American Government: U.S Congress, The President, Supreme Court

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American Government
The U.S Constitution is the ultimate law of the country, thus every power structure operates according to it (Aberbach & Peterson, 2010). The three arms of government in the U.S have to operate within the nation's constitution. The three arms of federal government consists of the Executive, Legislature, and Judiciary. The executive forms the presidency, the legislature forms Congress, and the judiciary creates the Supreme Court. According to the U.S Constitution's structure, the power ranking for the three branches of government are as follows: Congress, the President, and the Supreme Court. This means that it is the Congress that has the most power while the Supreme Court has the least power.
The U.S Congress
The U.S Congress is the most powerful branch of government. The primary role of Congress is to make laws that govern the people of America. It also has an oversight role to oversee the functioning of the other branches of the federal government. Additionally, Congress acts as the representatives of the citizens and states in the federal government (Kura, 2001).
The constitution in Article I, Section I acknowledges that all legislative powers shall assigned to the Congress of the United States (Kura, 2001). This means that the passing of laws is vested squarely on the Congress. If Congress fails to pass a bill that makes a law, this means that that law cannot be inexistence. For example, if Congress fails to pass a law authorizing the release of expenditure, the money cannot be made available. The U.S Congress is the most powerful branch of government because it is the one given the mandate of legislating over all the laws. The powers of the Congress include: governing the rights to collect taxes, controlling the domestic and international commerce, establishing lower courts, declaring war, and supporting the armed forces of the U.S (Ritchie, 2006). However, despite the powers vested upon the Congress, it has certain limitations as enshrined in Article I, Section 9. For example, the Bill of Rights denies Congress the power to make laws that affect individual freedoms. Secondly, the president has the power to reject a law approved by Congress. Also, the Supreme Court can proclaim a law that has been approved by Congress as unconstitutional, thus limiting its powers (Ritchie, 2006).
The President
The President of the U.S is under the executive branch of government and the second most powerful in the power ranking. The President of the U.S is the both the head of the government and also the head of the state. Article II, Section I of the U.S Constitution highlights that every executive power is given to the President of the U.S (Fisher, 2015). The executive power given to t...