why was the legislative branch created?
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When our system of government was created the fears that our founding fathers had about tyranny still existed. To prevent the abuse of power several systems were created. Federalism was created to ensure that state governments could exercise local control and Separation of Powers was created to further divide the power of the national government. Separation of Powers has within it a system of checks and balances. These checks and balances set one branch of government against the other to ensure a healthy competition. This competition safeguards against one branch gaining too much power.\n\nInternally, the legislative branch has its own way of balancing power. The legislative branch, as you know is broken up into two parts or houses. This is known as a bicameral legislature. Each of the houses of Congress has its differences and there are something they must do together as well.
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The legislative branch writes bills and presents them to the President.  If the President signs them, they become law.  If the President does not sign them or vetos them, but 2/3 of Congress or a supermajority then votes for them, they an overturn the veto and the bill becomes a law.
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Well, that question is a very broad question, but I can give the general overview.  The newly created government in the 1780's is most likely reffering to the United States Constitution.  This Constitution was created due to the lack of federal rights in the Articles of Confederation.  The Articles did not allow Congress to tax or recieve soldiers from the independent states but rather ask for them.  The Articles were considered weak and they were essentially thrown out.  Whether this was legal or not is debatable.  The British also had a great impact on the Constitution because they "abused" the Americans during the revolution and before the revolution.  The Americans therefore, created the Bill of Rights were granted rights to the common man and the states.  Arguably, most of the Bill of Rights have some sort of connection to what the British had done before and during the revolution such as the Second Amendment.  The Second Amendment states, "No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law."  Many believe this was a response to the Quartering Act Britain established before the revolution.  Many Enlightenment ideas from Britain (like philsophers from John Locke) and other European countries greatly influenced the American government.  Ideas such as freedom of speech, religion, assembly, and others sparked from Europea.  The ideas of the individual "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" in the Declaration of Independence were derived from John Locke's "Life, Liberty, and Property."  Of course, the framers (of the Constitution) were very intelligent and substituted "property" with "Pursuit of Happiness" because they did not want to debate over owning slaves yet (for that would occur later in the Civil War).
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I'll assume you're talking about the US Federal government. The legislative branch is composed of 100 Senators and 435 Representatives for 535 total plus various non-elected workers totaling 30,000. The execuitve branch is composed of the Preisdent, Vice President, cabinet (15 people), cabinet-level offices (6 people), and the employees of every federal agency (2,649,300 people). The judicial branch is made up of 875 judges plus 33,800 employees.
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The purpose of the Executive Branch is to enforce all approved bills and policies of the Student Government Association. The Executive Branch should also examine problems and arrive at possible solutions for the student body and make proposals to the legislative Branch for its approval.
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Both the executive and legislative branches can make laws; but its the legislative branch's primary function. The judiciary branch is supposed to apply the law..... but they seem to be creating it these days. :(\n\nEver heard of the Executive Order? The president's legislative ability is limited, but he has it nonetheless.
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I personally don't want any one person to be able to make a bill into a law.  Hello, that is why we have the three branches of government so we don't have a dictatorship!!  Bad idea!!
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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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A legislation is a act decision made by the legislative branch (congress).\n\nIt can be poposed by just about anyone, but it usually takes a powerful voice to be heard. It must first be passed by the house of repesentatives, and then onto the Senate.
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Because not every politician knows everything about everything. So they set up committees to handle their own little special projects/investigations as they relate to their committee's objectives. Then once the committee has accomplished their task, they present it to the rest of the senate for review. It is probably one of the few ways in which our government has made things more productive.
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The legislative branch also funds the military (that starts in the House).  The judicial branch (Supreme Court) would interpret specific military laws that are brought before them.  But since active duty military can't sue the government, I don't think that happens too much.
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It starts with Congress, though the general process works the same for state legislatures creating state agencies.\n\nThe legislature passes what is called an "enabling law" which creates an agency and grants the agency certain powers. These must be within the type of laws that Congress itself could pass.  [See Article I of the Constitution.] Essentially, Congress is delegating some of its rule-making power to the agency, usually with specific guidelines and a specific purpose.\n\nThe agency then goes through whatever their established procedure is, as determined by the enabling statute. Because they have been delegated quasi-legislative powers, the agency regulations have the same effect as if the laws had been passed directly by Congress.\n\nFor more specific detail on the step-by-step process, see the Wikipedia link below.
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the US government is separated into three branches of goverment that theoretically ensure a balance of power.  These branches are the legistislature (house & senate), exectutive (president) and the judicial (supreme court).  \n\nEach branch is designed to work independent of one another, though at the same time work with each other to create laws, implement policy and to interpret the constitution through the judicial process. \n\nA governor is similar to the executive branch, but for a state. \n\nCongressman are those who are elected to the House of Representatives and Senators are those who are elected to the Senate.  Each state is represented by 2 senators for a total of 100.  The number of representatives from each state to the House is determined by its population.  The House and Senate were both created to ensure equal representation of all states, without favoring larger states.\n\nThe House of Representatives writes legistlation (laws).  But before they are made into laws, the Senate must vote on a 51-49 majority to pass it into law and the president must sign the law to become official. \n\nHope this helps!
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Prior to it, members of the US Congress were chosen by state legislators rather than election by the people. In the time leading up to its creation, several seats were empty because of partisan bickering in certain states. (Indiana had a seat sitting empty for two years.) Bribery and coersion were also problematic at times. By 1912, many states had begun electing their representatives by popular vote, and those selected in this way tended to be strong proponent of amending the US Constitution to make that federal law.\n\nIt was passed by Congress on May 13, 1912, and was ratified on April 8, 1913.
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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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It sets up a government.
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George Washington did not create the cabinet, but he did urge Congress to recognize the deparments of foreign affairs, treasury and war. Once Congress approved of the President's request, Washington appointed the first members to serve in that executive branch capacity.\n\nThey included:\n\nThomas Jefferson (Sec'y of Foreign Affairs, though the name was quickly changed to Secretary of State)\n\nAlexander Hamilton (Secretary of the Treasury)\n\nHenry Knox (Secretary of War)\n\nEdmund Randolph (Attorney General)\n\nIn the original cabinet, the Attorney General was not the head of the Department of Justice