Introduction
The federal government of the United States includes the executive, the judiciary, and the legislature. This constitutional republic consists of fifty states and one district. The three branches that relate in several ways will be discussed in this paper. In governing the states and the district, several policing organizations are in place. Moreover, the interaction between these different arms is of great importance both in theory and in the practice of governance and this paper examines the various relationships.
Major relationship
The major relationship between the three branches of the federal government is that the legislature makes, alters, amends, enflames civic policies, and repeals laws. The judiciary interprets the laws passed by the legislature while the executive bears the power to execute, enforce, and administer law (McClenaghan, 2002, p. 101). The legislature is responsible for enacting laws by the asset of legislative power. In the judiciary, the court evaluates the language used for a particular law. The language used may be unclear to the court, or even doubtful. In this case, the court tries to make out what the legislature anticipated when it enacted the act. In other words, it decides the cases arising under the laws. In the end, the executive enforces the refined laws.
The legislature and the executive have something in common- that the vice president is a common member. The Vice President serves as the president of the senate and as part of the legislative division. The president has the power to veto laws approved by Congress. Congress has the authority to supersede a presidential veto (Volkomer, 1998, p. 84). This translates to the fact that both the executive and the legislature have a common role to play in making America’s laws. The two limbs also have a collective responsibility in transitory of the legislation, which greatly affects citizens. In many ways, bills come before both chambers of Congress. The legislature selects the bills in a subtle way, and if they go by, then they proceed to the President, who either signs them or rejects them. Considering the legislative branch, national and state governments comprise executive and judicial twigs. The top management of the Executive comprises the president at the national echelon, and the governor is the head of a state.
The policing organization
The policing organization includes the federal state and local governments. Federal police have full-given federal authority. Federal constitutional Law includes officers who put in force various laws at the federal level (Fisher, 1998, p. 73). At this level, the Department of Justice takes a great charge of duties to impart law. The state government includes all the American states. Each state has its independent constitution, government, and code of laws meaning that every state has the responsibility of enforcing its law, conducting investigations, and performing patrols (Beard, 1949, p. 59). The local government on the other hand includes states further subdivided into localities like cities, towns, and townships.
Conclusion
In conclusion, this relationship imposes a great impact on American federal and state police. Most importantly, it ensures that the responsibility of making and enforcing laws spreads among the various arms of the government thus preventing the ambiguity of tyranny- a very important aspect of governance. It also avoids the power of one branch from being higher than the others are. It brings checks and balances which are powers that each limb poses for regulating the power of the other limbs. It results in a government of collective powers and not divided powers.
References
McClenaghan, W. A. (2002). Magruder’s American Government. Needham, MA: Prentice Hall.
Beard, C. A. (1949). American Government and Politics, (10th Ed). New York: Macmillan Co.
Fisher, L. (1998). The Politics of Shared Power: Congress and the Executive, (4th Ed). College Station: Texas A&M University Press.
Volkomer, W.E. (1998). American Government, (8th Ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.