Checks and Balances

• Executive Checks on Legislative:

  • can propose laws
  • can veto laws
  • can call special sessions of Congress
  • make appointments
  • negotiates foreign treaties

  Executive Checks on Judicial:

  • appoints federal judges
  • can grant pardons to federal offenders
• Legislative Checks on Executive:

  • can override president's veto
  • confirms executive appointments
  • ratifies treaties
  • can declare war

  
  

  Legislative Checks on Judicial:

  • creates lower federal courts
  • can impeach and remove judges
  • can propose amendments to overrule judicial decisions
  • approves appointments of justices
• Judicial Checks on Executive:

  • can declare executive actions unconstitutional

  
  

  Judicial Checks on Legislative:

  • can declare acts of congress unconstitutional