Government

By: Ryan

What is Government
A government is the system by which a state or community is controlled.[1] In the case of this broad
associative definition, government normally consists of legislators, administrators, and arbitrators
.Government is the means by which state policy is enforced, as well as the mechanism for determining
the policy of the state Forms of government, or forms of state governance, refers to the set of political
systems and institutions that make up the organisation of a specific government

Forms of Government
Some Forms of Government are:
Democracy- Rule by a government chosen by election where most of the populace
are enfranchised.
Oligarchy- ruled by a powerful group of people
Theocracy- ruled by religion
Republic- Rule by a form of government in which the people, or some significant
portion of them, have supreme control over the government and where offices of
state are elected or chosen by elected people
Aristocracy-ruled by the rich

Government at a state level

Under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, all powers not granted to the
federal government are reserved for the states and the people. All state
governments are modeled after the federal government and consist of three
branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. The U.S. Constitution mandates that
all states uphold a "republican form" of government, although the three-branch
structure is not required.

Federal government
Federal government is the government at the level of the sovereign state. Usual
responsibilities of this level of government are maintaining national security and
exercising international diplomacy, including the right to sign binding treaties.
Basically, a modern federal government, within the limits defined by its
constitution, has the power to make laws for the whole country, unlike local
governments. As originally written, the United States Constitution was created to
limit the federal government from exerting power over the states by enumerating
only specific powers. It was further limited by the addition of the Tenth Amendment
contained in the Bill of Rights and the Eleventh Amendment. However, later
amendments, particularly the Fourteenth Amendment, gave the federal
government considerable authority over states.

Separation of power
In most governments power is separated into three groups do make decisions for
the country.
Legislative: Congress makes our laws. Congress is divided into 2 parts. One part is called the Senate. There are 100
Senators--2 from each of our states. Another part is called the House of Representatives. Representatives meet together to discuss
ideas and decide if these ideas (bills) should become laws. There are 435 Representatives. The number of representatives each state
gets is determined by its population. Some states have just 2 representatives. Others have as many as 40.

Executive: The President of the United States administers the Executive Branch of our government. He enforces the laws that
the Legislative Branch (Congress) makes.

Judicial: The Judicial part of our federal government includes the Supreme Court and 9 Justices. They are special judges who
interpret laws according to the Constitution. These justices only hear cases that pertain to issues related to the Constitution. They are
the highest court in our country. The federal judicial system also has lower courts located in each state to hear cases involving federal
issues.

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