Executive Branch - President, etc; Enforce laws.
Legislative Branch - Congress; Create Laws. Write laws, debate, etc.
Judicial Branch - Judges, Supreme Court; Interpret Laws. Review a law and say what the law actually means, how can it be enforced, is the law legal?
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the constitution
The three branches of government are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches. The Legislative Branch's basic function is to make laws for the common good of the People. The basic function of the Legislative Branch is to enforce those laws. The Judicial Branch's basic function is to judge whether laws are unconstitutional, if not found Constitutional, they are not passed.
Every government holds the basic powers: Legislative power (the powe3r to make laws and to frame public policies), Executive power (the power to execte, enforce, andminister laws), and Judicial power (the power to interpret laws, to dermine their meaning, and to settle disputes that arise within society).
Federal and confederal
1. Checks and Balances--procedural rules allow one branch to chack and to limit another . 2. Separation of powers-- the government is divided into 3 branches. 3. Republicanism-- citizens elect representitives to carry out their will 4. Federalism-- the division of power between the federal government and the states. 5. limitied government-- the government has only the powers given by the constitution 6. individual Rights-- every person's basic rights are protected 7. popular Sovereignty-- the government gets its authorities from the people