What are the branches of the US government?
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- Created on: 15-09-20 16:40
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- What are the branches of the US government?
- Executive
- power to carry out laws
- made up of the President, Vice President and the Cabinet
- an executive order is a directive from the executive branch without input from the legislative/judicial branches
- it only affects federal/state agencies
- dualism federalism: division between state and national government
- co-operative federalism (post-1933): the national government encourage states to follow national goals
- most progress is made when the branches and states co-operate
- along with additional departments and independent agencies
- Article 2, Section 1
- an executive order is a directive from the executive branch without input from the legislative/judicial branches
- Legislative
- power to make laws
- made up of Congress, the Senate (lower) and the House of Representatives (upper)
- most progress is made when the majority is made up of the president's party
- the constitution delineates the national frame of government in Article 1
- Judicial
- interprets the law
- safeguards the Constitution
- meaning, application, status of constitutionality
- made up of the Supreme Court and the system of courts
- each state has its own federal court
- interprets the law
- the checks and balances/separation of powers reduces their individual power and helps ensure that individual rights are not overlooked
- de facto: in everyday, reality
- de jure: in law, judicial rights
- Executive
- the constitution delineates the national frame of government in Article 1
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