I believe that our ancestors who created the three branches of government anticipated that the authority given to each branch can easily be diminished by another branch, so they put put this system in place to prevent manipulation. Each branch has its own distinct operations and the intersection of another branch's operations creates what is called a "constitutional question." For this reason, the President, who is the head of the executive branch, cannot make or pass a law because the function of legislating and passing laws is the authority vested in the legislative branch. Likewise, the United States Supreme Court cannot enforce a law because that is the task given to the executive branch. And finally, the Supreme Court cannot enforce laws or legislate. However, the interaction between the three branches makes for an impressive system because none of the branches can function without the other. Here is a basic example of how the branches work together: the legislative branch passes the laws that the police enforce, and the judicial branch judges the cases that the police initiate through arrests.ConclusionIn conclusion, this article has thrown a little of light on the three distinct branches. of the federal government which includes: the executive, legislative and judicial branches. I also used the three branches of government to examine the first critical question