Checks and Balances
Judicial Branch
(Supreme Court interprets the laws) Legislative Branch (Congress makes the law) Executive Branch (President carries the law) |
Check on the Executive Branch:
Can declare executive actions unconstitutional Checks on the Executive Branch: Can override President's veto Confirms executive appointments Ratifies treaties Can declare war Appropriates money Can impeach and remove president Checks on the Legislative Branch: Can propose laws Can veto laws Can call special sessions of Congress Makes appointments Negotiates with foreign treaties |
Check on the Legislative Branch:
Can declare acts of Congress unconstitutional Checks on the Judicial Branch: Creates lower federal courts Can impeach and remove judges Can propose Amendments to overrule judicial decisions Approves appointments of federal judges Checks on the Judicial Branch: Appoints federal judges Can grant pardons to federal offenders |