Charles de Montesquieu
The legislature can check the power of the chief executive or president by overriding, approving and impeaching.
yes
Legislature, executive and judiciary are the 3 systems or arms of power. The legislature (parliament) has the power to make or change laws. The judiciary (court) has the power to make judgements on if a person has broken a law or not. The executive eg. police, have the power to enforce laws. Neither of these arms of power can misuse their powers. eg. the legislature cannot decide if a person is guilty or not, neither can the judiciary enforce laws.
The other arms of government provide check for executive power. The legislature which makes laws and the judiciary which interprets the law provide a check for executive power.
what powers does a state legislature have? They have all of those powers that the state constitution does not grant exclusively to the executive or judicial branches of the State's government or its local units and neither the State constitution nor the United States Constitution denies to the legislature.
NO it is not. The Governor of a State is the head of the EXECUTIVE branch.It is therefore an example of EXECUTIVE POWER.
Veto
It means that power is separated and vested in a legislature, an executive and a judiciary.
Veto
They can declare laws unconstitutional and veto them.
Independence of Judiciary means that it is not under the control of the legislature or the executive. the judges do not act on the direction of the government or according to the wishes of the party in power. That is why all modern democracies have courts that are independent of the legislature and the executive.
executive power