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US Constitution and Federalism
Checks and Balances
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Cards (7)
Congress on the President
Veto
override
Power of the
purse
Declare
war
Impeachment of
president
Ratify
treaties
(only in senate)
Ratify
appointments
(only senate)
Congress on Supreme Court
Impeachment
of justices
Ratify
judicial appointments
Propose
amendments
Create
lower
courts
President on congress
Veto
/
sign
legislation
Commander
in
chief
President on Supreme Court
Pardons
Nominations of judicial appointments
Supreme Court on congress
Judicial review
Supreme Court on
president
Judicial
review
Examples
Of George W Bush
12
vetos,
4
were overridden and attempts were made to override a further 6 more
Merrick Garland
rejected by senate
Obama used his veto
12
times
Obama granted
330
pardons to non violent drug offenders
Trump appointed
Gorsuch
,
Kavanaugh
, Coney-Barrett
Judicial review was set up in
Marbury
v Madison (
1803
) and has been used in Obegefell v Hodges (
2015
)