Legislative, judicial, and executive branches aimed to provide safety and order in the United States. Primarily these branches provide inhabitants and agencies with protection and justice. Each branch ensures safety and control over different governmental agencies, and each branch can influence another. A court might cancel each agency’s decision, so the legislative and executive branches are controlled by the judicial to avoid injustice, and each branch has unique responsibilities.
The legislative branch controls agencies by creating laws that regulate and protect each agency’s work. The main aim of the legislative branch is to make laws, which is usually done by the Senate, Congress, and the House of Representatives (USAGov, n. d.). The legislative branch can influence the decisions of the executive branch. For example, in the case of immigration, a deportation decision was declared unconstitutional because, due to the Immigration and Nationality Act, a foreigner could stay in the USA (Chadha, 1982). As a result, the decision about deportation by the executive branch was canceled by the legislative. However, this case included a couple of court hearings, and the Attorney General should have followed the guidelines of the legislative branch. Hence, the legislative branch aims to create laws and control their implementation by different agencies without violations.
The judicial branch controls the legitimation of the executive and legislative branches by resolving disputes between agencies. The main aim of the judicial branch is to evaluate the law, and Supreme Court and other courts are responsible for doing this (USAGov, n. d.). Moreover, sometimes judicial branch can cancel the decisions of the legislative and executive branches or regard them as unconstitutional. For example, during the first term of the Reagan Administration, to avoid a budget deficit, the Comptroller General could request automatic cuts (Bowsher v. Synar, n.d.). However, the court considered such duties as the one that intervenes in the executive branch. According to the case, the Comptroller General is a part of the judicial branch, but these duties are considered executive. In this case, the court canceled the decision of the legislative branch to avoid chaos. Thus, the judicial branch controls the legality of the agencies’ actions and resolves disputes between them.
The executive branch controls implementing laws and other decisions, but sometimes this branch might be illegally used. The main aim of the executive branch is to carry out laws, and the President, vice president, Cabinet, and most federal agencies are responsible for this (USAGov, n. d.). This branch allows the President, vice president, and others responsible for carrying out laws, even if they are illegitimate. There were two cases to support this statement. The first one, to avoid a nationwide strike of steel workers President issued an order to seize the steel mills (Justia, 1952). This order has no specific statutory authority but was based on the President’s powers. This decision was regarded as illegal, but the process was long-lasting. In the second case, President used the power to cancel Federal Government’s statutory right to recoupment, which resulted in court cases against President (Justia, 1998). The decision was regarded as illegitimate and violated the Presentment Clause. Therefore, the executive branch carries out the laws and can influence other agencies and people’s lives.
To sum up, the legislative, executive, and judicial branches depend on each other and control order among inhabitants and agencies. The legislative branch – makes laws, the executive – carries out laws, and the judicial – evaluates laws. Each branch regulates agencies work, resolves disputes, and protects their working environment. Lastly, this division is made to avoid concentrating such power on one person, and each branch can improve another.
References
Bowsher v. Synar. (n.d.). Oyez. Web.
Chadha, J. R. (1982). Immigration and Naturalization Service. Argument. Web.
Justia. (1952). Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer. Supreme Justia. Web.
Justia. (1998). Clinton v. City of New York. Supreme Justia. Web.
USAGov. (n. d.). Branches of the U.S. Government. Web.