Structure of American and California Governments
The United States of America is one of the most powerful nation-states in the world today. The framers of the American Constitution spent a great deal of time and effort into making sure this power wasn’t too centralized in one aspect of the government. They created three branches of government to help maintain a checks and balance system.
Discuss these three branches, the legislative, the executive, and the judicial, for both the state and federal level. The legislative branch