Three Branches Of Government Essay

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The three branches of government include the executive, legislative, and judicial, each of them having different and vast responsibilities throughout the government. In order for these branches to co exist there is a system of checks and balances which allows the branches to share power. However, these checks and balances cant always induced the sharing of power, one branch might have more power than another, and I believe the most powerful branch is the judicial. I believe the judicial branch is most powerful because the supreme court resides within, and it has the final say in how power is used, even though all the branches have some degree of power at various times. This is because it can reverse decisions made by other judges, declare …show more content…

This means if a lower court makes a decision that a party disagrees with, they can file an appeal to a higher court. The higher court aka the supreme court can then review the lower courts decision and either uphold it or reverse it. For instances a very controversial case, Roe v. Wade, was overturned by the supreme court which caused uproar in society. The judicial branch had/ has the power to dictate a women’s body, they have the ability to control a women’s choice. To take this a step further what if said women resides within the other branches; the judicial branch is ultimately able to control women’s bodies that belong to the other branches in a sense. The judicial branch (supreme court) was able to overturn a federal constitutional right that was withstanding for nearly 50 years, and changed the lives for many women in …show more content…

It is designed to be independent from the other branches of government, including the executive branch. This is because the framers of the Constitution believed that an independent judiciary was essential to protecting individual rights and upholding the rule of law. To ensure the independence of the judiciary, federal judges are appointed for life and can only be removed through the process of impeachment by Congress. The president has no power to remove federal judges from office. This helps to ensure that judges are free to make decisions based on the law and the Constitution, rather than political pressure or the whims of the executive branch. Thus, making it exempt from the presidents reach, and the only branch that

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