Executive

The Constitution was one of the first successful acts against tyranny. The Constitution was written in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 when the chief executive and the 55 delegates met at a Constitutional Convention. The Constitution took the place of the Articles of Confederation in 1789. James Madison wasn’t sure that the frame of the Constitution would eliminate tyranny in the states.How does the Constitution truly protect the states against tyranny? The Constitution contained federalism,…

principles of separation of powers and checks and balances. Provide an example of each concept that illustrates how it provides for an accountable federal government. -The separation of powers is the defined responsibilities of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government. Checks and balances refers to the power each branch has over another. Checks and balances are in place to ensure that no branch exerts its power in an unconstitutional manner. This keeps all branch of…

The executive and legislative branches each play very important roles that are different but often overlap. The president or executive branch makes foreign policy by responses to foreign events, proposals for legislation, policy statements, policy implementation, and independent action. Congress can make foreign policy…

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…

As the head of the executive branch, the president of the United States, holds a number of powers provided by the Constitution. These powers granted to the president are clearly outlined in Article II of the Constitution, and are referred to as formal powers. Formal powers granted to the President are the power to sign or veto legislation, command the armed forces, the ability to pardon, the power to appoint officials, negotiate treaties with foreign nations, and to convene Congress. Along with…

There are a lot of things to learn in Political Science. It’s the study in which we learn about the branches of government along with historical context of laws and policies. Three subject areas I found most interesting this semester is pornography, presidential power, and death penalty. In this essay, I will briefly explain the three subject areas, identify one political problem out of the three, and present a solution. When people hear the word pornography, we automatically think of nudity…

A. Arizona 's plural executives have a clear line of succession. The plural executives of Arizona are, listed in order of succession, the Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction (RioLearn. (n.d.). Structure, Term, and Qualifications. Retrieved January 15, 2016). Arizona also has two additional members of its plural executive, but they are not included in the line of succession. They are the State Mine Inspector, and the five…

When the constitution was written in 1787 the three branches of government were established. Those were the judiciary, the executive, and the legislative. In the past three hundred years not much concerning the running of these has been changed. Each branch depends and checks on the others to create an even balance of power within the government. This was created specifically to make sure no one branch can take too much control over the others. The main goal of all three is to work together to…

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…

Is a system that separated the Government in to three parts, each part never having an absolute power. Every branch of the government depends on the other to make decisions and to finalize them. “Example, the Executive branch, the president, may veto a law passed by Congress. In the Legislature branch, The Congress can override that veto with a vote of two-thirds of both houses, the house of representatives and the senate. The Judicial branch, the Supreme Court…