3 Branches of the Government

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3 Branches of the Government

• Checks and Balances

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The Executive Branch, Legislative Branch and the
Judicial Branch check And balance each other so
that no one Group has all the power!!!!!
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The Legislative Branch

• Makes Laws
• Write and pass bills
• Overrule President with 2/3 vote
• Approves or rejects presidential appointments
• Approves treaties with 2/3 of Senate
• Declares War
• Impeaches officials
• Collect taxes
• Creates national currency
• Made up of the Senate and the House of
  Representatives

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Judicial Branch

• Interprets/reads the meaning of the laws
• Determines whether laws are constitutional
• Determines if treaties are unconstitutional
• Presides over impeachment trials (Chief Justice)
• Supreme Court Judges and federal courts

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The Executive Branch

• President and many government officials
• Sign or Veto a bill passed by Congress.
• Propose or suggest new laws
• Call Congress into a special session
• Sign treaties
• Commander and Chief of Armed Forces
• Nominate judges, ambassadors and Cabinet members
• Grant pardons
• Represent the USA in foreign affairs