Checks and Balances

Question 1

Checks by Legislature on Executive

Answer 1

• Impeachemnt eg Clinton (Not guilty at trial), Nixon (Resigned before trial ruling)
• Ratifies Treaties eg. START with Russia, 2010
• Can amend, block or reject President Legislature eg. American Heath Care Act, ObamaCare (Amended)
• Declares war (However last time was WW2)
• Can override vetoes eg. Bush’s vetoes overturned 3 times
• Ratifies appointments eg. Betsy DeVos, Robert Borke
• Power of the Purse eg. Bush 2003

Question 2

Checks by Executive on Legislature

Answer 2

• Vetoes eg. Bush used 11 vetoes
• VP Presiding officer of Senate
• Recess appointments eg. John Bolton UN ambassador, Bush, 240 under Reagan
• Commander in Chief

Question 3

Checks by Executive on Judiciary

Answer 3

• President nominates federal judges eg. Obama: Sotomayer and Kagan
• Power of Par Par eg. 1974 Ford pardoned Nixon, 140 by Clinton on last day

Question 4

Checks by Legislature on Judiciary

Answer 4

• HoR can impeach SC, trial by Snetae eg. Thomas Poreteous 2010 corruption
• Congress can overturn SC decision eg. Recent attempts to overturn gun rulings and flag desecration

Question 5

Checks by Judiciary

Answer 5

-Judicial Review
Over Congress: Clinton Vs NY 1998- Declared Line Item veto unconstitutional
Over Executive: 2006 Hamden Vs Rumfeld- declared Al Quaeda trials at Gauntanamo Bay unconstitutional