Executive Branch Research Paper

The United States guards against tyranny by creating a system of checks and balances. The system of checks balances made sure that no one branch of government had more power than another. The executive branch has the power to nominate judges for the judicial branch; while the judicial branch can declare presidential acts unconstitutional. The judicial branch can check on the legislative branch by declaring laws unconstitutional. Meanwhile, the legislative branch (the Senate) can confirm the President’s nomination for a

According to James Madison, “…the constant aim is to divide and arrange the several offices in such a manner as that they may be a check on the other … the three branches should not be so far separated as to have no constitutional control over each other.” (Doc. C). This means that the three branches can check on each other and keep each other balanced and that the powers among each branch is equal. In the constitution it states, “that court can declare laws unconstitutional.” (Doc. C). This is an example of how the judicial branch can check the legislative branch so each branch has a way to check the other branches. The system of check and balances guards against tyranny because without a system of checks and balances, one branch of government may become overpowered and there may be a

Checks and balances mean the government is divided into separate distinct branches and each branch has its own specific job and responsibility. *6 These branches of government include the Executive Branch, who’s power is vested in the President and its main job is to enforce and carry out laws written by congress. Next is the Legislative Branch who’s power is vest in House of Representatives and Senate, who make up the United States Congress and their main duty, is to make laws or change existing ones. Finally, the Judiciary Branch made up of the Supreme Court their job is to interpret laws presented to them from Congress. This system works by giving each branch certain powers over the other branches, thus preventing any one branch from gaining too much power over the others.

To prevent from one branch of government having all power, and therefore having tyranny, (Madison FP # 47) Checks and Balances was added to the defenses of the constitution. There are three branches of government: Legislative Branch (Congress), Executive Branch (President), and Judicial Branch (The Courts). These three branches work together to check one another to make sure the power is evenly distributed and balanced, hence the name Checks and Balances. The way it works is that the Legislative Branch (Congress) can check the Executive Branch (President) by approving Presidential nominations, being able to override a President’s veto, and can impeach the President, him or her, from office. The Legislative Branch can check the Judicial Branch by having Senate confirm Presidential nominations and by being able to impeach judges and remove them from office. The President can check the Legislative Branch by vetoing Congressional legislation, and can check the Judicial Branch by nominating judges. The Judicial Branch can check the Legislative Branch by declaring laws unconstitutional, and can check the Executive Branch by declaring presidential acts unconstitutional. (Madison FP # 51) All three branches of government work together to make sure no branch is abusing their limited power, by using the system Checks and

The Separation of Powers is a principle by which powers are divided among different branches of government to make sure no one branch has too much power. James Madison, in Federalist Paper #47, said, “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may be justly pronounced the very definition of tyranny…” (Document B). He decided that the power would be separated into three different branches, to prevent the risk of dictatorship. Each branch would have separate jobs and duties, as “...

These three branches of government include the Legislative Branch, the Executive Branch, and the Judicial Branch which all have separate powers. While the Legislative Branch has the power to make laws, the Executive Branch has the power to put the laws into action. The Judicial Branch meanwhile is made up of courts which interpret the laws and apply them in cases brought before them. Although these branches have their own powers, they are also able to prevent the other branches from having excessive power through what is known as checks and balances. As Madison writes in “Federalist Paper #51” (Document C), “The constant aim is to divide and arrange the several offices in such a manner as that they may be a check on the other… the three branches should not be so far separated as to have no constitutional control over each other.” Each branch has a different method of keeping the other branches in check. While the Executive Branch can manage the laws made by the Legislative Branch by vetoing Congressional legislation, the Legislative Branch can override a President’s veto and additionally impeach the president. The Legislative Branch can also impeach judges and remove them from office in the Judicial Branch, which can in turn declare laws made by the Legislative Branch as unconstitutional. The Executive Branch can control the Judicial Branch by nominating

According to James Madison in Federalist Paper #51 in Document C it states, “...the constant aim is to divide and arrange the several offices in such a manner as that they may be a check on the other… [The three branches] should not be so far separated as to have no constitutional control over each other.” As Document C shows in the chart, the Legislative Branch checks on the Judicial Branch by having the Senate confirm the President's nominations, and also by allowing Congress to impeach judges and remove them from office. The Judicial Branch checks on the Legislative Branch by allowing the court to declare laws unconstitutional. The Legislative Branch can check on the Executive Branch by allowing Congress to approve, Presidential nominations, override a President’s veto, impeach the President and remove him or her from office. The Executive Branch can check on the Legislative Branch by vetoing a Congressional Legislation. The Executive Branch can check on the Judicial Branch by presenting the President nominates judges. Finally, the Judicial Branch can check on the Executive Branch by allotting the court to declare presidential acts unconstitutional. The check and balance system is yet another way that our nation has steered clear of tyranny. It allows each branch to have the ability to check on one another and make sure that the power is being distributed evenly, and no one group is getting too much power. This is a constitutional factor that has been working since the late 1700’s and early 1800’s, this is the way that it will hopefully stay for generations to

Checks and balances help prevent tyranny. Each branch checks each other to make sure each one doesn’t get too much power. For example, one way that the legislative branch checks the executive branch is to override vetoes and impeach the President. Also, one way the executive branch can check the judicial branch is by nominating judges into the Supreme Court. One way the judicial branch can check the legislative branch is when they can declare a law unconstitutional. This way, our central government is each divided in

Each branch is staffed separately, with their equality and independence protected by the Constitution (O’Connor &Sabato, 2018, p. 28). As a result of this division of power, each branch has a different primary function. The legislative branch creates laws, the executive branch enforces laws, and the judicial branch interprets laws. Although this system is in place, each branch of government has a role in the other, a sort of interdependency. The checks and balances system was created so that each of the three branches of government could have some control and say over the other branches’ actions. In addition, the Framers created this system in order to eliminate the possibility of any one branch infringing on the rights of the people. For example, the legislative branch has the power to impeach the president and can propose constitutional amendments to override judicial decisions. The executive branch can veto a legislation and has the power to appoint federal judges. Finally, the judicial branch can rule federal and state laws unconstitutional, and can declare executive branch actions

The Framers of the US Constitution wanted to prevent the concentration of power into the hands of one individual, or even one group of individuals, within the national government. Thus, they reduced all governmental functions to essentially three:legislative, executive, and judicial. Because they believed that the very root of tyranny was to allow these three essential governmental functions to be exercised by one person or group.1 Consequently, they deliberately set out to devide the three functions into three separate and distinct institutions under the principle of separaton of powers, so as to gform a more perfect Union h.

These 435 seats are divided among the states every ten years. Representatives serve for two years at a time, and every second November there is a new election where they are chosen by the people in a direct election. (1) The House is required to choose a Speaker for itself who is in charge over the proceedings of the House and is the highest position in the House leadership. Other leadership positions are the Majority and Minority Leaders, and the Majority and Minority Whips. The Minority Leader would generally be the Speaker if his party were the majority.(1) The whips act as a median between the leadership and the other House members. The Senate is the Upper House and its members are called Senators. The qualifications for Senators are similar to those of house representatives, he or she must be 30 years old or older, must have been a U.S. citizen for nine years, and must live in the state they plan to represent.There is again no restriction of sex, race, class, social standing, or any other classification, for both a Senator or House representative . Each state has two Senators, no matter what the size of the state happens to be. A Senators term lasts six years and like the other house members every second November there is a new election. The Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate but he is a non-voting member unless a vote of the Senate ends in a tie which causes him to cast the deciding vote. If the Vice President is not available

One of the most important principles incorporated in the U.S. Constitution is separation of powers. The U.S. Constitution divided the central government into three branches and created a system of checks and balances as a way to prevent the concentration of power. “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” In order to be sure that the main

I am Thomas Jefferson and I would like to tell you a little bit about myself. At the age of fourteen, I took it upon myself to further deepen my knowledge in classical languages, literature and math. Later in my eduacational career, I attended college at William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. After gaining all of the knowledge needed for my career path, I became a prime member in the United States government. I was honored to be informed that I had been chosen to be one of the five men to help draft the first every copy of the Declaration of Independence. Under the three branches of the central government, I was selected to be a part of the Executive Branch. George Washington later selected men to be a part of the United States first ever

Separation of Powers During the drafting of the United States Constitution at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a topic of most importance was the separation of power amongst the three branches of government: the legislative, judicial, and executive. Following the end of the Constitutional Convention, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote a series of essays known as the Federalist Papers promoting the ratification of the constitution. In it, they responded to the critique presented by the people known as the anti-federalist. In Federalist Papers No. 47-49 & 51, James Madison addresses the need to establish the separation of powers, but to further develop them with a system of checks and balances that would help maintain

Ever heard the saying, “don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” There is a very good reason for that metaphor. Just like the eggs, Americans would not want all the matters within society handled by the same person or the same group of people. Thanks to the people who wrote the Constitution, Americans do not even have to be concerned about the preverbal basket, because they put the notion into consideration long before it became an issue. James Madison, one of the founding fathers, quoted Baron de Montesquieu during a drafting of the constitution stating, “There can be no liberty where the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person… or if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers.” (Power and Purpose p63) The idea was not to completely detach the different branches of government, but to allow degrees of separation for each to be effective; therefore, the separation of powers came into existence allowing each branch governing rights through a system of checks and balances to