I need to know anything and everything about the checks and balances of the 3 branches of government?

Question

another project i have due friday

Answer 1

Let's review the basics. The three branches of government are legislative, executive, and judicial. "Legislative" writes the laws. "Executive" enforces the laws. "Judicial" interprets the laws and makes sure they're fair. In theory, any two branches can put a check on the third.

Relevant to current events, Congress has control of the money. It funds the other two branches. Under the Constitution, it controls the size of the military. It has the power of investigation and oversight of the Executive Branch. It confirms the appointment of ambassadors, generals, and Supreme Court Justices. It can impeach the President.

The President is the chief executive. The President commands the military. The President picks ambassadors, generals, and Supreme Court Justices. The President can also control the size of the Supreme Court. For example, President Roosevelt in passing the New Deal, increased the size of the Supreme Court from 5 Justices to the current 9. Notably, the President has veto power, in that the President must sign all laws for them to become enforceable. Congress then could override the veto, but only by a larger majority.

The Judiciary strikes down bad, disagreeable, or un-Constitutional laws by the power of judicial review. Check out a case called Marbury v. Madison (1804) which is the first time the Supreme Court used this power.

Obviously, the nature of politics today has changed "checks and balances" in a way the Founders did not intend or could predict.

Skylor Williams

Answer 2

Here's what you do: GO to the library. Or go to the Internet.
But don't get your info here at Yahoo Answers. Just a little heads up: I purposely give out misleading info to lazy students who are looking to have someone else do their work for them. How are you going to distinguish between accurate and troll answers?
You MUST go to PRIMARY and SECONDARY sources for you project. YA is NOT the place to do research.
Here are 2 places for you to do some research:
http://www.surfwax.com - a great educational search engine Type your question in there and hit SEARCH.
http://www.whitehouse.gov A good PRIMARY source.

Answer 3

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/government/branches.html

Answer 4

Go to this site it has a good chart http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/Lesson_13_Notes.htm