the federal government has three branches to keep any one branch from getting to powerful.
The government does not belong to a branch, it has branches. The government is divided into three branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial. They all have different functions in terms of the law.
Yes, the enforcement branch (executive), law making branch (legislative), and the law interpretation branch (judicial).
Legislative
checks and balances
Divided government, the condition where the majority party in at least one house is different than the president's party, leads to increased challenges to presidential appointments. Opposing party members tend to resist approval of an appointment from far across party lines
The tasks of the three branches of government are as follows: The executive is responsible for running the government, The Legislative is made up of two houses, the House of Representatives and the Senate, which are responsible for making laws. The Judicial branch, headed by the Supreme Court, is responsible for making sure all laws are constitutional and making sure they are obeyed.
The powers of each of the three branches of the US government are delineated in the Constitution.
Checks and balances Of course "checks and balances" doesn't have to be exactly 3 branches; you can still have "checks and balances" distributed between 2 branches or split it out further into more than 3 branches - but in the US model it was distributed into 3 branches: the ones making the laws (legislative), the ones enforcing the laws (executive), and the ones judging according to the laws/interpreting the laws (judicial).
It refers to a government that has the powers spread out so no one person has control of the country. In the US, the power is divided among 3 branches: The President, the Congress and the Supreme Court. Most dictators are created by taking control of all the forms of government and making decisions and rules on their own.
Command economy
decision making
Legislative branch makes law; Executive branch (president) executes laws.