3 types of government power the 3 branches of the american government
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3 TYPES OF GOVERNMENT
POWER The 3 Branches of the American
Government
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3 FUNCTIONS
All governments may exercise power
in 3 ways.
Legislative Power:the power to deliberate
and make law
Executive PowerExecutive Power:the power to
execute the law
Judicial Power: the power to adjudicate
and tointerpret the law
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3 functions in one• totalitarian dictators
• absolute monarchs
• “philosopher-kings”
• “enlightened despots
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Legislative or Deliberative Power“HIGHEST IDEAL OF DEMOCRACY”
• In democracies: usually powerful, elected assemblies.– Legislature– Parliament– CONGRESS
DELEGATE, REPRESENTATIVE=A MEMBER OF A LEGISLATIVE BODY
Bundestag
Congreso de la Union
Diet or Kokkai
People's Congress or Quanguo Renmin Daibiao Dahui
Sansad
unicameral--one “house”
bicameral--two “houses”
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US Congressbi-cameral
House of Representatives • Senate
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State GovernmentCaliforniaCalifornia
• Executive Power – GovernorGovernor
• Legislative Power – State LegislatureState Legislature State SenateState Senate
State AssemblyState Assembly
• Judicial Power – State Supreme CourtState Supreme Court
State Court of AppealsState Court of Appeals
Superior and Municipal CourtsSuperior and Municipal Courts
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Executive Power
• responsible for “executing”or carrying out laws and public policy– president– prime minister– premier
• leading the nation politically
• proposing laws to the legislature
• conducting foreign policy
• preparing budgets
• commanding armed forces
• assisted by– departments– agencies– commissions– bureaus
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President Barack ObamaVice-President Joe Biden
Cabinet– Department of StateSecretary Hillary Rodham Clinton
Department of the TreasurySecretary Timothy F. Geithner
Department of DefenseSecretary Robert M. Gates
Department of JusticeAttorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Department of the InteriorSecretary Kenneth L. Salazar Department of AgricultureSecretary Thomas J. Vilsack
Department of CommerceSecretary Gary F. Locke
Department of LaborSecretary Hilda L. Solis
– Department of Health and Human ServicesSecretary Kathleen Sebelius Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentSecretary Shaun L.S. Donovan
Department of TransportationSecretary Ray LaHood Department of EnergySecretary Steven Chu
Department of EducationSecretary Arne Duncan Department of Veterans AffairsSecretary Eric K. Shinseki
Department of Homeland SecuritySecretary Janet A. Napolitano
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Judicial Power
• application and interpretation of law through a system of courts, each with one or more judges.– in democracies, clearly independent of other
parts of government– “rule of law”– juries
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• US Supreme Court
• Federal Courts of Appeal
• Federal District Courts
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UNITED STATES COURT SYSTEM
• Supreme Court (nine justices; nominated by the president and confirmed with the advice and consent of the Senate; appointed to serve for life)
• United States Courts of Appeal
• United States District Courts
• State and County Courts
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Next steps:
• Read Ch 1.2 and complete graphic organizer
• Research and prepare a poster on your assigned country.
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