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Compare And Contrast The Branches Of The Federal Government

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The branches of the American government are the executive, judiciary, and the legislature. The executive consists of around five million workers and the president. The judiciary consists of the lower courts and the Supreme courts. On the other hand, the Legislature consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate. In the executive branch, the President is the head. This arm makes the laws to be official. The President in America is elected by all people and is expected to be in office for four years. Among the roles that the President plays as a member of the executive is to carry out the laws that the executive passes and also approves them. He/ she also remove or appoint cabinet officials and members. The Legislative part of the …show more content…

Both the local governments and the state perform similar functions like overseeing the laws of the state within their territories. Along with other duties, they maintain peace, collect taxes, maintain jails, construct and repair bridges and the roads. They also record deaths, marriages, and deeds. The manner in which the local governments and the state are organized varies broadly across America. They possess common definite characteristics, although their makeup differs. For example, a state has Governors, state courts, and state legislatures while on the other hand, the local governments have Counties, Special Districts, Townships, and Municipalities. Despite the differences in the organization, serious affairs and others cannot be determined by distant Washington establishment, but by both local and state officials. The three branches of the local governments and State play their roles in a manner that is similar to the federal government descriptions. Despite the ways that the local governments and the state are designed, both always have a wide and perhaps greater impact on the lives of people I America as compared to the federal (central)

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