Yesterday, September 17, 2012, we discussed the issue of one
president or multiple members of the executive branch. In small groups we read
over segments of The Virginia Plan, The New Jersey Plan, and The Hamilton Plan,
and created a graphic organizer displaying the basics of each plan. Within the
graphic organizer, there was a side by side comparison between the different
plans and the conflicting arguments of both sides. Each plan discusses the pros
and cons of each side and ended with the compromise that is the basis of the
executive branch today; with one president who is elected by the people and
serves for a four year term, eligible for re-election and is impeachable by
congress. Today, September 18, 2012 we learned about the system of checks and
balances’ our current government functions within. Within the 3 branches, each
branch has certain responsibilities or requirements that they must report to,
or are controlled by another branch. The reason our government is one of the
most successful in the world is due to the balance that is maintained by the
three branches and the mutual respect and responsibility they each uphold.
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