The U.S government has a built in "check and balance" system in the Constitution.
This system was built so that one branch of the government could never become toopowerful. Each branch is controlled by the other two.
The power of the Executive branch is in the President, who is Commander inChief of the Armed Forces. The President appoints the Cabinet and oversees the variousagencies and departments of the federal government. The Presidential candidate must bea natural-born citizen of the United States, be at least 35 years of age, and have resided inthe United States for at least 14 years. Once elected, the President serves a term of fouryears and may be re-elected only once. The re-elected term is called a lame-duck termbecause after eight years in office the President can not be re-elected for the nextconsecutive term.
The Judicial branch hears cases that challenge or require interpretation of the lawsof the land.
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The western front of the United States Capitol. Th...It consists of the Supreme Court and the lower federal courts. Appointees tothe federal bench serve for life or until they voluntarily resign retire or are impeached forwrong doing by the congress. The Supreme Court is the most visible of all the federalcourts. It is the highest court in the land and its decision can not be appealed on any casebrought before it . Congress, rather than the Constitution, determines the number ofJustices who can serve in the federal and Supreme Courts. The Court has been composedof one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices. Justices are nominated by the Presidentand confirmed by the Senate.
The Legislative branch of the federal government consists of the Congress, whichis divided into two houses; the House of Representatives and the Senate. The House ofRepresentatives are elected to represent an area of people. It is a membership based onstate population, with 435...
Checks and Balances
This essay suffers from two fundamental flaws. First, the writing is stiff and awkward, and this results in a number of sentences that are unclear. Paragraphing is between flawed and non-existent.
More serious, this essay contains several inaccuracies. The three branches of government do not control one another: the constitutional systems requires that they work in concert and with reasonable deference for one another. That the President is commander in chief of the armed forces and that he can issue pardons, emphasized here, are two of his most trivial powers. That a second-term President is a "lame duck" is trivia of no real significance.
The Supreme Court has varied in size. Its primary power is not in declaring statutes or presidential acts unconstitutional but in interpreting laws and the Constitution, often in cases having no direct connection to presidential or congressional authority.
The tress on impeachment is flawed. Impeachments of any federal official are extremely rare. More important, the mere fact that a president does something which is challenged as unconstitutional does not automatically initiate impeachment proceedings.
Of the powers of the President, if the Supreme Court issues a decision, on constitutional or statutory grounds, that requires the executive branch to act, the President (and the entire executive branch) is legally required to follow that decision. The notion that he can rely on his power to see that the laws of the United States are enforced as an excuse for ignoring the courts of the United States is unfounded, and was definitively rejected in the 1803 case of Marbury v. Madison.
In short, this is not a good essay. It should not be used.
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