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POLS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| veto | -Executive check on Legislative - Gives president the power to cancel a bill |
| appointing a nominee | -President balances the Executive and Judicial - selecting people into positions for those branches |
| executive actions | -Check and balance by executive branch on everyone - puts in temporary emergency law or regulation |
| overriding a veto | -legislative check on executive - overturns a veto by 2/3 vote (house and senate) |
| confirming a nominee | -Senate only check and balance on executive and judicial -Majority vote |
| legislation of a law or amendment | -legislative check and balance on everyone - simple majority in house and senate - 2/3 majority in house and senate + ratification of 3/4 states |
| impeachment | -Legislative check on executive and judicial - 1 majority wins in house 2 senate trial 3 removal (2/3) EXTRA Andrew johnson, Bill Clinton, Donald trump - impeached not removed |
| bicameralism | -legislative check on itself - takes one house to not pass a bill to prevent it from passing on to the president |
| control of court sessions and organization | -Legislative C and B on judicial - Legislative + or - time for the court to hear cases + adds or removes courts to either aid or add to the stress of court system judiciary acts of the early 1800's which prevented the court from meeting for a year. |
| preemption under the supremacy clause | Check against the state by legislative in which the constitutionally passed laws are set as being supreme over the state's laws. |
| judicial review | Judicial check on all federal cases and controversies set before the court to judge constitutionality and to interpret law. |
| 10th amendment | State check and balance by creating laws and regulations on all parties within its authority/jurisdiction |
| creating amendments | A state check or balance (that has never been used; Extra Credit info) that allow states to pass a federal amendment by a ¾ agreement between the states. |
| holding federal government to its enumerated powers (10th amendment ) | The state checks the federal government by suing and getting laws nullified as they were unconstitutional. |
| elections | Check or Balance by checking the incumbent by voting for his opponent and a balance for voting for the incumbent. |
| recall voting | Check on elected officials by the people in order to remove an elected official from office. |
| holding federal government to its enumerated powers enumerated powers (9th amendment). | People's check on federal government by nullifying unconstitutional laws in court that violate natural rights. |
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