Compare And Contrast The Three Branches Of Government

There are three branches of government in America. They are The executive which is the president. To be a president, he or she has to be at least 35 years-old, live in the United States for minimum 14 years and a natural born citizen. As a president, he or she roles as a head of the government. Second, The Legislative which are the senates and the house representatives. They are who represent each state to discuss and decide the laws To be the senator, the person must be reach the age of thirty, have been a citizen in the United States for at least nine years, and must reside on the states when the person is running. On the other hand, if someone wants to be the house of the representative, the person must reach the age at least 25 years-old, the person does not have to reside in the state where he or she is running. Last, the person have to live in the United States for at least seven years.

President is chosen by the electoral college and work under the law that the legislative branch has created. The Judiciary are the Supreme and the Lower court.. The judiciary is the branch which filled of judges who interpret the law and constitution. The president who appoints the judges and the senate will decide whether the person meets the criteria. Supreme court will work for life.
From all of these branches, I believe that The executive branch is the most powerful branch in the government.. Even though the executive branch works under the law that legislative branch creates, they are still the most powerful people in the government. President is the executive branch and he has a lot of powers such as executive powers, power to command the army, power to sign sign the legislation, power to nominate federal judges and the court, and power that related with the foreign affairs and all; even nowadays, president start to expand his power.
Logically, legislative branch rules all the power in America because legislative branch creates laws that is followed by everyone in the country.

People believe that legislative branch is the toughest branch in the government, yet it does not mean it's the most powerful branch. In this country, there are 435 representatives and 100 senators who responsible to make laws. Too many representatives can cause factions. In Federalist no.10 paper, James Madison states that factionalism cannot be eliminated, yet it can be controlled. Even though Madison talks specifically to citizens in New York, we can also relate that to congress. It is impossible to have pure democracy in the congress because we cannot please every representative. Madison says that, “There are again two methods of removing the causes of faction: the one, by destroying the liberty which is essential to its existence; the other, by giving to every citizen the same opinions, the same passions, and the same interests.” However, every person have different opinion and interest because each state has different

needs.
When the representatives do not meet the solutions, they will end up with voting and one faction is able to control power. It can be majority of people that are able to control the power or even minority of the people. After they have some agreements regarding the laws, Congress will bring it to president to sign the legislation because the act of the legislation has to be approved by the president. Therefore, if the president does not sign the bill by using his veto, ⅔ of the congress members have to vote ‘yes’ to make the bill become the laws or the bill will not become the law at all. President Roosevelt to President Eisenhower, they vetoed hundreds of bills. In 2006, President Bush also vetoed one of the bill regarding the abortion law. President is also able to influence Congress using the bully pulpit (power to convince people- congress of an idea of legislation) so that congress do not have to continue the process of the bill.
When the supreme court is appointed by the president, the judges will work in the judicial branch as the justice of the supreme court for life. As the American Government book mentions that, “presidents are not always successful in predicting what a candidate will do once she or he is in office” (p.387). This means that sometimes president’s proposal can be rejected by the Chief Justice. However, I believe that supreme court has limited powers because they can only make decisions when the cases are passed by the Congress first. The cases that they face are most likely controversial cases. For example in the video “We Were There Brown v. Board Education” when Chief Justice Warren read the statement that “Separate but equal”. African Americans still believed that it still was not equal if black people cannot go to white people’s school. Lawyer Thurgood Marshall argued that black people still had the inferiority towards white people because they still felt the segregation. In 1954, Chief Justice Warren said that segregation in school is outlawed. Since then, the society started changing. It did not change right away, but it started little by little. After Chief Justice Warren declared that, supreme court did not interfere the case anymore unless there was another case about the segregation that brought up by the congress to the judges again. In recent news, the judges denied President Trump executive order regarding the travel ban. President Trump’s decision have prevented some travelers from muslim country to enter America, he also suspended the refugee program. This request was brought to the judge and the judge denied it. Therefore, it cancelled. The judges are the one who have to decide regarding the order, whether the executive order is fit the Constitution and the laws. After that, only supreme court who have the final word.
Some people believe that the power of the supreme court behind the minority because the job of the supreme court is to guarantee there is equality in the country. However, court is not powerful enough to guarantee laws. Judicial branch only works when the legislative branch give the controversial cases for them to work on, yet it does not mean judicial branch is not important in the government. In Federalist No. 78, Hamilton argues that the supreme court only do judgement, “neither force nor will.” Even though supreme court decides all the orders and the cases, president is still able to propose orders, he is able to influence the congress and the supreme court to approve his proposal and order.
The Executive branch - which is the president, is the branch government who execute the law. The myth of the president is president is the most powerful person in the government and country, also president can use their power to make his own decisions all the time. Sometimes, president even succumb this myth. However, it does not work that way. President’s wishes do not always become law automatically. But, president is able to propose new law limitless and persuade the congress to ask their supports as long as the proposal is beneficial and worth the constitution. President can use his ability to influence Congress or the judges to get the approval for his proposal. He is able to lobby people using his president’s method. Back in history, our former presidents (from Andrew Jackson to Woodrow Wilson) had expanded the power during their presidency. Thus, president has so many roles and in each role, president has different power.
Even though president’s power is limitless, but president has the right to lobby and persuade the congress and people to approve his order. Indeed, he can use his executive power illegally to command the army, the FBI, the CIA etc. We the people see president as the head of the government. Therefore, when president command his order, the office is more likely to do his will because we think that president is the most powerful person in the government (back to the myth of the president).
Every branch in the government is powerful in certain ways. Thus every government branch is supposed to look at the system of check and balances. If one branch is too powerful, one might abuse of the power. In my opinion, the most dangerous power that president has is to command the army once they are committed to the battle. This power is controversial because sometimes president declares war without asking the Congress and the troops follow the president even though it is not supposed to be president’s role. For example in the executive branch is when President Lincoln used his ‘extraordinary power’ to win the civil war in 1806. He knew that the legislative and judicial would not allow him to do it, thus he did it by himself. Same as President Nixon when he used his executive privilege to used FBI, CIA and IRS to record some of conversations at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the watergate office complex. On the other hand, as president, having an executive power can bring a good impact to the country. For example, when Obama proposed Obama Care and the legislature did not approve his proposal, he used his executive power to approve it. Even though there were some problems, Obamacare got the approval and it brought benefit to millions of Americans.
Based on the Newsroom video, America is not the greatest country in the world again. It was. We, as citizens vote for the government branch and divine ourselves by the party that we choose. Indeed, every party either Democrat or Republican, every government branch is important and powerful in different way. One cannot function without the others. Legislative branch needs judicial branch and judicial branch needs executive branch; and vice versa. One government branch depends on the other.