Executive

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…

done good enough, but not to the uttermost farthing. Because his responsibilities are strung so wide, he is only able to maintain “some order.” The genius behind our national government, is the specialization of each branch. For example, the executive branch will negotiate a treaty. The senate, part of the legislative branch, will ratify the treaty, after careful review. Finally, the judicial branch will maintain the treaty to be lawful. Then it is finalized. Imagine the improvement…

a. Cabin department: This department is in charged for establishing departments policies and how they operate, they guide the president, and most of their departments are split into smaller units where most of the work gets done. b. Independent Executive Agencies: They have a more narrow structure than the cabinet, they are mostly likely to perform services but they are also appointed by the president to ensure his commands are being done. c. Independent Regulatory Commissions: This…

Separation of Powers is the division of power in the government into three different branches so that no one branch is more powerful than the other. There are three branches of government in the United States of America. The legislative creates laws, the executive enforces the laws, and the judicial interprets them. The Separation of Powers is just as important today as when the Constitution was written because it keeps the government from being dictated by one person or small group of people.…

According to our class lectures the senate and the House of Representatives together make the legislative branch in our government. Our President, Vice President and Cabinet make up the executive branch. The judicial branch is made up of multiple court systems. The history of this action goes back to the court case of Brown vs. Brown Board of education of Topeka Kansas which occurred in 1954, the Supreme Court made a decision that still impacts…

Baron de Montesquieu, an Enlightenment thinker in the early 1700’s, created the idea of “Separation of Powers”, which stated each government is separated into three forms of government: executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Each branch creates a set of checks and balances, meaning every branch must check the other two branches. Checking each branch maintains equal power between branches, providing a way to counteract decisions which are either unjust or unconstitutional by law. If both…

Executive authority typically falls in the hands of our nation’s leader, the president. That being said our constitution explains the responsibilities our president has to face. For example; the executive authority has to be sure the laws are carefully executed, this also give the Congress a chance to set some laws. A large piece of our government relies…

Every four years there is race that many contestants are dying to win. The prize isn’t a gold medal, but rather securing the honor and privilege to serve the United States in the highest position available, the Presidency. Though the role is very coveted, it is a very demanding and stressful job that has many advantages, but also many obstacles associated to it. The president has a majority of personal responsibilities to look over, also while trying to take into account the wishes and needs of…

American democracy is rooted on the rights of people because that is what a democracy is, giving people rights and letting them have a say by allowing them to vote. America has become more of a democracy than it ever was because it has given people more rights and freedoms than before. It has allowed way more people to vote and it has created more civil rights for the people so that America can be the most diverse, accepting, and democratic it can be. The Enlightenment started the basis of…

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.…