Branches Of Government Essay

The United States has three branches of government. Each of these branches has a distinct and essential role in the function of the government. Forefathers divided the government into the three branches known as;   Legislative, Judicial and Presidential (Executive). Our Founding Fathers came to America to escape the one branched government of England. We have 3 branches so one cannot be more powerful than the other. These were made so each one could keep the other two in check, and so we do not have a parliamentary government.
      The executive branch consists of the president, vice president and 15 Cabinet-level departments such as State, Defense, Interior, Transportation and Education. The power of the executive branch all depends on the president, who chooses his vice president, and his Cabinet members who head the respective departments. A very important part and function of the executive branch is to ensure that laws are carried out and enforced to facilitate day-to-day responsibilities of the federal government. For example, collecting taxes, safeguarding the homeland and representing the United States' political and economic interests around the world. Without the executive branch there would be nobody to appoint supreme court justices, so we would no longer have a supreme court. Congress could just pass whatever law they want and not worry about the Constitutiion.There would be nobody to break a tie vote for the Senate.
Then , It is the legislative branch which consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives, There are 100 senators; each state has two. Each state has a different number of representatives, with the number determined by the state's population. Right now, there are 435 members of the House. The important function is to write, debate and pass bills and to send them on to the president for his approval or veto. If the president gives his approval to a bill, it immediately becomes law. However, if the [president vetoes the bill,...