Balance of US Arms of the Government

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Balance of US Arms of the Government

In your opinion, how well does the constitution strike a balance of authority among the three branches of government?

The makers of the United States Constitution did not want to suffer from monarchy like the Britons. They, therefore, made a constitution that provided for a balance of power. This constitution contains checks and balances which everyone in leadership or authority must follow. The three arms of the government are executive, legislature and judiciary (Deudney, 1995). The president heads the executive arm of the government, and the bench is headed by the US Supreme Court and legislature headed by Congress.

The most powerful of all these three is the legislature. According to the union’s founders, this is because the power belonged to the people, and what the people decided was supposed to happen. Therefore, the people’s representatives should make most of the decisions about their well-being (Caplan, 1976). Therefore legislature, which is Congress makes some of the most critical decisions in the United States. This is because it has representatives from all over the states, and the decisions made are sound and suitable for the American people. The other parts of the government have their roles, which are checked and regulated by Congress. For example, the president cannot make decisions that directly affect the people without involving Congress.

This is the same for the judiciary system since Congress can do away with the president and Supreme Court justices out of office. This is because the people always have to final say, and Congress is for the people (Corrales, 2009). Therefore, there is a system of balance and checks that ensures that the people’s needs of the United States are taken care of properly without giving one branch of the excessive government power, which can be misused. The legislature cannot misuse its power since it represents the face of America, and every decision made is made following the peoples will.

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Caplan, D. I. (1976). Restoring the Balance: The Second Amendment Revisited. Fordham Urb. LJ, 5, 31.

Corrales, J. (2009). Using social power to balance soft power: Venezuela’s foreign policy. The Washington Quarterly, 32(4), 97-114.

Deudney, D. H. (1995). The Philadelphian system: Sovereignty, arms control, and balance of power in the American states-union, circa 1787–1861. An international organization, 49(2), 191-228.