The Four Branches Of Government

How does Congress interact with the other branches of government? Government consists of arguably four groups, those groups are, Executive, Legislative, Judicial, and Press. Each branch of Government has different responsibilities, as well as powers granted to them by the constitution. Executive carries out the laws, the Legislative branch creates the laws, the Judicial branch decides whether or not laws are constitutional, and the arguable fourth branch that is the Press use media to influence people to think in a certain political way. An important part of American Democracy is the interaction among branches, the system of checks and balances. Congress plays an important role in the checks and balances process. For example with the Executive

The press has no direct powers given to it by the government, it does have a very big impact on all of the other branches. The press can promote or destroy a candidate for each and every branch of government. The press will promote the candidates which they like for office positions, making it easier for the candidate to achieve their goal, while others who they don’t like as much will be slandered and made fun of, making their campaigning harder or in some cases impossible, even causing some presidential candidates to stop running for president, and stopping them from campaigning. The media can use many tactics to discourage those who they don’t like from running for political offices, in the event that they say or do something embarrassing they will play the video or “sound bite” in order to sway the public's opinion in favor of the press’s opinion. The press can also promote a congressman’s campaign through the use of political ads, usually, but not always, paid for by either the political party or the congressman. In turn for the promotion, if and when the congressman get’s elected they will usually try to vote in favor of bills that would benefit the press, while this may not be the most politically smart decision, it is a good way for the congressman to get re-elected. The press will also notify the public if an official does something that is unethical or that most people would disapprove of. The

On top of the influence the press has, it also has the least limitations due to the freedom of speech we have in America. Limiting the branches of government to those specifically outlined in the constitution the most powerful branch would most likely be the executive branch as it has an immense influence over congress and the judicial branch with few limitations aside from impeachment which rarely