Legislative Branch Speech Outline

I. Introduction

A. Attention Getting Device – President Ronald Reagan once said, “The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”

B. Preview – Today, I am going to inform you about the branches of the United States government, the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch.

C. Transition- Let’s begin with the branch of government who is responsible for making the laws we all must abide by every day, the legislative branch.

II. Body

A. The legislative branch. 1. The legislative branch is composed of the House of Representatives and the Senate, as a whole they are referred to as Congress. There are 435 elected officials in the House of Representatives

Congress has an extremely vital role in our government and their responsibilities give the American people guidance in many ways. They are responsible for making laws, declaring war, and the approval or disapproval of the appointed officials proposed by the president, such as Supreme Court Justices ("The House Explained"). They are also given the duty of impeachment of the President of the United States if necessary.

3. Transition- Now that you are aware of what the legislative branch consists of and is responsible for, let’s move on to the next branch of our government, the enforcers, the executive

Transition- Now that we have discussed the law makers and enforcers, let’s now move into the branch of government who evaluates and interprets our constitutional rights, the judicial branch.

C. The judicial branch.

1. The judicial branch consists of the Supreme Court and other various courts system at the federal, state, and local level. As I mentioned before the Supreme Court Justices are nominated the President of the United States, but the Senate must also approve them with at least 51 out of the 100 possible votes (“Branches of Government”). There is no specific term length of a Supreme Court Justice, once appointed, they will have that position for life or until they decide to retire. 2. The judicial branch is known as the evaluators or interpreters. They interpret the meaning of laws and apply them to individual cases; they are the final decision if a law violates the U.S. Constitution (“Branches of Government”).

3. The men and women who are appointed into these positions uphold the U.S. Constitution to the highest degree and there is no greater honor in their field of