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Cards (5)

  • point 1
    A final power of the president is that he has the power of appointment. This means that he can appoint members of congress and the supreme court. The supreme court is made up of 9 judges. The president has the power to appoint these judges either republican or democratic.
  • example + analysis 1
    For example, whilst Donald trump was president he appointed 3 judges into the supreme court. This decision tipped the supreme court to have a republican majority. The conservative supreme court moved to increase limits of abortion as a result
  • point 2
    . However, the government is now democratic so having a republican supreme court means they are not in favor of Joe Biden and his government.
  • analysis 2

    This shows that the judicial branch is now more powerful over the executive branch is checks were needed against the president.
  • overall
    Overall, the executive branch checks the executive branch as they have the power to appoint members of the supreme court.