The Framers believed that separation of powers and checks and balances were essential to protect the rights of the people. They had to decide which powers to give to each of the branches of the national government, and how to give each branch ways to check the powers of the other branches. Today we will learn about the problems the Framers had in deciding how much power to give to the executive and judicial branches. We will also learn how they provided ways these branches could check the power of the legislative branch. Finally we will learn about the special system they established for the election of the President.
The judicial Branch
because it was voted on by the people to know if a law should be made and if the states agree on it.
The Judicial Branch had this power. The process in which this branch declare laws constitutional or unconstitutional is called the Judicial Review
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The Legislative Branch is in control of inferior courts.
The Legislative Branch is in control of inferior courts.
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No governors have judicial power. That power rests with the judicial branch.
No governors have judicial power. That power rests with the judicial branch.
The Judicial branch has the power to interpret the laws, or decide if they are unconstitutional. The checks on the Judicial branch are the power of the executive branch to enforce the laws and the power of the legislative branch to make laws.
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This power is given in Article II, section 2, clause 2.