Match the following items.

1. forgive desertion, etc.
2. peanut farmer
3. preferred to b-1 bomber
4. treaty with egypt
5. president of egypt
6. head of cia
7. savings and loan bail out
8. government shutdown 1995
9. contras
10. gave amnesty to draft dodgers and army deserters
11. persian gulf war

menachem begin
carter
$400 billion
amnesty
nicaragua
iraq
president ford
cruise missile
anwar el-sadat
budget debate
george h. w. bush

separation of powers, therefore, refers to the division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another.   the intent is to prevent the concentration of power and provide for checks and balances.  

the traditional characterizations of the powers of the branches of american government are:

* the legislative branch is responsible for enacting the laws of the state and appropriating the money necessary to operate the government.

* the executive branch is responsible for implementing and administering the public policy enacted and funded by the legislative branch.

* the judicial branch is responsible for interpreting the constitution and laws and applying their interpretations to controversies brought before it.

forty state constitutions specify that government be divided into three branches:   legislative, executive and judicial.   california illustrates this approach; "the powers of state government are legislative, executive, and judicial.   persons charged with the exercise of one power may not exercise either of the others except as permitted by this constitution."

while separation of powers is key to the workings of american government, no democratic system exists with an absolute separation of powers or an absolute lack of separation of powers. governmental powers and responsibilities intentionally overlap; they are too complex and interrelated to be neatly compartmentalized. as a result, there is an inherent measure of competition and conflict

minnesota:   minnesota house research,   separation of powers: when statutes and court rules conflict, 2005

answer: representation of human experiences

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