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Branches of government - Coggle Diagram
Branches of government
Legislative
Congress
House of representatives
435 representatives, in proportion to the population of the United States
2 year terms, no term limit
Senate
100 senators, 2 from each state
6 years terms, no term limits
Drafts policies proposed by executive brach, creates laws, confirm/reject nominations for scotus, judges, and federal agencies, declares war
executive
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
advisers to the president, nominated and confirmed with a simple majority vote by the senate
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Carries out/enforces law, includes committees, agencies, potus, vpotus
judicial
Supreme court
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
Smaller courts
interprets meaning of laws, applies laws to individual cases, decides if laws violate the Constitution
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