1. Checks and Balances
SOL 6B

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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)