Three Branches Of Government

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Our founding fathers met together on a warm summer day in the May of 1787, and wrote our Constitution, serving as the supreme law of the United States. This particular piece of paper has set the laws of the U.S and acts as the foundation of its national government. However, this government is not ruled by one single person for that would be a dictatorship; something that the founding fathers wanted to stray from. The government is a republic democracy, in which the citizens vote for other people to represent them. These people work in different branches, but what exactly are “branches”? The branches are split up “pieces” of the entire government, and in the Constitution, it has stated that our government is to consist of three branches. These …show more content…

The main job of these three branches is to work together and serve its people by promoting the general welfare of the country. Despite this goal, it seems that the government has somewhat derailed off the tracks of becoming a powerful but also “happy country”, a country in which its people are content. The general welfare is not doing so well due to the economy, an essential part of the U.S, being that it is not favorable for many as of now. For example; “Michigan's median household income declined 17 percent between 1999 and 2014 — from a median of $75,370 in 1999 to $62,608 in 2014 — the biggest drop among the 50 states and District of Columbia, the Pew study found” (Article D). Michigan has not been the only state whose middle class has not grown, for in total, “The bottom 50% went from capturing over 20% of national income for much of the 1970s to earning barely 12% today” (Article M). However, before diving into the main topic of how money has impacted the U.S and its government, let’s look at how the parasite of money has sneaked its way into the three branches and is slowly making the branches its …show more content…

What they do is that the interpreting the federal laws that have been passed to see if they are unconstitutional. This branch is made up of multiple courts, where many of the lower courts are scattered throughout individual states to the highest court, the Supreme Court. This court only deals with cases that deal or have any involvement of the Congress or the Constitution itself. Not only this, but they also have power over the executive and legislative branch as well, a power called the judicial review. They can deem actions of the executive branch or legislative branch unconstitutional, and by doing so can make laws no longer official federal laws. For example, they ruled that “it is OK for corporations and labor unions to spend as much as they want to convince people to vote for or against a candidate” (Article H). Of course this may come off as unfair that the richer have more of an impactful say in elections, but they ruled that “spending is speech”, therefore it is protected by the first amendment in the Constitution. The Supreme Court sometimes does not solely just depend on their individual opinions, for they also accept amicus briefs, documents that are filed into the court by people that are not directly involved in the case. These briefs can give more arguments for the court to consider or more info they do not have. It was estimated that Sonia Sotomayor, one of the judges, had around 69% of her

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