Instructions: Format each of your Answers as follows: (A) Definition (Quote from
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Instructions: Format each of your Answers as follows:
(A) Definition (Quote from the Textbook, with page number, OR quote from another permitted source -- i.e. an online law dictionary, with proper source citation)
(B) Explanation in your own words
(C) Example (either your own, OR one that is in the Text, OR one that is in another permitted source, with proper source citation)
(D) Find a website that supports and further explains your answer (not the same website you used to define your answer; include the website link in your answer)
The Questions:
Define the following:
Explanation / Answer
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Legislative branch.
The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government. It is bicameral, comprising the House of Representativesand the Senate.
Powers of Congress
The Constitution grants numerous powers to Congress. Enumerated in Article I, Section 8, these include the powers to levy and collecttaxes; to coin money and regulate its value; provide for punishment for counterfeiting; establish post offices and roads, issue patents, create federal courts inferior to the Supreme Court, combat piracies and felonies, declare war, raise and support armies, provide and maintain a navy, make rules for the regulation of land and naval forces, provide for, arm and discipline the militia, exercise exclusive legislation in the District of Columbia, and to make laws necessary to properly execute powers. Over the two centuries since the United States was formed, many disputes have arisen over the limits on the powers of the federal government. These disputes have often been the subject of lawsuits that have ultimately been decided by the United States Supreme Court.
.Judicial branch
The Judiciary explains and applies the laws. This branch does this by hearing and eventually making decisions on various legal cases.
The Judiciary Act of 1789 subdivided the nation jurisdictionally into judicial districts and created federal courts for each district. The three tiered structure of this act established the basic structure of the national judiciary: the Supreme Court, 13 courts of appeals, 94 district courts, and two courts of special jurisdiction. Congress retains the power to re-organize or even abolish federal courts lower than the Supreme Court.
The U.S. Supreme Court adjudicates "cases and controversies"