Goverment Mind map
STATE GOVERMENT
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
The governer is the head of the branch
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
The tree branches: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
All powers that the federal goverment dose not have are given to the states and the people.
The governer is elected bye the people
No two state executive organizations are identical
each branch "cheeks" the other to make sure ones does not have too much power over the other branches
The legislature helps to write and establish laws
All 50 states have laws made up of elected leaders
All states have a bicamreal legislature ( 2 sides )
made up of two chambers upper house and larger lower house
The two chambers make state laws
only one state has one chamber ( Nebraska )
The smaller upper chamber is always called the Senate
and the mebers generally serve for 4 years
The lower chamber is often called the house of reresentatives
they usally serve shorter terms often 2 years
JUDICIAL
they are leade by the state supreme court
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Rullings made in state supreme courts ae normally offical and binding
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
one is a county
Local goverments generally include two layers
and the other is municipality
A municipal goverment is generlly organized around a busy population center
Municipalities generally take responsibillity for runny parks and rec centers
mayors, city councils and other governing bodies are directly by the people
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The supreame court focuses on correcting errors made in lower courts and therefore holds no trials