We The People. By Mr. Lord Zeus

By Mr. Lord Zeus
POSTED: 10 Nov 2011 23:34
CATEGORY: Ask for Help
FEATURED: Yes (HullBreach)
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We The People!

Well, Hello there. As you all know, I have a life. A great one in my opinion, and in that life I go to school. I go to a great school and so that means I can be pushed beyond the average student.

Well, In 8th grade they hold a National "We The People" Competition.

At my school there are several units and there's a Unit for each homeroom. We have 3 homerooms which are Richmond, Oberlin, and UGA. The homeroom is named after the college the homeroom teacher attended. Anyway, Each unit must sit in front of judges and prepare a speech to present. The judges are mostly attorneys and judges. There will be one winning unit and that unit along with the other units go to the Capitol and Participate city wide against other schools. We've won 3 times in a row and I can't wait to make it the 4th time

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I have unit three and I'm the leader (I'll get into why in just a little bit). Our question is, What are the 3 branches of government powers and how are they limited. I have some great group mates and we came up with a ROCKING theis statement. Now, this is where I'm coming to you all at. We are allowed to ask friends, family members and consult the Internet about our question. SO, I'm asking YOU for help. Do you know the 3 Branches of government's power? How are they limited and how does each branch check each other?

Just think about it and comment in the box bellow. If I choose your comment I'll give you 5 Savii bucks and I will source you in my speech. I look forward to hearing everyones ideas!

Before I go, the reason why I'm group leader is because We took a Test measuring how smart we are in certain subjects and comprehension, calculation etc. I scored in the 98th percentile and My estimated grade level was 18.0 which is a Person in Graduate school.

Thanks so much!

Source for picture: http://www.scbar.org/public/files/img/LRE/WTPlogo.jpg

*File is public*

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HullBreach
12 Nov 2011 14:21

Quoth Lana Cutie:

The government is broken into three parts, Federal over all America, State over one particular state, and local over one particular city. The Federal is broken into three parts, Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. Legislative contains the House of Representatives, Senate, and Congress. Executive is the president, and Judicial is the Supreme Court. Legislave votes on whether a law is constitutional, if the majority votes yes, then it gets sent to the Executive. There, it can either be passed or vetoed. If vetoed it can go back to Legislative and if the majority votes yes again, it will be overrided and made a law. The Judicial can declare a law unconstitutional, meaning it goes against the constitution.
I'm not 100% positive all of this is correct, I learned it over a year ago and 8th grade doesn't cover that this year. And I think there's something about States' Rights too...

It's about 40% accurate. I'm in my phone, so it's tough to type a great deal of text, but I do have several blogs that explain the structure in more detail.

Panzer123
12 Nov 2011 02:33

Judicial - Interprets the law.
Legislative - Creates laws.
Executive - Signs laws and leads.

DeafDood
11 Nov 2011 20:00

Quoth Lana Cutie:

The government is broken into three parts, Federal over all America, State over one particular state, and local over one particular city. The Federal is broken into three parts, Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. Legislative contains the House of Representatives, Senate, and Congress. Executive is the president, and Judicial is the Supreme Court. Legislave votes on whether a law is constitutional, if the majority votes yes, then it gets sent to the Executive. There, it can either be passed or vetoed. If vetoed it can go back to Legislative and if the majority votes yes again, it will be overrided and made a law. The Judicial can declare a law unconstitutional, meaning it goes against the constitution.
I'm not 100% positive all of this is correct, I learned it over a year ago and 8th grade doesn't cover that this year. And I think there's something about States' Rights too...

Same here. I could be wrong. xD

DeafDood
11 Nov 2011 19:58

~The three branches of the government power~

What I know from school was, The Delegate at the Constitutional Convention also wanted to divide power within the federal government. They did not want these powers to be controlled by just one man or on group. The delegate were afraid that if a small group received too much power, the United States would wind up under the rule of another dictator or tyrant.

I know there's more. But I need to learn a bit more. I'll add more information on here soon.

Nice blog!

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~Razer8

EpicArtifex
11 Nov 2011 16:02

There's the Fire Nation, the Water Tribes, the Air Nomads and the Earth Kingdom.

a.smith
11 Nov 2011 07:44

Quoth Nope.avi:

For someone who scored so high, you seem to post a lot of general statements about what you know.

Well its ok to be full of yourself i guess lol

Lana Cutie
11 Nov 2011 05:28

The government is broken into three parts, Federal over all America, State over one particular state, and local over one particular city. The Federal is broken into three parts, Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. Legislative contains the House of Representatives, Senate, and Congress. Executive is the president, and Judicial is the Supreme Court. Legislave votes on whether a law is constitutional, if the majority votes yes, then it gets sent to the Executive. There, it can either be passed or vetoed. If vetoed it can go back to Legislative and if the majority votes yes again, it will be overrided and made a law. The Judicial can declare a law unconstitutional, meaning it goes against the constitution.
I'm not 100% positive all of this is correct, I learned it over a year ago and 8th grade doesn't cover that this year. And I think there's something about States' Rights too...

Nope.avi
11 Nov 2011 03:09

For someone who scored so high, you seem to post a lot of general statements about what you know.

purplepandafish
11 Nov 2011 02:14

The Legislative branch (Congress) writes the laws and votes on them, if passed the Executive branch, mainly the president, can either accept or veto them, if vetoed the bill goes back to congress to be rewritten untill it gets accepted and signed by the president, the Judical branch (the supreme court) can knock down the bill if it finds it unconstitutional and sends it back to congress, and I will get back to you on how the Jud. branch is evened out.

Lucas7
11 Nov 2011 02:00

Executive, judicial, and legislative, they limit each other's powers by using the checks and balances system.

Kingpin
11 Nov 2011 01:53

By the way am I the only one who gets really annoyed, when people call the constitution the declaration of independence (r the opposite).

Kingpin
11 Nov 2011 01:42

Americas government seems to be falling apart though.

Mr. Lord Zeus
11 Nov 2011 01:39

Executive, Lol.

Kingpin
11 Nov 2011 01:38

Okay we did this in social studies last year. The three branches are Legislative, Judicial, and... dang can't think of it I'll get back to you on that. They balance each other out because, if branch makes a decision another can overrule it. Thus keeping them all in harmony.

Mr. Lord Zeus
11 Nov 2011 00:19

Quoth HullBreach:

I started my blog series on the Constitution a while back (but never finished). Feel free to use any content. When I get on my computer, I can get more info from the book "1787".

Thanks.

HullBreach
11 Nov 2011 00:16

I started my blog series on the Constitution a while back (but never finished). Feel free to use any content. When I get on my computer, I can get more info from the book "1787".

We The People.

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