Executive Controls

The United States Constitution breaks the federal government up into three separate but equal branches. The legislative branch, the judicial branch, and the executive branch each with different roles to accomplish within the government as put forth by the United States Constitution. Each branch exerts a specific amount of control over different parts of the government as well. Sometimes these controls overlap from agency to agency, but in dong such ensure that no branch or any agency within that branch gains too much power over the government as a whole. The executive branch exerts certain controls over the legislature and each agency found within the structure of the executive branch. This ensures that there is a balance in government and protects against power abuses

There are many different agencies within the executive branch, all of which are accountable to the president of the United States. Equally if the agency is not performing up to task the president in turn is held accountable for that agency’s failure to perform both by the legislature and the American public through a vote. Executive branch controls extends too many areas that affect a person’s day to day life. Many of the most common controls are exerted through simple law enforcement. In this sense simple law enforcement can be considered criminal law; it is after all what most American citizens are most familiar with. Criminal law affects many aspects of a person’s day to day life, whether that is making sure a person is penalized because they ran a red light or the law enforcement of a town making sure that the public schools are indeed drug free. However, the executive branch also exerts control over many things that make the top headlines of the new. The direction of the military is under the President’s control. He is where the buck stops so to speak when it comes to military action and if errors occur he is the one at the top most likely to be held accountable. The executive branch also deals greatly with foreign trade and commerce making sure trade agreements is enforced or trade blockades are kept in place. Foreign policy emanates from the executive branch and is one of their central duties as an agency. Executive control of foreign policy ultimately rests with the present but it can be influenced by the United States Congress who, as made up of elected representatives, can give their opinion regarding the direction of foreign policy concurrent with their electorate. This forms a subtle check on the agency power of the executive office of the President.

The executive branch is mainly responsible for enforcing the laws of the United States. This goal is then accomplished throughout the employment of countless government workers in effort to enforce the laws created by the Congress and deemed constitutionally acceptable by the judicial branch. The office of the President is also the guiding platform of all foreign policy decisions within the United States as well. While each agency within the executive branch is responsible for a different level of enforcement the agency itself is ultimately accountable to the President.