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The Three Branches Of The Constitution

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America wouldn't be what it is built up to be today without the Constitution. The Constitution works because of checks and balances, the three branches of government, and federalism. I also think that the article V of the constitution that starts to state the amendment process also contributes to the constitution's success because it makes making a new amendment very difficult. The three branches of government include the Executive Branch, the Legislative branch, and the Judicial branch. The Executive Branch includes the President and Vice President to the cabinet members make up this branch. This branch is responsible for enforcing laws they get there power from the president. The president is the head of state and also the commander in chief of the armed forces. The cabinet of the executive branch body is made up of 15 leaders from each agency. The current 15 executive agencies are the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and human services, Homeland security, Housing and Urban development, Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans affairs. …show more content…

All legislative power is vested in Congress. The main task of this branch is to make laws while its jobs include passing laws and originating spending which is done by The House and impeaching officials and approving treaties which is done by The Senate. The Judicial Branch of government is The Supreme Court and all the federal courts. The job of this branch of government is to explain laws under the constitution they also decide if the laws are constitutional. The judges of supreme court are appointed by the President. There are 9 justices and they are appointed for life. The highest justice is the Chief

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