Checks And Balances: A Case Study

Another way to guard against tyranny was the checks and balances; that all the different branches of government can disagree with something that another branch is doing in order to keep everything in the government fair. One way that the constitution shows this is when it is put that the other branches can veto something that another branch is doing because it may be unconstitutional. (Document C) Checks and balances protects against tyranny because it make sure that one group in the government can do anything that would be unconstitutional. (Document C) For example, ‘congress can approve presidential nominations and impeach the President from office, but the President can veto a Congressional legislation. (Document C) Another example is the president nominates judges, but the Court can declare presidential acts unconstitutional. (Document C) Another example is the court can declare laws unconstitutional, but congress can impeach judges. (Document C) Checks and Balances protect against tyranny.

The checks and balances were mostly about how each branch of government can limit the power of the others. In other word it stops the branches from getting too powerful then the others. On document B I learned that the why the Judicial branch is the court.the legislative branch is the congress and the executive branch is the president. One why the congress checks on the president is by approving nomination. One why the congress checks on the court is by impeaching the court. One way the president checks on the congress is by vetoing a legislation. One why the president checks on the court is by nominating judges.Also one why the court checks on the president is by declaring acts of unconstitutional. One why the court checks on the congress is by declaring laws unconstitutional. Check and balances is a reason why the constitution should be ratified because it stops the branches of government to become too

checks and balances, allowing each branch to hold only the power needed to fulfill its

To prevent from one branch of government having all power, and therefore having tyranny, (Madison FP # 47) Checks and Balances was added to the defenses of the constitution. There are three branches of government: Legislative Branch (Congress), Executive Branch (President), and Judicial Branch (The Courts). These three branches work together to check one another to make sure the power is evenly distributed and balanced, hence the name Checks and Balances. The way it works is that the Legislative Branch (Congress) can check the Executive Branch (President) by approving Presidential nominations, being able to override a President’s veto, and can impeach the President, him or her, from office. The Legislative Branch can check the Judicial Branch by having Senate confirm Presidential nominations and by being able to impeach judges and remove them from office. The President can check the Legislative Branch by vetoing Congressional legislation, and can check the Judicial Branch by nominating judges. The Judicial Branch can check the Legislative Branch by declaring laws unconstitutional, and can check the Executive Branch by declaring presidential acts unconstitutional. (Madison FP # 51) All three branches of government work together to make sure no branch is abusing their limited power, by using the system Checks and

When the framers of our revered Constitution came together to produce our governing system, they wanted to avoid the precedent of an all powerful entity that could control its citizens. They broke governments role into three important phases, which were the power to make laws, the power to interpret laws, and the ability to enforce them. To further decentralize these authority holding organizations, they created a system that allowed each of the three sections to have a say in each of the others ability to exercise said authority. This organization of overlapping power is referred to as a checks and balances system and was intended to create three equal powers to govern the United States. Over the years since its

Separation of Powers – the split of authority among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government.

Some examples of checks and balances in the Constitution occur in situations; such as when Congress has the authority to provide justice to the federal courts. The president has a discussion with federal judges about the information gathered from the Senate and their recommendation. Therefore, the three branches of government all have an opportunity to provide their viewpoint on how justice should be served in each federal court case. Checks and balances occur when the executive branch is in charge of foreign affairs, but treaties that deal with foreign governments need to be discussed with the Senate. Thus, the executive branch and the legislative branch have to communicate about decisions that relate to foreign treaties and come to an agreement.

Checks and balances help prevent tyranny. Each branch checks each other to make sure each one doesn’t get too much power. For example, one way that the legislative branch checks the executive branch is to override vetoes and impeach the President. Also, one way the executive branch can check the judicial branch is by nominating judges into the Supreme Court. One way the judicial branch can check the legislative branch is when they can declare a law unconstitutional. This way, our central government is each divided in

The system of checks and balances is a procedure in which systems allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches. These checks allow each branch to block the actions of another branch. When Congress has the power to pass laws, the president can check this power by vetoing a bill before it becomes an actual law. Congress also has the same power and can check the president’s power by overriding the veto if two-thirds of the majority in Congress vote in each house. The Judicial Branch can also check these actions of the other two branches. The Supreme Court can declare that a law, treaty, or an executive action is unconstitutional. Basically, the system of Checks and Balances is to balance out each branch and limiting each branch’s power. (Page 162 9.2)

Checks and balances made sure that each group balanced each other. Examples of this are how congress has the ability to impeach the president, how the president can veto the laws the legislative branch make, and how the executive branch can nominate judges(Doc C). Checks and balances made sure that one group could not sabotage the whole government. Just in case the president decided just to veto a law because he had a bad day the legislative law would be able to vote his veto out. This system is very good for preventing this abuse of power effectively. Checks and balanced allowed each group to manage each other to prevent

Checks and Balances- a way to make sure that now branch of government gets too powerful

(Thomas Jefferson 59) He means by this that if too much power is given to one branch of government that they will abuse the power and they will be corrupt with the power if given too much. The checks and balances are set in place to prevent this from happening and keep the people safe from a dictatorship being formed by the

Separation of powers was first introduced as a government model in ancient Greece, and was used largely in the Roman republic. Under this Government model, the state is divided into separate and independent entities. The normal

The separation of powers and checks and balances is a system that was created in America by the founding fathers in the constitution of the United States. The separation of power plays an important role of keeping the three branches which are legislative, executive, and judicial in the government systems equal to one another and that neither branches becomes too powerful. Each branch has its very own power and duties to serve to the people and government. All three branches play a significant role in checks and balances and separation of powers, in our government and rely on each other to make sure that all of the power is equally distributed.

In order to understand the complexities of the checks and balance system, one must first know what it is. In Kelly´s article “Checks and Balances in American Government” on the three branches of government he says “It is the system that the U.S. Constitution set up to ensure that no one branch of government would become too