it allows the president to check the house of representives (HoR) and the senate. Without that, the president would be a puppet. The democratic congress before Obama was elected would have gotten so many more bills passed. Because when Congress makes a law, they send it to the president (for approval). If he doesn't approve, he can veto it, therefore it doesn't become a law UNLESS over 2/3 of Congress voted for the law. See, that is a good example because neither the president (Executive branch!) nor Congress (Legislative branch!) have too much power! :)
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Checks and balances protect people from the abuses of power and excess government. Also, they protect the civil populous from and distortions that any excess power can bring.
"A governmental system that prevents one branch from gaining more power over the other" is a good definition of the system of checks and balances.
Checks and balances i think.?your probably doing fitzhenry's homework packet.haha, me 2. good luck with it.and if you arnt doing the packet, then just forget it.:)Edit: yeah its checks and balances! im doing a study guide so its different than a homework packet? but its still the same :3~FIRERED10~a.k.a.~EMPTY EMBER~(Flamerz08)yea this is trueeeee
The system of checks and balances is an important part of the Constitution. With checks and balances, each of the three branches of government can limit the powers of the others. This way, no one branch becomes too powerful. Each branch "checks" the power of the other branches to make sure that the power is balanced between them.
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