CE 6b SOP and Checks Review

Each of the three branches of limits the exercise of power by the other two branches-

• Checks and Balances
• Judicial Review
• Separation of Powers
• Federalism

Congress can check the president when legislators-

• Impeach or convict judges/justices
• Proposes legislation
• Approve the budget
• Declares executive actions unconstitutional

The president checks Congress when the president-

• Overrides presidential vetoes
• Proposes legislation
• Appoints judges/justices
• Declares laws to be unconstitutional

The courts check Congress when judges/justices declare-

• Acts of Congress to be unconstitutional
• Appoint Congressmen
• Proposes legislation
• Convict judges

Congress can check the courts when legislators-

• Impeach or convict a judge
• Declare laws unconstitutional
• Prepare the budget
• Grants pardons

The president checks the courts when the president-

• Appoints a Senator
• impeaches a judge
• Declares acts unconstitutional
• Grants pardons and reprieves

The courts check the president when judges declare-

• Judges to be unconstitutional
• Executive actions to be unconstitutional
• Laws to be unconstitutional
• Presidential appointments to be unconstitutional

Dividing the government power into branches, so no one branch can gain too much power and abuse it-

• Checks and Balances
• Judicial Review
• Separation of Powers
• Federalism

A Supreme Court Justice, accepts a bribe to influence his decision on a case.

What branch could check the court in this situation?

• Executive- grant pardons

• Legislative- confirm a judge/ justice

• Executive- appoint a new justice

• Legislative-impeach judge/ justice

The president is using money from charitable donations to buy new furniture for the White House.

What branch could check the president in this situation?

• Judicial- declare an executive action unconstitutional

• Legislative- confirm presidential appointments

• Judicial- declare a law unconstitutional

• Executive-propose legislation