The Legislative branch through the power of impeachment:
Article 1, Section 2, Clause 5
The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
Article 1, Section 3, Clauses 6 and 7
The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried the Chief Justice shall preside; And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.
Article 2, Section 4
The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
Article 3, Section 1
. . . The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour. . . .
The Congress can check the power of the President and the Supreme court. Congress can impeach and try the President and the Justices. Congress can pass laws even if the President vetoes them as long as they have sufficient votes (I think it's two thirds).
All presidential appointments must be made with the advise and consent of the U.S. Senate, which is part of the legislative branch.
The legislative Branch can check the Judicial branch in that Congress can approve the Judicial appointments, they can also impeach judges and remove them from office.
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.
Congress must approve federal judge appointments
The Congress must approve any choice the President makes if the office of Vice-President becomes vacant, and the US Senate must approve many of the presidential appointments. Moreover, the Congress has the power to remove presidential appointees, or even the President, by the impeachment process.
The Congress must approve any choice the President makes if the office of Vice-President becomes vacant, and the US Senate must approve many of the presidential appointments. Moreover, the Congress has the power to remove presidential appointees, or even the President, by the impeachment process.
The Congress must approve any choice the President makes if the office of Vice-President becomes vacant, and the US Senate must approve many of the presidential appointments. Moreover, the Congress has the power to remove presidential appointees, or even the President, by the impeachment process.
Checks and balances. The Executive branch has power over (checks the power of) the Judiciary branch by way of choosing who to appoint. The Legislative branch has power over (keeps in check) the Judiciary branch by way of choosing whether to confirm the appointments. The Legislative Branch also has power over (keeps in check) the Executive branch because the appointments to the Supreme Court require their approval.
Yes, all of the branches can check the other two branches. The legislative can check the executive by overruling a veto with a 2/3 vote. It can also remove a President through impeachment. Plus, the Senate approves treaties and presidential appointments. The legislative branch can check the judicial branch by lower courts and removing judges through impeachment. Plus, the Senate approves or rejects the appointment of judges by the president.
Yes. The President selects his cabinet members and the Senate confirms them. The ability to check Presidential appointments is one of the many checks that the Legislative branch has over the Executive branch.
judicial
The president's power to nominate federal judges is a check on the judicial branch by the executive branch.
By the power of the veto.