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Câu 6: Economic Achievements
Câu 6: Economic Achievements
Cau 8.
1. The US is a representative democracy. All goverment power rests
ultimately with the people who direct policies by voting the
representatives. All public official odd the nation have to protect
the democratic interests of the people and goverment.
2. The government concept of separation of power ensures that no
single person or branch becomes too powerful.
3. In American government, 3 powers of 3 branches are:
- Legislative branch: making law
- Executive branch: implements and enforces the laws enacted by the
legislative branch
- Judicial branch: determine whether laws of congress or actions of
the president violate the Constitution.
4. The divusion of government powers among 3 separate but equal
branches provides for a system of checks and balances. Each
branch limits or checks the power of the other branch.
- The President can veto the laws passed by the LB, but LB can overide
the presidental Vetos with a 2/3 votes of both 2 houses.
- The supreme court can nullify the laws passed by the congress by
rulling them to be unconstitutonal.
- Howerver, the supreme court’s power is balanced by the fact that
it’s presiding judges are appointed by the President with the
approval of the Senate
By mean of…., no branch of government has superior power.