Dorshika Rollins
8/24/2017
Unit2 DB
The three branches of the U.S. Government are Legislative, Executive, and Judicial.
Legislative Branch: makes laws (Congress) confirms or rejected Presidential appointments and has the authority to declare war.
Executive Branch: carries out and enforces laws and includes the President.
Judicial Branch: interprets the meaning of laws, applies laws to individual cases, and decides if laws violate the constitution. State Government
Under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved for the states and the people. All state governments are modeled after the federal government and consist of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.
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The latter is part of a system of checks and balances among the three branches of government that mirrors the federal system and prevents any branch from abusing its power.
The Supremacy Clause establishes that the only unqualified "supreme Law of the Land" is the Constitution itself. No "law" is above it, not federal enactments, not treaties, not international law"("Defend Not Amend", Richard Fry 2014).This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
The United States is a federalist government, which means that citizens of the nation are subject to the powers of different government units. A federalist system allows two or more governmental bodies to have control over the same area, both the state and the federal governments. The Constitution decrees that, while the laws of each state are valid, the federal government is the highest power of the
The government of the United States of America is a federal constitutional republic. In layman 's terms, this means that the country 's national, central government and the smaller, unitary governments of the fifty states are co-equal in their power, and that the citizens of America have a say in public policies by electing representatives who voice their respective opinions. More importantly, both the central government and the state governments are subject to the supreme law of the Constitution. Under this document, the central government is set up into three branches (the legislative, executive, and judicial) that are meant to check each other and balance out power. Their cooperation insures that the national government 's control is appropriate, and does not infringe upon the rights of the average American citizen.
* Given a business situation, evaluate the various options for resolving a business dispute from a legal perspective and develop an optimal course of action to resolve the dispute.
In the United States Constitution it is stated that “No single section of the constitution deals with federalism. Instead, the provisions dividing power between the states and the national government appear throughout the constitution. Most of the constitution is concerned with establishing the powers of the national government. National power is also based on the supremacy clause of article VI, which says that the constitution and laws made in accordance with it are “the supreme law of the land”. This means that when national and state laws conflict, the national laws will be followed. Article I, section 9 limits the power of the national government over individuals. The tenth amendment the constitution also limits the state powers in Article I, section10 and denies the states certain powers” (Keeping the
When the founders were creating the Constitution for the new nation they wanted to keep the freedoms of the United States but wanted to have a strong government. They thought the best way to get a strong government but to keep the people’s rights were to create the three branches of government. The three branches of government are Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branch. Legislative makes laws, Executive enforces the laws, and the Judicial branch explains the laws. Know we will key on the Legislative Branch.
The US Constitution defines the federal government as “The Supreme Law of the land”, known as the Supremacy Clause. Article VI, Section 2, of the U.S. Constitution states that, should the federal government exercise their rights enumerated in the Constitution, they would prevail over any conflicting state implementation of power. The clause ensures that the federal laws take precedence over state laws and ensures that state judges uphold these laws. The Supremacy Clause checks the power of the local governments by
The United States government braces its power among three powerful branches, legislative, executive and judicial. These branches interact with one another to establish authority that is strong, yet equal to have power over the country. Each branch pursues certain responsibilities and duties to operate in an efficient and effective manner in which society upholds. The executive, legislative and judicial branches all interact amid each other to validate accuracy of the nation’s most powerful law of the land, the Constitution. It is important to know how these branches interact with each other to learn how a bill becomes a law. Reflecting on how the three branches promote a balance of power that is constructive to include the agendas and
The government is divided into three branches. Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. James Madison states in his Federalist papers, “Liberty requires that the great departments of powers should be separate and distinct.” Legislative writes the laws for and consists of the House of Representatives and Senate. Executive branch passes the laws the legislative branch makes and the President is the head of this branch. Judicial branch decides if laws are constitutional or not and consists of the Supreme Court. This keeps one branch from getting too much power.
The United States is currently governed under a federalist constitution and has a deep rooted history of setting up its constitution to accommodate transparency, checks and balance and prevent tyranny. The federalist system of government is divided into the co-dependent central and state government. federalism in the united states give states the power to create their own laws, constitutions, and government structures. As stated in the U.S. Constitution (U.S.), enormous reservoirs of political power are thus derived from the people who reside in the states themselves. (champagne 2017)
Federalism: Federalism is defined as government authority shared by national and local governments. Federalism is a system or form of government. Federalism allows for two assemblies of authority to have shared power among a specific region. Federalism is different from a unitary government, which is operated by one main department of government. The supremacy clause is essentially important due it stating that the federal laws are the supreme laws of the land. The tenth amendment states all the rights of the state governments. An example of federalism is here in the United States, a state government is not able to approve or pass a law that challenges a law that the federal government passed. Federalism can be found in the United
The concept of federalism centers around the state and federal government dividing and sharing powers. James Madison wrote in Federalist Paper #51 that under the Constitution, “The different governments will control each other, at the same time that each will be controlled by itself”(Doc A). The reason the framers of the Constitution put Federalism into practice was to prevent the Central Government from having all of the power, thus preventing a tyranny. Most of the central government’s sole powers have to do with foreign affairs, such as trade, war, immigration, and the military(Doc A). The states have the power to decide local laws and set up local governments and schools(Doc A).
The United States’ government is constructed in Federalism. Federalism is a method of government that allows two or more individuals to have control over the same region. Each citizen in the United States is subject to the laws of their city, county, state and federal government.(Dictionary) The United States’ federalist government’s power is divided between the federal government and the state and local governments. The United State’s Constitution is the structure for our federalist government. In the Constitution, the federal government is identified as the highest governmental power and recognizes that the American people are subject to several different powers. The separation of these powers are called, checks and balances, which separate the three branches;legislative, executive, and judicial branches.to prevent actions by other branches.
The state government system is the bottom, the foundation of United States. Then, it moves up into the federal government which is at the top of the power chain. This whole concept shows that the state and federal government must have some the same policies and systems to work together, the way it does. Although, It must be somewhat different, otherwise a compromise would have never been made at the Constitutional Convention. Overall, this shows that the United States government gets all of its power from the citizens of the United States of
The constitution was established by men who had experienced the dictatorships of Europe and had escaped from its grasp. They sought to establish a form of government that would never allow a dictatorship or tyrant ruler to hold power over the people like in the places they had fled. With their creation of the foundation of what our government is today they created a system where 3 branches were all of equal power and each could be overruled by another which prevented any branch becoming superior of another. The separation of powers provides a system of shared power called Checks and Balances.(2) The three branches are legislative, judicial and executive and they each have specific powers to
There are three branches of government. They are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branch. These branches mostly have the same amount of power. In my opinion I think that the Judicial branch is the one with the most power. The Judicial branch main power is to say if the laws that the Legislative branch did and the president signed are constitutional or not.
There are three branches of the federal government, the executive, the judicial, and the legislative. The executive branch consists of such people as the president, the cabinet, and the executive offices of the president. The executive branch is known for enforcing laws created by the legislative branch. The judicial branch entails the United States Supreme Court and the Federal Judiciary. The judicial branch must review the laws the executive branch is to enforce. There is also the legislative branch. This branch contains the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate, and the Library of Congress. Laws are created through the legislative branch.