Branches of government

Legislative

executive

judicial

Congress

House of representatives

Senate

President(serves 2 4-year terms, leads the country, acts as commander in chief, leads the federal government)

vice president(breaks senate vote, takes over if president dies, can serve unlimited 4-year terms under different presidents)

cabinet

Federal agencies

Supreme court

Smaller courts

100 senators, 2 from each state

6 years terms, no term limits

435 representatives, in proportion to the population of the United States

2 year terms, no term limit

Drafts policies proposed by executive brach, creates laws, confirm/reject nominations for scotus, judges, and federal agencies, declares war

Carries out/enforces law, includes committees, agencies, potus, vpotus

advisers to the president, nominated and confirmed with a simple majority vote by the senate

1 chief justice, 8 associate justices

handles court cases at the highest level, such as Roe v Wade, Banning Trump from the Ballot, ect, has authority to overturn laws

interprets meaning of laws, applies laws to individual cases, decides if laws violate the Constitution

Checks/Balances to limit power

president can veto legislation created by congress and nominates heads of federal agencies/justices to scotus

Congress confirms or rejects presidential nominees and can impeach the president

Justices of Scotus, who can overturn unconstitutional laws, are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate