Checks and Balances SOL 6B.

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Checks and Balances SOL 6B

Checks and Balances The system is designed to stop any one branch from becoming more powerful than the others

Legislative Branch (Congress) Checks the President and the executive branch when: Overriding presidential vetoes Impeaching the President (Remove from office) Checks the judicial branch when: Confirming or refusing to confirm a judge/justice Impeaching a judge/justice

Executive Branch Checks Congress when: Proposing legislation (laws) Preparing the annual budget Calling special sessions of Congress Vetoing legislation Checks the judicial branch when: Appointing judges

Judicial Branch Checks Congress when: Checks the President when: Declaring a law is unconstitutional (judicial review) Checks the President when: Declaring executive actions to be unconstitutional (Actions by the President)