VIRGINIAS BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT CAN YOU NAME THEM

VIRGINIA’S BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT CAN YOU NAME THEM? ? ?

CHECKS AND BALANCES • VIRGINIA’S GOVERNMENTS IS BROKEN INTO THREE BRANCHES (PARTS) SO IT CAN HAVE “CHECKS AND BALANCES” • WITH THE POWER DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS, NO ONE PERSON OR GROUP HAS TOO MUCH POWER • EACH GROUP HAS ITS OWN SEPARATEJOBS AND LEADERS • EACH GROUP CHECKS OTHER GROUPS TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE DOING THEIR JOBS

VIRGINIA’S LEGISLATIVE BRANCH • THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH MAKES THE LAWS. IT IS THEIR JOB TO WRITE LAWS AND VOTE ON THEM. • THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS THELEGISLATIVE BRANCH. IT IS MADE UP OF TWO PARTS: • THE VIRGINIA SENATE, WHICH HAS 40 MEMBERS • THE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES, WHICH HAS 100 MEMBERS

VIRGINIA’S EXECUTIVE BRANCH Virginia’s Governor: Ralph Northam • THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH ENFORCES THE LAWS. IT IS THEIR JOB TO MAKE SURE LAWS ARE FOLLOWED BY VIRGINIANS (AND ANYONE WHO VISITSVIRGINIA) • AN ELECTED GOVERNOR IS THE HEAD OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. • THE GOVERNOR IS HELPED BY HIS CABINET AND AN ELECTEDLIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor: Justin Fairfax

VIRGINIA’S JUDICIAL BRANCH • THE JUDICIAL BRANCH JUDGES PEOPLE ACCUSED OF BREAKING THE LAWS AND JUDGES WHETHER THE LAWS ARE FAIR • THE JUDICIAL BRANCH IS MADE UP OF JUDGES ALL OVERVIRGINIA • THE VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT IS THE HIGHEST COURT IN VIRGINIA AND HAS SEVEN JUDGES KNOWN AS JUSTICES.

Executive Branch Legislative Branch No one person Each group has or group has its own too much power separate jobs and leaders Judicial Branch Each group checks other groups to make sure they’re doing their jobs.

Make the laws. They write and vote on laws. The General Assembly: -Senate - House of Delegates Enforce the laws. They make sure everyone is following the laws Governor, his cabinet, and the Lieutenant Governor Judge people accused of breaking the law and making sure the laws are fair. Judges in Virginia, Virginia’s Supreme Court