Three Branches of Government
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- Legislative
- Executive
- Judicial
- Hearing civil cases
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- Interpreting state laws
- The legislative branch is a Congress which has a Senate and a House of Representatives. Both of them write the nation's laws. Congress declare war, regulate interstate and foreign commerce and controls taxing and spending policy. Congress will hold hearings if there is a debate about a new policy. Congress only pass a law if two-thirds of the Congress members vote for it. Congress has the power to pass a law. If the president disagrees then they can veto it. But at the same time Congress can override the veto.
- The executive branch is vested in the President of the United States, who also acts as head of state and Chief of the armed forces. The executive branch puts in the laws and enforces the laws that are written by Congress.The President has the power either to sign legislation into law or to veto bills enacted by Congress, although Congress may override a veto with a two-thirds vote of both houses. The Executive Branch conducts diplomacy with other nations and the President has the power to negotiate and sign treaties, which the Senate ratifies.
- The judicial branch is in charge of deciding the meaning of laws, how to apply them to real situations,and whether a law breaks the rules of the Constitution.The U.S. Supreme Court, the highest court in the United States, is part of the judicial branch
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