Checks and Balances

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11th grade U.S. Government Honors Flashcards on Checks and Balances, created by J N on 17/10/2017.
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How does the Executive check the Legislative Branch? - Vetoes bills - Call special sessions -Negotiating Treaties - Bully Pulpit
What are the legislature's power to check the Executive? - Override his/her veto - Reject negotiated treaties - Impeach + remove Exe. officials - Reject Exe nominees
What power does the Legislature have to check the Judiciary? - Create + dismantle inferior courts - regulate appellate jurisdiction - Impeach + remove judges - Reject nominees
What power does the Judiciary have to check the Legislature? Rules laws to be unconstitutional
What power does the judiciary have to check the executive? Rules the actions of executive to be unconstitutional
What power does the executive have to check Judiciary? - Nominates judges - Pardons, reprieves
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