Judicial Branch

In the United States, the powers of the legislative branch, judicial branch, and executive branch are divided between three separate institutions: Congress, made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Supreme Court, made up of the nine justices of the Supreme Court, and the President of the Unites States, respectively. Each branch maintains an amount of power over the other two while also being subject to the other two. This three-branch system of government is the manifestation of the ingenuity of the Constitution and is a testament to the endurance of the nation.
Congress, or the legislative branch, is responsible for introducing new laws and passing them through both chambers of representatives, the House and the Senate.

As such, each party in the two houses constantly vies congressional leadership roles which would benefit the party. Furthermore, each party has its own leadership roles unique to it. In the House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House acts as the effective leader of the House and is chosen through an election of all members of the House. The Speaker furthermore hails from the party which controls the majority of the House, granting him or her a role of party leadership as well. Both Republicans and Democrats select a single person to lead their party, known as the Majority Leader and Minority Leader. Which role is granted to the leader of which party is dependent on which party controls the majority of seats in the House. Each party leader is endowed with acting as the frontrunner for their party on the floor of the House. In addition to selecting a party leader, each party selects a whip as well, which go to be known as the Majority Whip and the Minority Whip. These officials are responsible for organizing the methods and ways in which their party intends to vote in order to perpetuate the goals of their party. Just like in the House, the Senate contains Majority and Minority Leaders and Whips which serve the exact same purpose. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate is a member of the Senate who is elected to one of the two leadership positions in the Senate. Since the President Pro Tempore is typically elected from the party in control of the Senate, the President Pro Templore provides for additional influence in lawmaking to benefit his or her party, yet their official duties are to watch over the Senate in the case that the Vice President is