Executive functions

The concept of “checks and balances” is a policy implemented by our founders, which separates the three branches of government into the legislative, judicial and executive branches. The main purpose of this system is to ensure that the powers of the national government are separated from one another. The Legislative branch, composed of Congress is broken up into two chambers, the Senate and The House of Representatives. These two chambers are meant to have each state represented in them, of…

The Separation of Powers is the only thing that keeps our lives under control. The founders mainly wrote it to prevent Tyranny. The Separation of Powers is an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies. Each branch has its own job. Even though they are separate, they all work together to keep our U.S. Constitution intact so our lives won’t be a living hell being ruled by one ruler who takes advantage of his power. We use this method because it…

Article III, Section I of the Constitution states, “The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court.” This excerpt from the Constitution proves the overwhelming authority and control that has been vested by the Constitution to the Supreme Court. Justices appointed to the Supreme Court, “shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour,” or in other words, for life. To have a group of individuals hold such power for the duration of their lives is unprecedented.…

Explain the idea of checks and balances. Give three examples of this idea in action. • Checks and balances is basically a safety measure that no branch of government can get too powerful than the other one. The way the federal government is set up with branches each powerful in their own way but each have equal levels of power. So like if the President wants to declare to war on another country he/she can’t without approval from Congress. Congress for example can pass a bill or law but it has…

valid for national elections, but not for State or local elections.” The Checks and Balances worked very well in this case. The Legislative branch made the law to where all voting age was 18-years-old in National, State, and local elections. The Executive branch enforced the law, and then the Judicial branch interpreted and checked the law and ended up sending it back. The Justices said that only the States, and not the Congress, have the authority to establish the qualification rules for voters…

in a government is separation of power. With this new Constitution, the legislative branch will not hold all of the federal power. Instead, the federal power will be divided into three branches: a Judicial Branch that will interpret the law, an Executive Branch that will execute the law, and a Legislative branch that will make the laws. This will create a power vs power struggle where each branch will want to become more powerful than the other two. This will minimize and/or eliminate the…

government in control and preventing any one branch from gaining too much power subjecting the citizens to tyranny. The Separation of Powers is the principle that the power must be used to balance power. It is the separation of the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches of government. Checks and balances is when each branch of government is given its own powers, but also given some…

of the republic. Understanding what each principle means, and their role towards the political system will give one a better understanding of the American political system. American Government is separated into three branches. The legislative, executive and judicial branch. The Congress is the head of the legislative branch. One of the main roles in our political system that this branch has, is the power to create, change, and amend Bills (laws). Bills are discussed in the congress, which…

In his 2009 State of the Union address, President Obama referenced over 35 policies, pieces of legislation and promises of change that he wanted to bring about in his first year and term of presidency. Amongst these promises were plans for a new health care system, reform for education, banking and housing, new standards set for the environment, budget savings, the idea of a universal savings account and an increase in the size of the military. Obviously not all of these ideas transpired due to…

war. The Vietnam war was shaped by the disagreements between the executive and judicial…