and balances. For example, a president has an issue with a certain group of terrorists and the
people want the president to declare war on them but the president responded that it is not his
place to declare and that there should be trust that Congress will make the decision on declaring
war because the people benefit more when the system of checks and balances are not protested
against (Legal Dictionary, n.d.). To put checks and balances in a different perspective of a
football team where coaches tell players what to do like how the president guides the executive
branch. There are rules that the players have to follow that can represent the laws that Congress
passes. Lastly, in a football game referees flag a player when they did a play wrong which
represents the interpretation of the rules, which represents how the judicial branch does the
interpretation of the laws and Constitution.
Part Three:
Legislative:
The Legislative branch consists of Congress, Senate, and the House of Representatives.
This branch focuses on making different laws to help the people (USA Gov, 2018). It can
also impeach or remove the president and override presidential veto (Patterson, 2013).
The legislative branch determines the size of the Supreme Court and the number of
Supreme Court justices which allows them to impeach or remove any federal judge that
they want (Patterson, 2013). Congress is also allowed to rewrite legislations that courts
have create (Patterson, 2013). They can confirm or reject any presidential nomination for
head of federal agencies (USA Gov, 2018). In the Senate there are 100 Senators and two
are elected for each state that serve for six years and they have no limit on their terms
(USA Gov, 2018). The House of Representatives have 435 elected Representatives that is
divided into 50 states and is proportionated to their population (USA Gov, 2018). The
representatives serve two-year terms and they also do not have a limit on the number of
terms they can serve (USA Gov, 2018).


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