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because without it the legislative branch wouldn't work how it does.
The largest branch of the US government is the Legislative Branch.It is made up of two houses: Congress, and the House of Representatives.Congress has a population of 100. It has equal representation, meaning each of the 50 states is allowed 2 senators each.The House of Representatives is based on proportional representation, meaning the number of representatives given to a state is determined by that state's population. There are a total of 435 representatives.Since there are 100 senators and 435 representatives, the Legislative Branch has a total of 535 people.On the other hand, the Executive Branch has one person (the President) along with his handful of cabinet members, and the Judicial Branch (the Supreme Court) is made up of 9 judges.Therefore, the Legislative Branch is the largest branch of the US government.But there has been many argument about which one is bigger between Legislative and Executive. So go with it.
Article I of the Constitution describes the structure of the legislative branch of government we know today.
James Madison proposed the Virginia Plan during the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The plan called for a bicameral legislature with representation based on population size, favoring larger states. Madison wanted the legislative branch to have significant power to make laws and oversee the executive branch. This plan ultimately influenced the structure of the United States Congress, leading to the creation of the House of Representatives and the Senate with different methods of representation.
The Legislative branch shouldn't really be dominant because we have checks and balances (separation of pawers between the branches). But if if should be dominant then it should be because it is the one out of the three branches that make the laws