(Optional) Describe the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the legal system.
Description should define the concept of “separation of powers” set forth in the U.S. Constitution and should identify the duties of each branch of government:
- Legislative (Congress)
- passes laws
- established by Article I of the Constitution
- Executive (president, vice president, cabinet departments)
- administers laws
- established by Article II of the Constitution
- Judicial (Supreme Court)
- interprets laws
- established by Article III of the Constitution