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[–] d00ery 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I'm British, but it's hard not to be aware of American stuff due to Reddit / Lemmy, movies, books, games, etc.

Are the 3 branches of govt.:

House of representatives, Senate, and judiciary?

We have house of commons, house of lords, and judiciary. First is elected, second is a mix of hereditary and nominated by govt I believe. Third is appointed by govt I guess.

Edit: looks like I got the branches wrong, see next reply.

[–] FlyingSquid 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

3 branches are executive, legislative and judicial. The president is the head of the executive branch, congress legislative.

[–] d00ery 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Thanks for the explanation.

Well gosh, I've had to go and read up on it too 😀

Looks like we both have the same 3 branches, but I was wrong in thinking the house of commons and lords were 2 of those branches.

In a perhaps slightly simplistic overview:

Legislative - debates and decides the laws.
Executive - executes or implements these laws in policy decisions (assigning funds to public bodies etc, setting mission statements)
Judicial - interprets the implementation of laws when needed (e.g. edge cases)

Executive, Legislature and Judiciary. In the UK, the executive comprises the Crown and the Government, including the Prime Minister and Cabinet ministers. The legislature; Parliament, comprises the Crown, the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

Also seems like the UK independence of legislature and executive branch is up to debate -https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers_in_the_United_Kingdom

[–] Anticorp 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

First is elected, second is a mix of hereditary

We don't have any hereditary government positions in the United States. That is antihesis to our overall ideology. Everything else you said is wrong too, but you figured that out already. You were close on some things though. Not bad for someone who doesn't live here.

[–] d00ery 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Sorry, yes I was slightly unclear in my response. (I've moved the paragraph to make it clearer)

The House of Lords in the UK is a mix of hereditary and life time peers nominated by the govt.

The House of Lords has limited powers (I think can veto or suggest amendments to a bill only once before the house of commons can force it through) and it is a archaic institution that we have kept, I guess it adds an extra check or balance to the elected representatives.