checks by the president

• On Congress


  Sign/veto legislation - Obama vetoed 12 times
• On Congress

  Commander-in-chief - uses AMUF to deploy troops
• On Congress

  Suggest legislation in SoU address -> Obama on healthcare (2010) "let's get it done!", and Biden 2023 on immigration reform
• On the Judiciary 


  Nominates justices e.g. Biden nominated Jackson
• On the Judiciary

  The power of pardon - 1979 Ford pardoned Nixon for Watergate, and Obama pardoned 142 people