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Separation Of Powers Vs Judicial Branch

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The Separation of Powers made our government divide into 3 different branches. These are the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. The Executive and Judicial are focussed on the laws and courts. The Executive branch’s job is to carry out the laws that the Legislative branch passes. Most of the Executive branch is made up of departments. There are 15 of them, one for every activity. For example some of them are education, transportation, defense, energy etc. Most people think Executive then think about the president. The president is the commander in chief of the Army and Navy. The president can also sign or veto the bills. The president can also make treaties with other countries. This means that if we needed money for the taxes they could lend us some but later on we would have to pay it back. Next, he/she MUST protect and defend our constitution. To be the president you have to be at least 35 years of age, and be a natural born citizen which is the same …show more content…

In the Judicial branch there are 2 types of court. The federal court system and the state court system. The federal court deals with the laws for the whole U.S. The state court deals with laws for just one state. The country is also divided into circuits. There are also criminal and civil cases. Criminal deals with crime and civil deals with the right of citizens. The Judicial branch is mainly made up of the Supreme court, trial court, and the court of appeals. The Supreme court is the highest court, they have 9 judges. Also known as the 9 Supreme Justices. The trial court gets to hear the cases for the first time and reviews the evidence to see what is right. The trial court only has 1 judge. The court of appeals reviews the trial court for error. Lastly, the Supreme court reviews the court of appeals for error. Then the lower courts are reviewed afterwords. The Supreme court's is the highest then the court of appeals, and the lowest is the trial

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