Why are interbranch (or intergovernmental) relations important?
Government in the United States is best understood as one of separate branches with shared powers. Although the three branches of government have been delegated their predominate areas of responsibility, each must work with the other branches in order for the executive, legislative, and judicial functions to operate most effectively. Sharing powers also facilitates the system of checks and balances that guards against abuses of power by any branch.In the actual operation of state government, the collective branches respond to societal trends and changes within the overarching political culture of the day. Collaborative and cooperative interbranch functions have become even more essential as the responsibility for executing national policy has increasingly fallen to state governments. In the operation of our justice system, the judicial and executive branches have long worked together, if not always harmoniously, and there are generally established channels for communication. On the oth
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