to as Congress is made up of two houses and their main responsibility is to make laws. The senate consists of one hundred senators who are voted in by the state they live in and serve six-year terms and the four hundred and thirty five representatives in the House of Representatives, the number of representatives per state is based on the population (,n.d.). The Executive Branches responsibility is making the laws official, the individual’s that make up this branch are The President, the Vice-President and The Cabinet. The Judicial Branch has the responsibility in overseeing the United States court system making sure the laws and rules are being followed. The Supreme Court is the highest court and once they have made decision it cannot be overturned and these cases also help interpret the law …show more content…
According to Legal Dictionary (n.d.), Case law is the decisions the appeal courts and other courts made from interpretations of the law and are cited in future cases. Trials and cases that are not appealed cannot be considered as case law. Case law’s are an important learning tool to understand how courts interpret statues ("Legal Dictionary | Law.com," n.d.).
2B. Case law is the use of past legal cases that have been appealed, lawyers study these to make a strong case for their arguments when defending or prosecuting during a trial.
2C. Case law is also known as common law, Congress created laws as guidelines and it is up to the court systems to interpret them and the rulings made help as a guide for future cases that are similar ("Case Law - Definition, Examples, Cases, Processes," n.d.). The use of case law is usually specific to the state the case is being held in, this use to be a long tiring search but with the evolving technology being able to use the internet has made it easier ("Case Law - Definition, Examples, Cases, Processes,"