Who Really Has the Power? Essay examples -- Political Science

The strongest branch of government is the Executive branch because it holds the most influential power of the "Three" (being the Executive, the Legislative, and the judicial branch) as well as many other "informal powers". Though the strengths of each branch of government were meant to maintain equality in the government, due to informal powers, the executive branch can override a veto from either branch. In addition, the president, who is a part of the executive branch, is more or less the face of the country, therefore the president is able gain popularity among the citizens of the United States as well as major businesses, who have the power to vote and sponsor their appointed leader ( i.e. the president). Each branch of government has a specific role: the Legislative branch is in charge of creating laws, the Executive branch has the power to enforce these laws as well as promote and develop policy, and the judicial branch is responsible for interpreting these laws. Each branch was also created to keep the other in check; this system was called "checks and balances", which worked in various ways (Remy p65). One way being that the president can veto or reject the legislation of a law. Though in some cases Congress can override a presidential veto through a two-third's vote between both houses of legislation in conjunction with approving appointed judges. The judicial branch also holds a balance between the other branches with the power to bind congress and the president with judicial review. An example of judicial review would be the case of Brown v. Board of Education. During this case the "separate but equal" doctrine was repealed because it was considered a violation of the fourtee nth amendment and thus, unconstitutional (... ...one else. The laws created need to be enforced and interpreted, without them the basis of America would be gone due to lack of proper law. Congress a controls taxes as well, which is connected to everyone in the United States, from elected officials to the common citizen. Works Cited http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/6216.pdf Remy, Richard. United States Government Democracy In Action. 8787 Orion Place, Columbus, OH. Glencoe/McGraw-Hill. 2002. Print http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/21442 http://jpart.oxfordjournals.org/content/7/3/461.abstract http://voices.yahoo.com/what-does-board-education-do-5772712.html http://www.ustaxcourt.gov/about.htm http://voices.yahoo.com/what-does-board-education-do-5772712.html http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-civilrights/brown.html http://crime.about.com/od/police/a/miranda_rights.htm