Checks and balances

What are the three separate branches into which the national government is divided?

• Legislative, Executive, and Judicial

• Federal, State, and Local

• Presidential, Congressional, and Supreme

• Military, Civilian, and Diplomatic

What is the main job of the legislative branch?

• To interpret laws

• To execute laws

• To make laws

• To appoint judges

Which of the following is a way the legislative branch can check the executive branch?

• Interpreting executive orders

• Appointing cabinet members

• Overriding a presidential veto

• Declaring presidential actions unconstitutional

What power does Congress possess to check the Judicial Branch?

• Vetoing Supreme Court decisions.

• Impeaching federal judges.

• Proposing constitutional amendments to overturn court rulings.

• Appointing new Supreme Court justices.

Which of the following is a way the Executive Branch can check the Legislative Branch?

• Declaring laws unconstitutional.

• Pardoning individuals convicted by Congress.

• Vetoing bills passed by Congress.

• Appointing members of Congress.

How can the President influence the Judicial Branch?

• Overruling Supreme Court decisions directly.

• Nominating federal judges and Supreme Court justices.

• Removing Supreme Court justices from office.

• Declaring court rulings unconstitutional.

What is a primary method by which the Judicial Branch checks the Legislative Branch?

• Vetoing proposed legislation.

• Declaring laws passed by Congress unconstitutional.

• Appointing members to congressional committees.

• Calling Congress into special session.