Bank Exams Questions

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Each state in the U.S. has a state legislature. The state legislatures main purpose is to make and pass laws at the state level.

An integral part to each state government - indeed where the people of each state are best represented - is the state legislature.

State legislatures are the respective representative bodies for the people of each state.
The primary responsibility of any state legislature is to design, draft, and vote on bills and laws to govern each state. Bills and laws generally go through several committees prior to being voted on in the entire assembly, through which the bills and laws are changed, amended, or killed altogether.

Superhero Batman shares a name with an oil production Batman, a town in Turkey.

The United States government has 3 branches, which all serve an important role in running the government and keeping our system of laws in place.

1. The legislative branch

2. The executive branch 

3. The judicial branch

The legislative branch makes the laws while the executive branch enforces these laws. 


The judicial branch is a system of courts that applies the laws.

Both the federal government and each of the 5 states have individual judicial branches which all serve this purpose.

For example :: 

If the federal government were like a basketball game, the judicial branch is much like the referee that helps settle disputes. The executive branch and the legislative branch are often like the players in the game trying to score points against each other, and the judicial branch is there to clarify the rules and make sure each side is acting fairly.