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    divided among the legislative branch, executive branch, and judicial branch. Checks and balances are certain powers that each branch of our federal government have to check on each other and make sure one branch isn’t doing something against the Constitution. These balances between the branches ensure that no branch becomes too powerful. Preventing this means that all of the branches are equal and balanced and allows a fair federal government for the people. The branch that has the greatest amount

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    In the United States, the executive branch of government is comprised of the President, Vice President, and the Cabinet. In addition to acting as the head of government the President acts as the Commander-in-Chief and the head of state. Article II of the Constitution established the general responsibilities and limits of the President. However, over time the power in the hands of the chief executive has expanded. While the United States executive branch, more specifically the President, has a substantial

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    branches: judicial, executive, and legislative branches. All three branches are held together using a system of checks and balances. While each branch has some kind of trump or has control over another branch, some branches are arguably more powerful than others. The main focus of this paper will be on where the executive branch stands power-wise. When our founding fathers first started building our nation from the dust, they had in mind a system of branches where no one branch was more powerful than

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    The Executive Branch

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    power of the supreme court. Finally when South Carolina began refusing to pay the high Tariffs on goods Jackson passed the force bill so he could send troops into the state to collects the tariffs. This law not only affirmed the power of the executive branch but also the power of the federal government over the states. With this bill he explicitly denied that nullification was a right of the states. However with South Carolina threatening to secede Henry Clay stepped in with a compromise to keep

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    branches executive, judicial, legislative they call this the 3 branch system. Which are all different, ran by different people and work differently. All of these branches have different jobs they do, they all run differently. The Branches were founded back in the 1780’s except for Legislative branch which was founded in the 1920’s. The three branch

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    amendment which showed an abuse of power on the Legislative Branch’s part. Also, the Executive Branch abused power when President Jackson did not respect the ruling of the Supreme Court case in Worcester vs. Georgia, and the Judicial Branch could have stopped this.

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    legislative , the legislative branch basically runs the judicial, and the president runs the executive branch.But the president can be neglected by the congress (in the judicial branch) who’s in the legislative branch.And for there to be a congress in the legislative branch they have to have our vote. So i think that the people have the most power. The president who, is in charge of the executive branch, is also in charge of a little part of the judicial branch. In the judicial branch there are the Supreme

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    the expanding United States. These three branches consist of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. Each with balanced power impacts every American citizen’s life and needs. Each significant branch of the government addresses social, economic, and political matters which influences the lives of a society with changing needs. The Executive Branch has expanded to attend to the needs of the country. When viewing the Executive Branch years ago, not only did the needs shift over time, but so did the

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    The Executive Branch and the Presidents The Executive Branch is the branch of government that enacts and enforces the law. The head of the Executive Branch is the President of the United States. The President of the United States has seven roles that he must fill as President. These roles are the Chief of State, Chief Executive, Commander-in-Chief, Legislative leader, Chief of Party, Guardian of economy and Chief Diplomat. In these roles, the President awards metals to college scholarship winners

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    comparisons and contrasts are most noticeable in the legislative and executive branches. There are three main parts of an executive branch; The president, the vice president, and the cabinet. The president is the head of the U.S. executive branch, but in state executive branches the governor is the head honcho. Every State in America has a governor that is the chief executive of the state, responsible for

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