The legislative judicial and executive branches of US Government Essay

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    the United States, which was to be a set of principles that told how the new nation would be governed. The leaders wanted a strong, but fair government that would protect the individual freedoms and prevent the government from abusing its power. The leaders did this by creating 3 separate branches of government: the legislative, the executive and the judicial. The Senate has 100 members, 2 from each state. Since 1913, the residents of each state have elected Senators to 6-year terms. They…

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    The Judiciary is the section of government which is tasked with interpreting laws passed by parliament. In the USA the constitution established the Supreme Court under article 3 of the constitution. It is the ultimate authority in constitutional interpretation and its decisions can only be overturned by a constitutional amendment. In the UK, a supreme court was established in 2009 to provide greater clarity in the UK’s constitutional arrangements. In the UK, under the concept of Parliamentary…

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    Constitution is a document which contains different limitations on the government that protect the fundamental rights of United States citizens. The Constitution contains 27 amendments of which the first ten are called the Bill of Rights. There are seven articles in the Constitution. The articles talk about the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The Constitution splits the power of the government between 3 branches and puts “checks and balances” in place. The Constitution is the…

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    Our history teacher, Mrs. Amendola, asked us to use our creativity to create a depiction of “The Constitution Tree of Government”, using a page in our history books that were on our tables. The point of the assignment was to identify the different branches of government. As well as to know the meaning behind them all. This particular assignment in whole was worth, 40 points. I decided to draw the outline of the tree first, to get an idea of what I wanted it to look like, how I would make it my…

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    voice and chooses who will govern them. A nation without a king or queen, with multiple parts making a government. Some people think the government has done a great job and has succeed in fulfilling this promise. However, others think the government has done a halfway job and has failed in multiple ways in creating a democratic government. This essay will talk about the multitude of ways the government has fulfilled and the few ways it has failed the nation in making a democratic governance.…

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    James Madison, John Jay, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton.The objectives of the 7 Principles of the Constitution were to create the framework for an efficient government but at the same time ensure it would prevent tyranny. The first of these is Popular Sovereignty meaning a government in which the people rule, based on a political philosophy and ideology…

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    United States’ interests in Colombia. 2. The Republic of Colombia has three branches of government: legislative, judicial, and executive; the legislative branch, being the dominant branch, is split between the House of Representatives and the Senate, the judicial branch is led by a supreme court, and the executive branch is led by the President. The government of the Republic of Colombia similarly mirrors the government of the United States of America, having…

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    progressive ideas on government which eventually were used by the American governement in 1787. Baron de Montesquieu was a very accomplished writer because of his controversial and advanced ideas on setting up a government. His first book,…

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    Having a representative government is crucial to maintain control over our country and over every state. It can be contradicting when we see the news and how the government is handing every problem, but if we didn't have someone to make laws and control the country everything would be chaotic. There is the thought that this is a free country, and many people try to take advantage of that. Having the employment of rational legislators act as the deputies of us (the people) represent our will in…

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    of the US. Basically, the debates create two opposing sides. The first side was federalist, while, another side was their opponents, anti-federalist. Basically, both sides work under the role of the national government and their missions are the interest of local communities. In fact, federalists and anti-federalists work on a totally different land. Actually, the anti-federalists who argued that they could not accept the Constitution. Because of the Constitution gave the national government and…

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