1. U.S. Constitution
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2. Executive Orders
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3. Checks and Balances
Legislative Branch can attempt to pass a law, but President can veto that law. Congress would then have to pass the law with a 2/3 vote.
Supreme Court can declare executive order unconstitutional.

4. Famous Executive Orders
Emancipation Proclamation (Abraham Lincoln, 1862)
Desegregation of public schools (L.B. Johnson, 1968)
Over 13,000 executive orders issued

5. Grand Jury Indictments
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