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The United States of America has 3 branches of government.
1) The Executive Branch
2) The Legislative Branch
3) The Judaical Branch

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Also known as the enforcers, the Executive branch executes and enforces the laws. With the President as the head, their responsibilities include:
1) Veto Bills Passed in Congress
2) The President serves as commander in chief of the armed forces
3) Pardon the penalties against people convicted of federal crimes
4) Appoints heads of the 15 executive agencies
5) Appoints federal court judges

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The Legislative Branch is actually broken into two separate sub parts. With 2 from every state, The Senate holds 100 members. The House of Representatives is based on each states population. The responsibilities of the Legislative branch include:
1) Create or change laws
2) Establishment of the Annual Budget
3) Levies Taxes and Tariffs
4) Declare War
5) Advise and consent to many of the appointments of the President

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Who can judge; who can interpret? The Judicial Branch of government helps interpret the U.S. Constitution. Their roles include:
1) Ensuring each individual has the right to a fair trial
2) Upholds the Bill of Rights
3) Provides Congress with the power to create lower courts
4) Interprets the law
5) Deciding cases involving state's rights

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One major important function of the U.S. Constitution is called checks and balances. Just like the phrase sounds, the point of checks and balances was to make sure no one branch would be able to control too much power, and it created a separation of powers. These checks and balances include:
1) The legislative branch makes laws, but the President in the executive branch can veto those laws with a Presidential Veto.
2) The judicial branch interprets laws, but the Senate in the legislative branch confirms the President’s nominations for judicial positions, and Congress can impeach any of those judges and remove them from office.
3) The President in the executive branch can veto a law, but the legislative branch can override that veto with enough votes.

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Article V of the U.S. Constitution states, 'The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution..."  One of my favorite and one of the most important amendments is the very first of them all, The Freedom of Expression. What kind of country would America be if we were punished by expressing ourselves? That wouldn't represent freedom, a word that America prides itself over. Secondly, I believe twelve amendment is also important. Prior to the ratification of this amendment, the vice president was the runner up for the presidency. This caused a lot of problems as two opposing parties would have many different views while acting as President and Vice President. With the ratification of this amendment, the Vice President would also have to be nominated alongside the runner for the Presidency.

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Upon reading the CQ Article, a major problem many view is wrong with The U.S. Constitution is the election of the U.S. President. The Electoral College is the mechanism established by the U.S Constitution for the election of the President and Vice President of the United States. Citizens vote in each state and the District of Columbia at a general election to choose a slate of "electors" who are pledged to vote for a particular party's candidate. This may be contrary to the Popular Vote. As we claim to be a Democratic Republic which is "for the people; by the people" I believe the election of the U.S. President should be solely based on the popular vote of the citizens voting for THEIR President.