LEGISLATIVE BRANCH: the power to declare war, makes laws for the nation, makes treaties with other countries, confirms appointees, approves the annual budget, Congress (435 + 100), impeaches officials, confirms (or rejects) presidential appointments, regulates foreign and interstate trade, raises revenue through taxes, EXECUTIVE BRANCH: executes laws, headed by the president, includes chief executive, prepares annual budget for Congress to approve, appoints cabinet, ambassadors, and federal judges, administers the federal bureaucracy, JUDICIAL BRANCH: interprets the law, judges court cases, tries cases involving federal laws and the Constitution, federal courts and Supreme Court, has the power of judicial review,

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