Pros And Cons Of The Llegislative Branch

The United States Constitution and the composition of the government was created by a tremendous amount of high-level debates. Through these debates, the Constitutional Convention of 1787 reached the system of politics that our government has consisted of for over 200 years. It was created to be a system of checks and balances, making sure that no man nor group has excess power. It is made up of three branches, interacting with and constraining one another since the ratifying of the United States Constitution. The eExecutive Branch, consisting of the President, Vice President, and Cabinet, sees to it that laws are implemented. Just as was designed in the US Constitution, it restrains the lLegislative Branch mainly by the president’s ability to call special sessions, ask citizens to pressure Congress to act, and to veto bills. The most recent veto of a bill originating in the lLegislative Branch was President Barack Obama’s vetoing of the Interstate Notarizations Act of 2010. The Judicial Branch is kept in check by the Executive Branch by the president’s duty to appoint

It reserves the right to remove a president from office through the impeachment process. In addition, although the president can veto the bills that Congress puts on his/her desk, the Congress can override the president’s veto with a super majority-- ⅔ of the representatives in Congress must vote to pass the bill. The most recently overridden presidential veto was George W. Bush’s veto of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act. As for the jJudicial Branch, the lLegislature creates the lower courts, can impeach judges, and must approve Supreme Court cases. Currently, federal judge G. Thomas Porteous of Louisiana is on trial to be removed from the courthouse by the Congress. The lLegislative Branch has a good amount of power over the other two branches of our