Are you able to name the Branches of the United States Government without looking them up? What are they?
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LEGISLATIVE (Congress)\nThey make the laws.\n"Nobody is safe as long as Congress in in session" -Will Rogers\n\nEXECUTIVE (President, Police)\nThey enforce the laws \n...whenever they're not too busy breaking them. \n\nJUDICIAL (Courts, Judges)\nThey judge ("Judge ye not") based on the law...\n...bribes...PMS/testosterone poisoning...
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Oh my god!!! Simple stuff...you should know this already. \n\nThe Legislature or Legislative Branch of Government - they are in charge of making the laws of this Country.\n\nExecutive Branch - That's where Bush and Cheney are right now. The president, vice president & their two cabinets .....they are responsible for carrying out the laws of the land, at the National Level. They also enforce our Laws and develop policy in certain key areas like Commerce & Education..etc\n\nHope you get it now....\n\ngo to www.mcwdn.org
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Yep... your choice of the US Military branches!
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The executive branch is allowed to veto acts of congress, and is supposed to carry out the laws that congress passes. Congress passes laws and amendments that they feel the courts or the executive need to carry out. Also, they confirm appointments made by the president to the executive branch and the judicial branch. The courts are a check on the power of both the executive and congress by ruling on wether things are  allowed based on the constitution. If a court decides something is not constitutional, the law is deemed void.\n\nIn theory they should be the same; however, in practice the Executive branch has been the most powerful over the years. Then congress, and finally the judicial. However, the judicial branch seems to make vital decisions every once in awhile.
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Answer to subquestion 1. Yes\nAnswer to subquestion 2. No.  The executive branch cannot assume powers that are not vested in it except by Congressional authority and cannot assume powers that Congress does not have within the Constitution.  Anything that the president does is subject to review by the Judicial Branch and can be found to be unconstitutional.  Presidents can only use powers granted by Congress.\n\nMy answer to your overall question:  Vote out the current career politicians and replace them with regular Americans like you and me.  That's what the Constitution was set up for.  Representation by the people in the House, and representation of the states in the Senate.  There should be no federal government except to the extent necessary to provide for basic needs of the people and protection from our enemies.  States should actually be in control of the direction of the "ship" and held in check by the appointed representatives of the people.  Don't vote for a Democrat or a Republican.  Vote for a candidate that represents what you believe is in the best interest of the country, not the best interest of a social group, an economic group, or any other wannabe majority.  Hell, vote for me!  I'm a Libertarian.
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So they can keep each other in check, and no one branch has total control. The way the US was created was to ensure true liberty for its citizens, and this is a big part of it. I wish I could go into more detail, I think it may be referred to as a "system of check and balances."
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Yes indeed. "Legislative" means the ones who actually pass the laws ("legis" -- from the Latin for law), while "Executive" means the ones who execute (enforce) them, and "judicial" means the ones who judge them.  So Congress (the House of Representatives) and the Senate are both part of the legislative branch.
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There are 3 branches of gov't in U.s., the legislative  branch has 2 houses, the 100 senators, house of representive. in most states they can serve as many terms as they went. the titles are Mr. or Ms. Senator, or mr or mrs. XXX
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Not described within the US Constitution... they are theoretically whatever the President of the United States would chose them to be... However, Congress has codified their names and duties in US Code, TITLE 5 > PART I > CHAPTER 1 > § 101:\n\nThe Executive departments are: \nThe Department of State. \nThe Department of the Treasury. \nThe Department of Defense. \nThe Department of Justice. \nThe Department of the Interior. \nThe Department of Agriculture. \nThe Department of Commerce. \nThe Department of Labor. \nThe Department of Housing and Urban Development. \nThe Department of Transportation. \nThe Department of Energy. \nThe Department of Education. \nThe Department of Veterans Affairs.\n\nSo the President MAY chose to rely on others... but the Departments are self sustaining... or feeding bueracracies..
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Only when there is a tie vote in the Senate\nNone of the above\nOnly Congress can declare war\nFrom the President\nThere is a law against it\nLobbying\nEvery two years\nBy adding the number of Senators and Representatives that the state has in Congress\nAnother national election is held \nThe House of Representatives\nThe Garfield Act\nEleven\nWorld War II\n12 \nRight to Remain Silent \nFor life\nThe Supreme Court\nThe First Amendment\nTwelve\nTwenty-Nine\nCongress\ndamn, im ashamed at how many i had to guess at.
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Checks and Balances\n\nWhen you have three branches of the federal government, you need a government where one branch of government is constantly held in check by the other two branches.  Without a series of checks and balances, the president, congress, or the Supreme Court could take power and a representative democracy could turn slowly into a dictatorship or oligarchy.
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In the US, it is the name of the capital city, and also the name of a state.  These are named after the first president of the US.
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There is the Executive Branch, the Judiciary Branch and the Legislative Branch.\n\nExecutive:\nThis is like the President and such. You could draw the White House or something. Prez has the power to veto laws.\n\nJudiciary:\nSupreme Court and stuff. You could draw one of those hammer-thingys that judges always use. Gavels or something? Anyway, they interpret the laws from the Constitution.\n\nLegislative:\nCongress --> Senate + House of Reps. They make the laws.
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I must answer this from the perspective of an actual government, not just the hypothetical one, so things may vary somewhat (functions and powers may be differently distributed).  But I believe the basic approach is sound for those operating under a representative system of government other than the U.S. Constitution.\n\nSeveral want to suggest all three of these 'branches' are "equally important". \n\nI may agree with what I THINK they mean, but I also think they misunderstand the question, and perhaps the American system of government.\n\nI would agre that all three functions ARE important (even necessary) to a properly functioning state.\n\nI would also agree that there should be a  healthy 'balance' in which each has its own sphere (not trampling on the others) and even has the ability to act as a check on the others (what Americans call 'checks and balances').\n\nBut that is not the same thing as saying all three have "equal" powers or importance.   \n\nKeeping all that in view, I believe the LEGISLATIVE (or what you call the "parlimentarian") is the most important.  It is  THE branch most directly respresntative of and accountable to the people.  It is also THE source of laws, and what is more central to governing that the system of LAWS?\n\nYes, the other branches have important functions in seeing that laws are effectively and fairly carried out, and may even have some authority to prevent (by exective veto) or rescind (by judicial decision) at least some laws, within limits (e.g., the U.S. Supreme Court can declare that a law is void because it violates the Constitution, which takes precedence as THE foundational law).  But neither of these branches can MAKE the laws (at least they are not SUPPOSED to!!)   In particular, the courts --as important as their role is in assuring that our laws are upheld-- COULD not be 'the most important in the POLITICAL systm' when (as in the U.S. design) the judges do not stand for election and so are to some extent OUTSIDE "politics".\n\nA bit of support for this understanding may be found in the 2nd definition of "political" in Webster's--\n  "of, relating to, or concerned with the making as distinguished from the administration of governmental policy" --   From this perspective, clearly the legislative branch, and secondarily the executive, have the primacy.\n\nThe much greater detail of Article II of U.S. Constitution --that concerning the legislature -- is one evidence of the importance the founding fathers placed on this branch.  (Their writings back this up.)
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don't know you can look it up
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There is no order, that is why there is separation of powers, proposed originally by Baron de Montesque (or however you spell that).  There are three branches, executive, legislative, and judicial, that all have certain responsibilities and that all have to check on the other branches.  If you are not asking about the United States government, then I don't know.
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Congress is the legislative branch, and there is no universal head of congress, because congress has two houses.  The senate is chaired by the vice-president.  The House of Representatives is chaired by the speaker of the house.