How does the Judicial Branch check the Legislative and the Executive Branches?

Answer 1

The Executive branch checks the legislature by vetoing legislation it di disagrees with. It checks the judicial branch by being the only authority by which the judicial branch can enforce judicial decisions.

Answer 2

The Executive branch checks the legislature by vetoing legislation it di disagrees with. It checks the judicial branch by being the only authority by which the judicial branch can enforce judicial decisions.

Answer 3

The legislative branch checks the executive branch by giving it consent to all Presidential appointments. The President is therefore restrained from choosing an appointee with radical views. The legislative branch checks the judicial branch by passing laws that bind their decisions.

Answer 4

The Executive branch checks the legislature by vetoing legislation it di disagrees with. It checks the judicial branch by being the only authority by which the judicial branch can enforce judicial decisions.

Answer 5

The legislative branch checks the executive branch by giving it consent to all Presidential appointments. The President is therefore restrained from choosing an appointee with radical views. The legislative branch checks the judicial branch by passing laws that bind their decisions.

Answer 6

The Judicial Branch uses judicial review to evaluate Acts of Congress and Presidential Executive Orders to determine if they adhere to constitutional principles. This power is not unlimited. No court can consider the constitutionality of a law unless the law is a relevant part of a "case or controversy" before the court. If the US Supreme Court determines a law is unconstitutional, it becomes nullified and unenforceable.

Chief Justice John Marshall clearly affirmed the Court's right of judicial review in the case Marbury v. Madison, (1803), when the Court declared Section 13 of the Judicial Act of 1789 unconstitutional.