Executive Powers Of The Federal Government
Early Americans were hesitant to create a federal government that was too powerful. After the failure of the Articles of Confederation, the Founding Fathers created the Constitution of the United States of America. The new Constitution was based on several basic principles that limited the power of the federal government. A federal government holds the three distinct branches, such as, legislative, executive, and judicial, whose powers are vested by the U.S. Constitution in the Congress, the President, and the courts. The Founding Fathers are John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington.
In document 1, in the legislative branch all powers will be under the congress and contain the senate and the house of representatives. The executive powers are under the president and after the president is the vice president. The judicial powers are under the supreme court and the U.S. Constitution allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches …show more content…
The the legislative branch which is the congress checks on the president and courts. The judicial branch which is the supreme court checks on the congress and president. The other two branches both check on the president and the president checks on both.
The constitution was made to limit power of these 3 branches after the failure of the articles of confederation. They didn’t was the federal government to be too powerful. So the founding fathers created something that became limitation of all
In document 1, in the legislative branch all powers will be under the congress and contain the senate and the house of representatives. The executive powers are under the president and after the president is the vice president. The judicial powers are under the supreme court and the U.S. Constitution allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches …show more content…
The the legislative branch which is the congress checks on the president and courts. The judicial branch which is the supreme court checks on the congress and president. The other two branches both check on the president and the president checks on both.
The constitution was made to limit power of these 3 branches after the failure of the articles of confederation. They didn’t was the federal government to be too powerful. So the founding fathers created something that became limitation of all