The Three Branches Of Government

Governmental policies of the colonies that helped shape our Constitutional Republic today have determined what America has become. So many things have shaped America in one way or another. But along the way they have been revised and changed as America has grown. Today the methods that were used when America was first born that are still used today are system of checks and balances, the three branches of government, and the process of which bills are processed. All of these things have affected us in many ways and each one works together in order to form the United States government today.
Checks and balances is a very important system. Checks and balances prevents the three branches Legislative, Executive, and Judicial from having too much

power. For example if you take High School every person has their own job that in turns keeps the place running the people that make sure this happen are the checks and balances. Each branch is signed a specific job that is very important to the United States. These powers are fundamental to the government without the organization checks and balances bring the government wouldn’t be strong it would be very week and easy to fail. If you think about the three branches of government as the pillars and the base as checks and balances the base is what holds it all together without it the pillars fall.
The three branches of government are extremely important today and is something that is still used today in the government.

The three branches of government are Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branch. The Legislative branch is made up of two houses the Senate and House of representatives. The Senates job is to approve nominations by the Supreme Court, federal courts, and the President to the cabinet. Senate is made up of 100 senators two from each state. Senators are elected by their state and serve a six year terms. The House of Representatives job is to represent the states that they are from. Total there are 435 representatives. Overall the main of the legislative branch is to job is to decide if the bill is worth putting through congress and passing. The first pillar, legislative branch, has less duties but it is still very

important.
The Executive branches job is to make laws official. The head is the President. In this group there are the vice president and Cabinet members and officials. The cabinet is made up of 15 major departments each has a secretary that is makes up the cabinet. Some of these are Secretary of state, treasury, defense, and agriculture. There are many more some more important than others. The second pillar, executive branch, it a step up from legislative in work to do.
Next is the Judicial branch its job is to oversee the court system in the U.S. The head of the judicial branch is the Supreme Court. This court does not handle criminal cases it decides if something is constitutional or unconstitutional. On the Supreme Court there are nine Justices and judges. No other court can overrule the Supreme Court there is no court above the Supreme Court. The third pillar ties the legislative and executive branch together on occasions. There is a pattern as we continue down the braches we see a step up with each one but they all work together because there main jobs is all about laws.
The process of making laws includes all of what was talked about above.

The Legislative branch is first given a bill. A bill is also known as a law. This process is very tedious because it determines if the bill will be put through congress and voted on. Once this is down and it voted on only by the Legislature and the vote passes the law it is passed on to the Executive branch. Once the executive branch looks at the bill and passes it the bill will then be passed to the president and to the supreme court also known as the Judicial Branch. This step is very important and all government is involved in it. The Supreme Court looks over it and decides whether it is constitutional. When a new law is drawn up it has to be backed up by the first the laws. Because every law cannot prevent another law from doing what it was written to do. The president looks over the law and if he agrees he can sign it and then it becomes a law or if he does not agree with the law he can veto it and send it back to

congress.
Checks and balances, the three branches of government, and how a bill is processed and made into a law are all things that have shaped America today. Back when we were first becoming a nation these things were small ideas that have been shaped to fit America today. Without them the government would have no form or shape to take to.