The year 1787 is a year that a lot of people should remember. Why you might ask? Because this is the year that the most important system of our government was created. The 3 branches of government. I want people to know how the branches work‚ why they exist‚ and the different parts. By creating three separate branches of government‚ the founding fathers assured that too much power would not amass in the hands of a people- then and now. The executive branch is run by the most important person in
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How is the government running? I will tell you how in the form of a song. No I won’t. The government has three branches. It has this so one branch cannot just take over everything and abuse their power. There are three and those three branches are the LEGISLATIVE‚ the EXECUTIVE‚ and the JUDICIAL. Those three branches are running the country. I will tell you some interest Facts on these three branches. The Executive branch is the branch with the president and vice president and the cabinet which
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POLS 1101 – US GOVERNMENT Take Home Test: UPLOAD TO D2L by April 27 in DropBox 1. Explain the Functions and Operations of State Government from the standpoint of each of the Three Branches of State Government. a. Judicial Branch powers interpret federal laws and U.S. Constitution. They review the decisions of lower state and federal courts. b. Legislative Branch powers pass all federal laws‚ pass the federal budget‚ declares war‚ and establish lower federal courts and the number of judges. c. Executive
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The three branches of Government are Legislative‚ Executive and Judicial. The Legislative branch makes our laws‚ the Executive branch executes our laws‚ and finally‚ the Judicial branch enforces our laws. The Legislative branch is made up of the Congress‚ which is divided into two sections‚ the House Representatives and the Senate. The House of Representatives is made up of 435 elected members from each of the fifty states in proportion to their total state population. Members of the house are
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The government structure is important to understand as a nurse leader. There are three branches of the federal government: the executive branch‚ the legislative branch‚ and the judicial branch. The function of the executive branch is to enforce laws (Porche‚ 2012). The president leads the executive branch. The executive branch is important because it is responsible for implementing laws created by the legislative branch (Porche‚ 2012). In the event the president is unable to arise to duties; the
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reasons our forefathers divided the government into the legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial branches? The reason that our forefathers divided the government into three separate branches was because they planned to implement a democratic government that would work to serve the citizens and not regulate them. In other words‚ the forefathers wanted to devise an organization where no single individual or assembly would have too much authority. The three branches; judicial‚ legislative‚ and executive
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Branches of Government Paper Brandy N. Serrano HIS 301 May 28‚ 2012 Bruce Franklin Branches of Government Paper This paper will discuss the three branches of government Legislative‚ Executive‚ and Judicial. This paper will first cover the history of the three branches how did it start and what each branch controls. The second piece will cover how the branches interact with each other and the success and balance of each of the three branches. The last two parts of the paper will cover conflict
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Barbara Cherry Phase 1 IP CJUS290-1402A-01 Prof. Christine Lee 04/14/2014 Describe the 3 branches of the U.S. federal government. 1. Explain the role of the legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial branches. The role of the Legislative Branch is that they are the only branch that can create new laws. They have an enormous amount of power. Elections are held every two years for the House and every six years for the Senate. The have two parts one is the House of representatives and the other
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In 1789‚ the United States established the United States Government. The government is also known as the federal government. The federal government is divided into three branches. The three branches are: executive‚ judicial‚and legislative branches. These three branches have different roles‚ duties‚ and citizens that help the branch to function properly. In the executive branch‚ the President‚ Vice President and The Cabinet are placed in the the White House which is the head of the executive branch
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Checks and balances is essentially the three branches of government checking on the others and preventing them from overstepping their boundaries. There are many examples of checks and balances and many reasons why it is important. The three branches of government all have their own powers and restrictions‚ and checks and balances enforces these restrictions and ensures that each branch does what it’s supposed to do. Without it‚ our government would probably be more like an anarchy‚ as our constitutional
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