How the Government Works in the United States

There was a man who taught me the rules of the United States. He said that America isn’t a country of majority rule. There are, instead, three separate branches of government in the U.S.: executive, legislative, and judicial. Ultimately, it means that illegal actions are illegal and oftentimes enforced. Even if it reflects what most people want.

The executive branch represents how the president manages the country. It gives the president power over implementing and enforcing laws initially written by Congress. The legislative branch is made up of politicians elected by the people who make up the senate and the House of Representatives. They are then in charge of creating and changing laws. The judicial branch refers to the federal courts, where the Supreme Court stands at its center. These three powers independently monitor each other and in turn, run the U.S. government.

For example, the president has the power to reject, or veto, any law created by Congress. When a conflict arises, the court listens to each party’s arguments and then decides how to proceed. In other words, everything about how the government manages the country is deliberated between these three different branches.

At the center of it all is the Constitution. If someone wants to make a change in the Constitution, all three branches must reach a consensus. Otherwise, that change won’t be made. Additionally, it’s important to note that many things are also decided by the state. But the federal government still oversees all policy changes of the U.S. government.

Therefore, even if the federal government tries to mandate vaccinations and the use of face masks to combat Covid-19, states still have the right to accept or reject that mandate. That is why it’s called the United States of America instead of just America.

As for the Japanese government, if they mandated vaccinations and the use of face masks, all prefectures (like states in Japan) must follow that rule. In the U.S., each state acts as if they too have their own executive, legislative, and judicial branch as if each were their own independent country. Therefore, the U.S. looks so disjointed from the outside.

I believe the true strength of the U.S. comes out when something causes these disparate parts of the country to work towards a shared goal.

Kenichi Uchikura
President / CEO
Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.
ken.uchikura＠pspinc.com

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