Political Science

It is true that the three branches of the United States government are separated political institutions who check and balance the power of the other branches while at the same time sharing powers with the other branches. Basically, the executive branch is tasked to execute or enforce the law, the legislative branch is tasked to make the law and the judicial branch is tasked to formulate the law.

In practice we can see this relationship in the congress or the legislative branch passing the law while the president or the executive branch possessing the power to veto the laws passed by Congress. However, the congress can over ride the presidents veto. On the other hand, the Supreme Court or the judicial branch can declare a law approved by both the Congress and the President as unconstitutional. From here, we must take note that  a Supreme court justice is nominated by the President to be approved by the Congress (Longley n.d.  Steve 2001). This describes how the three branches work together while checking and balancing the actions of each other.

Also I would want to say that this is one of the most important part or section of the constitution. The Article 1, 2, 3 of the United States Constitution that defined the role of each branch of government can be regarded as the foundation of the United States government. Every branch is given a specific job and assignment while also possessing the power to check and balance the actions of the other branches. The first three articles ensures that neither branch of the government can take over and abuse its power. If not on the articles of separation of powers in the constitution, it will impossible for us to maintain this kind of democratic government we have now. As Lord Byron famous aphorism would say,  Power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely.