Checks and Balances Homework

Who is responsible for the concept of separation of powers/checks and balances?

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

What are checks and balances?

• A process by which the government can bypass the Constitution
• A system in which the executive branch has complete control over the legislative and judicial branches
• System in which each branch of government has the ability to limit the powers of the other branches
• A method of ensuring that the government remains unchecked and unbalanced

What is ONE way the the legislative branch checks the executive branch?

• The House of Representatives can impeach the president

• The Senate can remove the president from office if impeached

• The Senate can check the president's appointment of judges

• All of the above

What is one way in which the legislative branch checks the judicial branch?

• Congress can impeach and remove judges

• Can call Congress into session

• Can break ties in the senate

• Can nominate justices into the Supreme Court

How does the executive branch check the legislative branch?

• Can impeach judges

• Can remove members of Congress

• Can break ties in the senate

• Can appoint members into Congress

How does the executive branch check the judicial branch?

• Can remove justices from the Supreme Court

• Can appoint justices into the Supreme Court

• Can propose amendments

• Can reject judicial nominees

How does the judicial branch check the legislative branch?

• By vetoing legislation
• By interpreting laws and determining their constitutionality
• By proposing new laws
• By enforcing laws

How does the judicial branch check the executive branch?

• Judicial review
• Executive order
• Legislative oversight
• Veto power