1. The political cartoon best depicts America’s government concept, which is known as Separation of Powers and / or Checks & Balances. This means that there are multiple branches of government (3 in the U.S. system), and they all fulfill their respective, separate duties. Although they work on relatively different matters or at least do things differently, they may “check” on each other to ensure that the other branch(es) are doing what they’re supposed to do.
2. The Legislative Lions represent the legislative branch, also known as the U.S. Congress. The Congress consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and their job is primarily to make laws, consider confirming cabinet / government appointees (Only the Senate), declare war if necessary, provide money, approve treaties, impeach and remove an office holder if necessary, and other legislative duties.
The team called Executive Eagles represent the Executive Branch. The Executive Branch is known for the U.S. President. The President works in the Executive Branch, as does his Vice-President, cabinet and other federal government employees. The Executive Branch is run by the President, who’s job is to sign or veto (deny) any laws passed by Congress, sign treaties, enforce the laws passed by congress and signed by the President, represent the United States abroad, lead the U.S. Armed Forces, and overall, be the head leader of the USA, from a vision standpoint.
You are the trial judge at the sentencing hearing. If you wish, you can rely on the suppressed confession for a sentence enhancement, in effect imposing the same sentence Bertha would have received for second-degree murder. Should you do so? Why or why not?
b. If you were on the appellate court reviewing Bertha’s sentence imposed as described in (a), would you rule that this sentence is fair?
