Law Opinion
‘“Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.”
Albert Einstein

The United States Constitution has been serving as the foundation for the United States government since 1787, and the U.S. constitution is viewed as the “supreme law of the land” (law.jrank.org, n.d.). Laws have been created as a result of Congress and state legislature and follow a strict and thorough process in order to be approved as a law. Common law is present in our modern system and makes up most of our basic laws in the United States. The Supreme Court, which was created in 1790 through the United States Constitution accompanied by the Judiciary act of 1789, is the highest court in the United States. Generally, the system that the United States use today adopted the structure of Europe. Throughout history, Britain has had a significant part in the structure of the American legal system as well as the law created in the United States.
Laws
As briefly discussed in the introduction, the United States Constitution is the ultimate law of the land, and any laws created falls under the U.S. Constitution without contradiction. There are three branches of the government that deals with the laws, which are the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch. The executive branch ensure “that laws are carried out and enforced to facilitate such day-to-day responsibilities of the federal government as collecting taxes, safeguarding the homeland and representing the United States' political and economic interests around the world” (Trethan, n.d.). The legislative branch is in charge of passing the laws of the nation, and the judicial branch interprets the laws that are applied and listens to legislative challenges. The judicial branch also makes sure that the compatibility of the law to