• How and Why Do Amendments Become Part of the Constitution?

The roles of the three branches

Team A

His301

3/11/13

 Janice Harder

The Constitution of the United States is the permanent document upon which this nation’s government was formed and continues to rely upon in order to maintain the democratic republic. In its conception and many evolutions throughout the past 237 years, the rights of the country’s citizens and the roles that all federal and state governmental bodies play were established. Articles I, II and III contain the multifaceted powers as well as the checks and balances for and between the legislative, executive and judicial branches. This paper examines the reasons and benefits of the three divisions in the government, the obstacles to creating legislation due to the division of power among the branches, and the conflict and issues between supporters of federal versus states rights were characterized at the nation’s birth and at present.

When the American forefather divided the government they did it with our futures in mind, a government for the people. In order to make sure things are done correctly and fairly they decided to make three branches, the legislative branch is the House of Representatives which is the congress and also includes the senate which is used for law making decisions. Our forefathers made it this way so that each state had proper representation. The legislative branch receives thousands of bills ever two years and it is the legislative branches duties to make sure only necessary bills are entered into the house.

The judicial branch is the Supreme Court and the only court established by the constitution to make sure our constitution is upheld to the highest standards. The Supreme Court is the only court that can make decision of national importance to our country. Our forefathers knew that without some court system to uphold the constitution that people would try to read between the lines.

The executive branch is our president and when the forefathers made this branch...