The President is the power of the executive branch. He appoints all of the leaders of the 15 departments.
Congress checks the executive branch
Through the veto power.
Power maintained by the legislative branch over the executive branch is to help keep the executive in check. The legislative has the power to veto executive polices and can also impeach the president and other executive officers.
The president's power to nominate federal judges is a check on the judicial branch by the executive branch.
The executive branch (the president) can pardon people in jail.
The President has the power to veto or deny Congress's bill's passing.
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The Senate.
Both the Judicial and Legislative branch can check the Executive branch. The Judicial branch has the power of judicial review and can declare any act of the Executive branch to be unconstitutional and therefore void. The Legislative branch has a number of checks on the Exectuive branch. The President, the head of the Executive Branch, can appoint federal judges but the Senate must approve.
President vetos the bill
Executive branchIn the United States government, the President (the head of the Executive Branch) has the power to veto legislation.
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