Congress checks the President by having the power to override his vetoes. The Senate has the power to approve treaties and appointments and the House has impeachment power.
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On a Federal Level the Senate Confirms appointed positions both in the judicial and executive branches. As well, the senate has the power to impeach appointed and elected positions in the executive and judicial branches.
The separation of powers in the Constitution establishes three separate branches of government, the executive, judicial, and legislative. Each has their own special powers. Checks and balances allow each of the three branches to "check" the power of the other two branches to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful. The president's powers are limited by the power of the other two branches. For example: the Court can rule an action by the president as unconstitutional and the Congress can over-ride a presidential veto.
So no one branch of government would be too powerful.
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The purpose is to prevent one of the branches of the government from dominating the others. There are 3 branches of government: executive power (president), legislative power (congress) and judicial power (Supreme Court).
To prevent -anyone- from becoming a "king" (all powerful).
To prevent -anyone- from becoming a "king" (all powerful).
to prevent one branch of the government from becoming too powerful
The senate must approve any appointment to the Supreme Court. Without their consent, the apointee would not become a member.
The framers wanted to keep either house of Congress from becoming too powerful.
The framers wanted to keep either house of Congress from becoming too powerful.
Representatives don't check the senate. The Supreme Court does. The house of Representatives is In the same branch as the Senate.
If the Senate does not agree with the treaty presented to them by the President they do not have to accept it.
The Senate has no check on the appointments of federal judges.
the way that branches check each other is called the checks and ballances system.
It can declare the presidents actions unconstitutional.
In a republic the people should be able to throw out any leader that they don't like. Citizens are a check on governmental power.