Executive Branch Research Paper

The checks and balances system in The United States of America is set up to avoid the "majority from ruling with an iron fist" (Mount, 2010). The three branches ,Legislative, Judicial, and Executive, were set up in the Constitution. The branches powers and limitations are also stated in the Constitution. While a particular branch might have specific jobs, there are limiting factors that also keep them from becoming too powerful. This slows the efficiency of decision making but that is a purposeful design from its initial set up. With the powers being limited by the other branches, there is not one branch that can become more dominate than the others.
The Legislative branch is described in Article 1 of the Constitution. It's main purpose

The people vote for their candidates to speak for them in both the Senate and House of Representatives. "As shown by its prime spot at the beginning of the Constitution, the framers initially intended the legislative branch-which they saw as closest to the people-to be the most powerful of the three branches of government." (History.com, Legislative, 2017). Through the years the power of the Legislative branch has lessened and become more equal with the Executive branch. Some of the ways that the Legislative branch holds the Executive branch in check by being able to override Presidential vetoes with a high vote Congress. The Senate approving departmental appointments, treaties and ambassadors. The Legislative branch has the power to declare war. They are set up to check on the Executive branch with the House having impeachment power and the Senate giving the trial for impeachments. They also have the power to enact taxes and allocate funds. The

""[The Judicial Branch] may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment; and must ultimately depend upon the aid of the executive arm even for the efficacy of its judgments."- Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 78" (renewamerica.com, 2009). Alexander Hamilton makes a decent argument that the Judicial branch is not able to do as much on their end with checks and balances. To overcome this, the Judicial branch would need to garner more power with the laws and decisions that they provide. While the basis of the Judicial branch is to help to discern the meaning of the constitution and to validate the bills and laws that are in place, the would need to be able to help lead the Legislative branch into designing laws that would be more exact with the constitution and the core foundations that the nation was built upon. Because the positions in the Supreme Court are delegated by the President and approved by Congress there is a limiting factor on who may be allowed to serve on the Supreme Court, however they are not limited by term as to their length of service and may remain in service to the Supreme Court for as long as they like or until they are removed by the Legislative branch. By giving the Judicial branch more power to stop or change laws from the legislative branch or executive orders from the executive branch they