Branches of Power

Legislative Branch

• Part of government responsible for making laws

• strongly held beliefs about what is important and acceptable

• Part of government responsible for making sure laws are enforced

• a group of lobbyists

Lawmaker

• Someone who breaks the laws

• Someone who interprets the laws

• Someone who enforces laws

• Someone who makes laws, legislator

Values

• A belief system that encourages the public to overthrow the government

• The document that will be talked about during court

• Strongly held beliefs about what is important or acceptable

• Approval or Encouragment

Match the followingUse the word bank to match with details

• Vice President

• Executive

• Senators

• Judicial

• House of Representatives

• Legislative

• Chief Justic

• Legislative

• Federal Judge

• Judicial

Match the following branches with the statement that is true for the branch

• Includes the President

• Judicial

• Includes Congress

• Executive

• Vetoes or signs laws

• Legislative

• Takes a vote on a bill

• Executive

• Declares laws unconstitutional

• Legislative

Do you think would happen if all the power in the federal or state government belonged to one person?