Checks and Balances

Checks and balances means each of the three branches of government has some specific power to limit or review the actions of the other branches, preventing any one branch from acting completely unchecked. For example, Congress can pass a bill, but the President can veto it before it ever becomes law, and if the President vetoes it, Congress can still override that veto and make it law anyway with enough votes; separately, the courts can rule that a law or executive action violates the Constitution, striking it down even after it takes effect.

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