Legislative Branch Research Paper

The American Government has three main branches, the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. That, however is a generally known fact throughout the country, it practically goes without saying that knowing how the government works is almost common sense. With this, comes the idea of Checks and Balances keeping our government at an equal state, this however does not add up when it comes to the Legislative branch. When really looked over, one can easily see that the Legislative branch has more powers than the rest of the other branches, this could raise concerns with the American people as it somewhat voids the true meaning of Checks and Balances, because these designated powers are left unchecked by the other branches. This begs the question should …show more content…
Congress at this point in time has a shield of a sort that protects them from being arrested while they are in a session, they can be arrested if it is for treason, felony, or a “breach of peace”. This power is unnecessary and could be easily taken advantage of, with any source of media being easily accessible to the public, government officials are being put in the hot seat almost daily most of whom are not in Congress. People in the House or Senate should not be exempt from the law just because it says so, if they are “a representative for the people” then there is nothing that states that they should not be tried for any crime they commit. Congress is the power behind American commerce, but with all of the times the government has shut down Congress should not be the ones who decide the federal budget entirely. Congress should have a say on the budget, but it could prevent any shutdowns if more people could have their say in the matter and provide Congress with a better idea on how to form the budget. The last power that Congress should not have is investigating cases of governmental conspiracy, Congress should not go on a witch-hunt for the President when the Supreme Court can handle those situations. If Congress did not have these powers then a majority of problems in our government could be easily handled, these powers may not be an extreme …show more content…
One rule is that Congress should not have any control over the stock market, Congress currently does not have a huge say in anything Wall Street and it should stay that way. Commerce is already controlled by Congress in a capitalist driven country, because the Stock Market is mostly private companies or corporations, there is no reason for Congress to step in and try and regulate it. Another rule for Congress is to keep away from anything Net Neutrality based, with Net Neutrality being taken away the Internet is basically “open to be closed”. One thing that is amazing about the internet is the fact that censorship on freedom of speech is not really regulated, sometimes it certainly should be but if Congress can swoop in on social media or any other websites censorship is bound to occur. With that comes the wild, wild west of the Internet being controlled in a highly negative way, in plain english, keep away from Net Neutrality Congress. The final power that Congress should have is the ability to have a say in Judicial matters if it affects the economy in any major way, an example of this is with the recent legalization of medicinal marijuana. Because dispensaries are popping up in many states, with those come a change in local economy.

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