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WGU Three Branches o
Checks and Balances in U.S. Federal Government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Legislative Powers (the 2 houses in Congress have these powers) | Power to make laws and propose constitutional Amendments (based on enumerarted and implied powers of Article 1, sec.8) Main Power of Legislative Branch |
| Legislative Powers (the 2 houses in Congress have these powers) | House of Representatives must vote to declare war and can only propose bills for taxes/revenue Main Power of Legislative Branch |
| Legislative Powers (the 2 houses in Congress have these powers) | If the Electoral College cannot reach majority vote, then House of Representatives' vote will elect president Main Power of Legislative Branch |
| Exectutive Powers check on Legislative Branch | Senate Conforms all presidential appointments, including Cabinet Officers, Supreme Court Nominees, Ambassadors, Federal Judges; and confirm or reject foreign treaties |
| Exectutive Powers check on Legislative Branch | Both Houses together can override President's veto with 2/3rd majority vote in both Houses |
| Judicial Powers check on Legislative Branch | Create of eliminate federal courts |
| Judicial Powers check on Legislative Branch | can impeach goverment officials: House of Reps investigates and indicts; the Senate holds trial, votes on guilt/innocence |
| Legislative Powers check on the Executive Branch (President has these powers) | power to sign Legislation into Law |
| Legislative Powers check on the Executive Branch (President has these powers) | Veto Legislation (reject it) |
| Legislative Powers check on the Executive Branch (President has these powers) | Can Recommend Legislation |
| Legislative Powers check on the Executive Branch (President has these powers) | Ask the House of Reps to declare war |
| Legislative Powers check on the Executive Branch (President has these powers) | Write Executive Orders, Foreign 'Argreements' and foreign treaties |
| Legislative Powers check on the Executive Branch (President has these powers) | Call Congress into session or adjourn them |
| Legislative Powers check on the Executive Branch (President has these powers) | Can appoint vacancies in Senate |
| Executive Main Powers | enforces, administers, and executes all Federal Govermnent laws |
| Executive Main Powers | Is Commander in Chief over the military |
| Executive Main Powers | manages all Federal Government bureaucracies |
| Executive Main Powers | develops and oversees federal budget |
| Executive Main Powers | appoints highest level of Cabinet Officers, Ambassadors, and political appointees in Federal Government |
| Executive Main Powers | President and Bureaucracies have Regulatory Power |
| Judicial Powers on the Executive Branch | Grants pardons |
| Judicial Powers on the Executive Branch | Nominates all Fedeal Judges, including Supreme Court nominees |
| Legislative Powers on the Judicial Branch | According to the power of Judicial Review, the Court can review all Legislative acts and declare them unconstitutional |
| Executive Powers on the Judicial Branch | according to Judicial Review, can review all Executive acts and declare them unconstitutional |
| Executive Powers on the Judicial Branch | can issue injunctions (court orders) |
| Judicial Main Powers | interprete or adjudicate Federal and State Laws in lawsuits by using its 'Original' and 'Appellate' jurisdiction in Article III, Section 2 |
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