Federal Government Branches

Branches of the Federal Government The Federal Government is made up of three branches. The constitution details what the jobs and duties are for the three branches. Each branch plays a vital roll into protecting the rights of the citizens. We have a democratic system, which means the powers of the 3 federal government are to an extent separate powers. The powers are separate because you don’t want one branch to be too powerful and not have more power over the others. There is an overlap in powers for each branch; this is how each branch can have some powers over the other branches. I think the legislative branch is the most powerful out of all three of them. I do find that the constitution does give them more power to the legislative branch then other 3. Legislative branch consist of congress which has two branches; House of Representative and Senate. They are voted into office by the people. Their job is to write, deliberation what the bill should say, pass bills by a vote, and then send the bills to the president to sign into law. Within the constitution it gives congress the power to make law, declare war and it also lays out the powers they have over the other branches (The Legislative

The executive branch is composed of the president (who is the highest in this branch), the vice president, and cabinet are some of the people that make up this branch (The Executive Branch, n.d.) . The president is elected by the people by electoral votes. In the constitution is says the president is to enforce the laws that are written by congress, serves as the commander of chief of the military, appoint the government officials, and he can veto bills that he does not like. He has the power to sign a bill into law or to veto a bill that he doesn’t like, issue executive orders and can sign treaties. One of the powers he has over all of the other branches is that he has the ability give pardons and