PoliticsoftheUnitedStates讲解.ppt

Politics of the United States 王远 郝芮 吕幸 brief The United States is a federal constitutional republic, in which the President of the United States (the head of state and head of government), Congress, and judiciary share powers reserved to the national government, and the federal government shares sovereignty(主权) with the state governments. Executive The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch(行政机构) of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. This position places its holder in leadership of the nation that has the largest economy and the most expensive military, with command authority over the largest active nuclear arsenal（核军火库）. is elected indirectly by the people, through an Electoral College（总统选举团） Judiciary The judicial branch (or judiciary), composed of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts, exercises judicial power (or judiciary). The judiciarys function is to interpret （解释）the United States Constitution and federal laws and regulations. legislature The United States Congress includes：the Senate （参议院）and the House of Representatives（众议院） The major power of the Congress is to pass federal legislation that affects the entire country decentralization States governments have the power to make laws that are not granted to the federal government. Unlike the federal government, which only has those powers granted to it in the Constitution, a state government has inherent powers allowing it to act unless limited by a provision(条款) of the state or national constitution. Like the federal government, state governments have three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. The chief executive of a state is its popularly elected governor * 模板来自于 / * checks and balances（三权分立） 01 decentralization(地方分权) 02 Table of Contents The president is frequently described to be among the most powerful people in the w