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Natalie98: 5 months ago via iPhone

What branch of government do you think is the strongest? Why?

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NYudeszzz: 5 months ago

The legislative branch is the strongest branch in the Government. This is because this is the branch that determines what becomes the law to govern the whole nation. This is also the branch that consists of large number of government representatives in different fields. Read more on http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0774837.html.

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I_Bring_The_Heat: 5 months ago via Android | Last edited at 9:59PM on 1/11/2013

the ones stays out of the media:)
i dont know I'm talking about!!!lol
really thoe i would say the C.I.A

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christyclark: 5 months ago via iPhone

The CIA is not a branch of the govt

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anthony420: 5 months ago via iPhone

Yeah the CIA is actually a civilian agency ..,but I definitely agree that they prob have the most power anyway!!!

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Jaarond: 5 months ago

The executive branch was designed by the founders to be the weakest branch to prevent the POTUS from becoming a king/dictator. The legislative branch has, by far, the most checks and balances levied against it because it controls the purse strings. The judicial branch is the only one whose decisions cannot be reviewed or vetoed. On its face, it seems the Judicial branch is the strongest.

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anthony420: 5 months ago via iPhone

Then the president can pardon felons that were convicted by the Judicial branch!

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tralbry: 5 months ago

At the federal level the judicial branch doesn't really deal directly with criminals. They don't hear those cases themselves. They send them back to the lower courts for re-trial.

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rubenv: 5 months ago | Last edited at 10:05PM on 1/11/2013

They all have the same amount of power

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HappyWombat: 5 months ago via Android

Executive especially when he throws "executive" orders everywhere

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leone23: 5 months ago

Congress lol.. But really all of them besides executive, all hold great power..

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SikaRose: 5 months ago

They're SUPPOSED to all have the same amount. So much to that idea...

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anthony420: 5 months ago via iPhone

Judicial

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tralbry: 5 months ago

It's hard to simplify one as "strongest". In theory they counterbalance each other but they also have very different purposes. You can't really say legislation is "stronger" then "court rulings" which are "stronger" than the executive. Each branch can undo the goals and decisions of another if they approach it the right way strategically.

I can tell you that the executive has power now to start wars that it was never designed to have originally and that the last 2 presidents have greatly abused their powers in new ways. Not that they're the only two. Even good presidents like FDR and Lincoln went outside their scope.

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shinypate1: 5 months ago via iPhone

Cs

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shinypate1: 5 months ago via iPhone

This is an example of sleep typing. I meant to say, before I drifted into the arms of nementhe, the Legislative branch. This is the design of the Framers. However, the current Congress appears bent to making themselves irrelevant and unable to solve the problems they themselves have created.

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olpaint: 5 months ago via iPhone | Last edited at 12:46PM on 1/12/2013

I would vote for the Internal Revenue Service, as far as accountability is concerned

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