Legislative Branch Review

dividing power among several branches of government so no one person or part can get too much power

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a system by which each branch of government has powers that affect and control the other branches so that no branch becomes too powerful

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Writes laws (Congress)
Has these checks & balances:
Impeach the president or Supreme Court justices
Override a presidential veto w/ ⅔ vote
Approves presidential appointees to the Supreme Court
Controls $

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Enforces laws (President, Vice President, Cabinet, etc)
Has these checks & balances:
-Can veto (strike down) a bill passed by congress
-Can appoint justices to the Supreme Court

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Judges / interprets laws (Supreme Court)
Has these checks & balances:
-can rule a law or executive order unconstitutional

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to strike down (in this case, a bill)

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Part of the Constitution that lays out the roles, powers and limits of the Legislative Branch of the United States Government (Congress)

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A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses

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a population count of citizens in the United States every 10 years, important for determining the number of representatives a state receives in the House of Representatives

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A section of a state a Representative in the House is responsible for representing. (These are redrawn every ten years after the census population count and the number of seats a state receives in the House is determined.)

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