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-This branch holds the U.S. Congress.
-The Legislative branch also reviews and processes bills before they are sent to the President for the opportunity to become a law.
-If a president vetoes a bill, Congress has the power to override it.
-Congress has the power to make new laws or edit laws that are already in action.
-Another power that Congress has is the ability to declare war.

Source:
The White House. (2021, January 15). The Legislative Branch. https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/the-legislative-branch/

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-This branch holds the President of the United States.
-The President is also known as the Commander-in-Chief, which puts them in charge of the Armed Forces.
- The execution and the enforcement of laws by Congress is another thing that the Executive Branch acts upon.
-The President can veto laws.
-The President can also grant pardons to federal crimes.

Source:
The White House. (2021, January 17). The Executive Branch. https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/the-executive-branch/

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-This branch holds the U.S. Supreme Court.
-There are nine Justices, and one of them is the Chief Justice.
-The President is the one that nominates Justices.
-Justices remain in power until they pass, are impeached, or resign.
-The Supreme Court interprets laws so that courts underneath them can apply them into cases they hear.

Source:
The White House. (2021a, January 15). The Judicial Branch. https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/the-judicial-branch/

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Can override vetoes from the President

Congress has the power to impeach and remove a president

Congress can also impeach judges

Source:
Separation of Powers: System of Checks and Balances. (n.d.). ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/separation-of-powers-3322394

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Article V of the Constitution discusses the Amendment process.

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The 13th Amendment abolished Slavery in the United States. This Amendment is of the utmost importance because it freed multiple African Americans.

Source:
13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Abolition of Slavery (1865). (n.d.). Our Documents. https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=40

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The 14th Amendment allowed all people that were born in the United States to become official citizens. This was an important Amendment because it granted freed African American slaves citizenship.

Source:
14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Civil Rights (1868). (n.d.). Our Documents. https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=43

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One proposal that could potentially improve the constitution is the reformation of the election process. The Every Vote Counts Amendment was the amendment proposed to act upon this and section 2 of this amendment targeted voting qualifications. In the article Electoral College Reform: 110th Congress Proposals, the National Popular Vote
Campaign, and Other Alternative Developments, it states that if section 2 of the amendment is enacted, "it would have empowered the states to set “less restrictive qualifications with respect to residence.... ” " (Congressional Research Service, pg. 7, 2009).

Source:
Congressional Research Service. (2009, February). Electoral College Reform: 110th Congress Proposals, the National Popular Vote Campaign, and Other Alternative Developments. https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL34604/7

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Has the option to veto laws that congress passes.

Can nominate individuals into the Supreme Court.

Source:
Separation of Powers: System of Checks and Balances. (n.d.). ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/separation-of-powers-3322394

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Judicial Review can deem laws as unconstitutional.

Can deem things that the president does as unconstitutional.

Source:
Separation of Powers: System of Checks and Balances. (n.d.). ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/separation-of-powers-3322394