The American Legislative branch‚ or Congress‚ is one of the most‚ if not the most‚ key provisions established in the Constitution of the United States. The organization‚ powers‚ and limitations of the Congress can be found throughout the first Article of the United States Constitution. Congress is made up of two bodies‚ the House of Representatives‚ composed of 435 members‚ and the Senate‚ composed of 100 members. This bicameral legislature is established under Article 1‚ Section 1 of the Constitution
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as being the weakest branch of government. I will outline my reasoning for this an explain why I‚ personally‚ believe that Judiciary is not the weakest branch of government. Before I began to explain my reasoning behind this‚ it is important to look at the other branches of government and delineate why judicial is not the weakest. I will be referring to the legislative branch‚ the executive branch and the judicial branch in order to get a better understanding of each branch of government. The government
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The Executive Branch and the Cabinet Instructions: The following document will serve as notes about the Executive Branch and the Presidential Cabinet. The Executive Branch Basics Who is the head of the Executive Branch of Government in the United States? What is the main duty of the Executive Branch of Government? What are the minimum requirements to be President? What term describes all of the agencies‚ people‚ and procedures that make up the Executive Branch of Government? The 22nd
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The Executive Branch The executive branch is headed by the President‚ who is elected by a direct vote of the people. The term of office of the President‚ as well as the Vice-President‚ is six (6) years. As head of the Executive Department‚ the President is the Chief Executive. He represents the government as a whole and sees to it that all laws are enforced by the officials and employees of his department. He has control over the executive department‚ bureaus and offices. This means that he has
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separate branches of government: legislative‚ executive‚ and judiciary; with the most powerful branch‚ the legislative branch‚ being divided further into two separate houses‚ the House of Representatives‚ with representation based on population‚ and the Senate‚ with an equal number of representatives from each state. Each branch of government is independent with its own sets of duties‚ and‚ as mentioned before‚ can check the power of the other two branches. The judiciary branch is kept separate from the
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AP Government Chapter 14 The Judiciary The Judicial System operates at all three levels of government (municipal‚ state‚ federal) Most cases are heard in municipal or state courts (criminal and civil suits) Trial Courts—jury or judge decides a case Appellate Courts—review cases if there are matters of legal procedure or law at issue State Supreme Court—another review if no satisfactory decision (sometimes called state court of last resort) Most municipal and state judges run for election
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The powers of the Executive Branch‚ or otherwise the President‚ are spelled out in Article II of the Constitution; however Jeffery Tulis argues the point that there are two constitutional presidencies. The first one is the constitutional presidency that the Founding Fathers intended when they wrote the Constitution and it has changed little to none. The second is the informal version of the constitutional presidency that Woodrow Wilson devised and that the majority of Presidents since have followed
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The Legislative Branch consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives‚ which is called “Congress.” The Legislative Branch (Congress) alone has the power to declare war and make laws. The House of Representatives has specific powers the Senate does not‚ including the power to impeach government officials‚ impose revenue bills‚ and to elect the President in the event of a tie in the Electoral College. The Senate also has exclusive powers‚ including the power to ratify treaties and accept appointments
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the executive‚ legislative and judicial branch. Each branch has the authority to restrain the other branch to provide checks and balance of the Constitutional system. The president can reject laws passed by Congress. Congress can override the decision after it has been reviewed by both Houses. The Supreme Court can then review laws and decisions made by congress and declare them unconstitutional. While the executive and legislative branches are elected by the people‚ judges under the Judicial Branch
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While the Judicial Branch holds an enormous deal of power and possesses an extremely influential grip on governmental processes that occur in both national and state levels‚ the system of checks and balances assures that it is not a monarchial power while also allowing it some level of power. Judicial review‚ the belief that the Judicial Branch possesses the ability to control and veto decisions made by the Executive and Legislative branches‚ is one such power that the Judiciary contains in the system
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