Transcript 3 TYPES OF GOVERNMENT POWER

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TYPES OF GOVERNMENT POWER
The 3 Branches of the American
Government
3 FUNCTIONS
All governments
may exercise power
in 3 ways.
Legislative Power:
the power to deliberate
and make law
Executive Power:
the power to
execute the law
Judicial Power:
the power to adjudicate
and to
interpret the law
3 functions in one
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totalitarian dictators
absolute monarchs
“philosopher-kings”
“enlightened despots
Legislative or Deliberative Power
“HIGHEST IDEAL OF DEMOCRACY”
• In democracies: usually powerful, elected
unicameral--one “house”
assemblies.
– Legislature
– Parliament
– CONGRESS
bicameral--two “houses”
People's Congress or Quanguo Renmin Daibiao Dahui
DELEGATE, REPRESENTATIVE=A MEMBER OF A LEGISLATIVE BODY
US Congress
bi-cameral
House of Representatives
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Senate
State Government
California
• Executive Power – Governor
• Legislative Power – State Legislature
State Senate
State Assembly
• Judicial Power – State Supreme Court
State Court of Appeals
Superior and Municipal Courts
Executive Power
• responsible for
“executing”or carrying
out laws and public
policy
– president
– prime minister
– premier
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leading the nation politically
proposing laws to the legislature
conducting foreign policy
preparing budgets
commanding armed forces
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assisted by
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departments
agencies
commissions
bureaus
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President Barack Obama
Vice-President Joe Biden
Department of State
Cabinet – Department of Health and
Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton
Department of the Treasury
Secretary Timothy F. Geithner
Department of Defense
Secretary Robert M. Gates
Department of Justice
Attorney General Eric H. Holder,
Jr.
Human Services
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
Department of Housing and
Urban Development
Secretary Shaun L.S. Donovan
Department of Transportation
Secretary Ray LaHood
Department of Energy
Secretary Steven Chu
Department of the Interior
Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar
Department of Agriculture
Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack
Department of Commerce
Secretary Gary F. Locke
Department of Labor
Secretary Hilda L. Solis
Department of Education
Secretary Arne Duncan
Department of Veterans Affairs
Secretary Eric K. Shinseki
Department of Homeland
Security
Secretary Janet A. Napolitano
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
• US Supreme Court
• Federal Courts of Appeal
• Federal District Courts
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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