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Here I will be describing the powers of the Exectutive, Legislative, and Judicial branches.

     The Executive Branch has the President and the Vice-President.
     The President is the Commander in Cheif which gives him the power to direct the military to places and as the Legislature Leader he can propose laws to Congress. The President is also the Cheif Executive, the Cheif of State, and Cheif Diplomat which gives him the power to carry out laws, meet with foreign leaders, and negotiate treaties.
     The Vice-President is the President of the Senate and he only votes when it's a 50-50 tie.
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      The Legislature is split into the House Of Representatives and the Senate.
      The H.O.R can make laws, impeach officials, and they can check the executive.
      The Senate can make laws and it can also ratify treaties. Just like the H.O.R , the Senate can check the executive.
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      In Supreme Court, the Judicial's role is to review laws and polocies to see if it's constitutional. Constitutional is when something is permitted by the Constitution. The Judicial Branch was given this power from the "Marbury vs. Madison" court case. The law proposal will be rejected if it is found unconstitutional. An unconstitutional action would be if someone encouraged not to have freedom of religion.

     I think that the 3 branches of government all share power equally, because the Legislative branch can check, or limit, the Executive branch's power and that goes the same for the Judicial, too. Also, it seems that the Legislative is the most powerful because it can make laws, impeach federal officials, ratify treaties, but I don't think one branch is more powerful than the other.
     How can the 3 branches limit each other's power? Let's say it starts when the H.O.R and Senate pass a bill...from there the President can sign the bill and make it a law or he can veto it. If he does veto the bill, it will be sent back to the Senate and H.O.R. They can either do nothing or they can do a 2/3 overwrite which makes it a law.