Checks And Balances In The Government

Part I of Essay
The National Government is organized into three separate branches. Each branch is given by the Constitution, its own field of governmental authority: legislative, executive, and judicial. These three branches are not entirely separate from each other though, they are tie ....

Part II of Essay
.... on August 5, 1974 it was discovered that President Richard Nixon had ordered the FBI to stop the infamous investigation of Watergate. That is when the legislative and judicial branches would come into play because the crimes that were committed by Nixon were grounds for impeachment. As stated on the Constitution of the United States it is the duty of Congress to impeach and remove the president, if necessary. If President Nixon would not have resigned on August 9, 1974, impeachment hearings would have proceeded and the judicial branch w ....