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checks and balances
The system of checks and balances is an important part of the Constitution. With checks and balances, each of the three branches of government can limit the powers of the others. This way, no one branch becomes too powerful.
the method in which each branch has the power to restrain powers of the other branches, it is used to prevent abuse of one branch
the president can refuse to sign any law proposed by the congress
The government is designed so that each of the three branches, the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, has some power to restrain the actions of the other two branches. This system is known as "checks and balances".
The branches of government check up on each other.
The Judicial Branch makes sure that the laws made by the other branches are not unconstitutional.
No one person or branch can make all the decisions without the approval of the other.
In the government: the executive branch (president), legislative branch (house and senate), and judicial branch (supreme court), all have powers that balance that powers of the other branches out, so that one of them can't gain too much power.
Separation of Powers.
Because if not is will be not fair rule or law
Legislative, Executive and Judicial BranchLegislative, Executive and Judicial Branch