Judicial Branch

The United States Government is broken down into three branches. Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. Think about it! The Legislative branch is grouped into Congress, The Senate, and The House of Representatives, this branch is responsible for writing laws. The Executive Branch contains the President of the United States, the Secretary of State, and the Attorney General. This branch is responsible for making the laws official. Also the Judicial Branch is the United States Supreme Court. This branch is in charge of addressing whether or whether not laws are constitutional, and whether or whether not they are permitted under constitution. In 1787, the United States Constitution was written to establish a set of principle rules on how they believed
(Federal vs State Powers Lecture, Slide 4) Separation of Powers, first thought of by Greek philosopher Aristotle in ancient Greece for each branch to have separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility. These were created to prevent the three different branches from becoming supreme and to limit each other. The balancing of the separation of powers is also called Checks and Balances. These Checks and Balances are for each branch of the government, The Executive Branch, The Judicial Branch, and the Legislative Branch. Checks for the Legislative Branch include proposing laws, veto laws, declare acts of Congress unconstitutional, and organize special sessions of Congress. On the Judicial Branch, the checks are that they appoint federal judges, creates lower federal courts, impeach judges, and also propose amendments to overrule judicial decisions. Checks for the Executive Branch are that Presidents can override veto, confirm executive appointments, declare war, and declare executive actions unconstitutional. Federalism is a system of the United States Government that divides powers between States and
(Federalism and Township Lecture, Slide 10). Township is a part of the local government in most Canadian provinces and it increases nationalism, patriotism, and civic responsibility. (Federalism and Township Lecture, Slide 12). Federalist vs Anti Federalist. Although Federalist wanted a stronger national government, Anti Federalist were against development of a strong federal government and wanted power to the states not the government. Federalist believed that the constitution was good enough to protect the individual rights, whereas Ant Federalist believed that it was not. Intergovernmental Relations are activities that allow the federal system to function among national, state, and local governments. Coordinating and overseeing activities with the government and public agencies, intergovernmental relations serves as a connection between government and local authorities. In example if President Barack Obama flies to meet Rodrigo Duterte, President of the Philippines. In 2011 Intergovernmental Relations Committee Member was the Honorable Billie Wheeler, Councilmember with the City of Daytona Beach