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

Branch, n.d.). Congress has power over the president by being able to override president’s veto by a 2/3 vote, they give the president the funds he needs to run the government and they can remove a president by impeachment them. Besides those powers, Senate has the power to approve treaties and presidential appointments.
I think the executive branch would be second highest branch.

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

clemencies.
I find the judicial branch has less power and say out of all of them. This branch plays a big role into making sure that the constitution is not being violates. The Judicial Branch made up of the Supreme Court and other federal courts. Supreme Court is the highest court. Supreme Court judge is the only branch that is not elected into office, they are appointed into office by the president. This is the only power that the executive branch has over the judicial branch. Legislative branch has to power to approve or deny them to becomes a justice. Once a person becomes a judge, they are a judge for life until they die, retire or get impeached from congress. Congress also has the power to say how many Supreme Court justices there will have, as of today we have 9 justices (The Judical Branch, n.d.). Congress has the power to create lowers courts. The biggest power that the judicial branch has judicial review. This gives them the power to interpret the constitution and they alone can decide if a law falls within the guide lines of the constitution or if it’s unconstitutional.
Each branch had its own obligations to the people and to making sure that there are laws into place that will give us rights and to protect us. It’s had to say which branch has more power because all three of them together is what makes out government run. The only way that the government can run is by separation of powers and checks and balances that are in place by the constitution.