Checks and Balances

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President Grover’s executive act is unconstitutional.

This is an example of the ________branch checking the _______branch.

• Judicial-Executive

• Legislative-Executive

The Senate rejects the President’s appointment, Judge Smith, to the Supreme Court because of her anti-environmental views.

This is an example of the __________branch checking the__________ branch.

• Judicial-Legislative

• Legislative-Executive

The President calls a special session of Congress, requiring all the members to return to Washington, D.C. from their July recess.

This is an example of the _________branch checking the _______branch.

• Executive-Legislative

• Executive-Judicial

The House and Senate override the President’s veto of an education bill with a two-thirds vote.

This is an example of the ______branch checking the __________branch.

• Executive-Judicial

• Legislative-Executive

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that a federal law is unconstitutional because it violates Americans’ first amendment rights.

This is an example of the __________branch checking the_________ branch.

• Legislative-Judicial

• Judicial-Legislative

Congress impeaches the President for speeding through the streets of Washington in his limo at 100 miles an hour just for fun. The reckless driving kills several citizens.

This is an example of the ________ branch checking the _______branch.

• Judicial-Executive

• Legislative-Executive

The Senate rejects the President’s appointment for Secretary of Labor because he does not believe in the minimum wage.

This is an example of the ______ branch checking the ___________branch.

• Legislative-Executive

• Judicial-Legislative

In 1996, Congress rejects the President’s budget proposal and the federal government is temporarily shutdown as a result.

This is an example of the __________branch checking the __________branch.

• Judicial-Executive

• Legislative-Executive