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The legislative branch makes the laws and sends it to the president for signature. The executive branch runs the military and signs or vetoes bills made by the legislative branch. The judicial branch review high court cases, puts a limit on what the president can do, and make sure that all laws passed by congress are constitutional.
they could not enforce laws, could not tax, no executive branch, no court system, and they could not regulate trade.
Hamilton saw the judicial branch as a mere interpreter of laws with no real power over policy. However, the power to interpret or in some cases reinterpret laws has proved to be rather influential. It has made major differences in US policy in past cases.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
Confirming the President's major appointments
The major function of the executive branch is to enforce the laws.The powers are of two sorts: those exercised alone without legislative approval and those that require consent of the Senate or House. Powers of the President Alone: commander in chief of the armed forces; commission officers of the armed forces; grant reprieves and pardons for federal offenses (except impeachment); convene Congress into special session; receive ambassadors; take care that the laws be faithfully executed; make use of the "executive power" of the office, such as the veto power; give an annual State of the Union Address to Congress; appoint officials to lesser offices.
The four major ones are the legislature, the executive branch, the courts and the bureaucracies.
the heads of major departments in the executive branch
the heads of major departments in the executive branch
The major function of the US Executive Branch is to carry out the laws and run the government.
To carry out and execute laws
it checks the other branches. it also is a head of government, running the functions of the state and deciding how to enforce the law. the branch also acts (mainly the president) as a commander-in-chief of the armed forces. lastly as a foreign minister -overseeing state's ambassadors and determining foreign policy
no one cares.
The President's Cabinet
Does the country really need an executive branch
Does the country really need an executive branch
Does the country really need an executive branch?
Not exactly - but the Cabinet make the major decisions