Checks and Balances

The video explains the checks and balances system in the U.S. government, where each branch—legislative, executive, and judiciary—has powers to check the others, ensuring no single branch becomes too powerful. The legislative branch makes laws, approves budgets, and can impeach the president. The executive branch can veto legislation, appoint judges, and pardon crimes. The judiciary reviews laws and executive actions for constitutionality. This system maintains a balance of power among the branches.

What is one of the primary functions of the legislative branch in the checks and balances system?

• To interpret laws

• To make laws

• To execute laws

• To enforce laws

How can Congress check the power of the president?

• By vetoing executive orders

• By approving or rejecting judicial appointments

• By issuing pardons

• By interpreting laws

What power does the executive branch have over legislation passed by Congress?

• The power to veto laws

• The power to interpret laws

• The power to repeal laws

• The power to amend laws

Which authority allows the president to forgive criminal allegations?

• Judicial review

• Legislative approval

• Criminal pardoning power

• Executive veto

What role does the judiciary play in the checks and balances system?

• It enforces laws

• It approves budgets

• It reviews the constitutionality of laws

• It creates laws