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