1. Ways the President Checks Congress l The Veto »legislation »budget -- line item? l Going public l Agenda setting l “Working” with the leadership l Promoting bureaucratic power

2. Ways the President Checks the Bureaucracy l Appointments l Budgets l Monitoring of rule making l Reorganization l Providing guidelines for agency action l Proposing statutory changes l Personal intervention

3. Ways the President Checks the Judiciary l Appointments l Amicus curiae briefs l Solicitor General Arguments l Decisions about whether to intervene in individual cases

4. Ways the Congress Checks the President l Impeachment l Override Veto l Attempt to Seize agenda - Newt and the K with America l Go public l Refuse to bring presidential bills to the floor l Oversight hearings

5. Ways the Congress Checks the Bureaucracy l Oversight hearings l Budgets l Changes in Statutory language l Informal contacts l Appointments -- Senate only

6. Ways the Congress Checks the Judiciary l Appointments -- Senate only l Change laws -- statutory interpretation cases only l Change composition of the Judiciary l Go public

7. How the Judiciary Checks Anyone Else l Judicial Review -- Declaring actions to be unconstitutional l Expanding of Access to the Courts