Checks and Balances

Leslie Aguilar
Legislative
Congress- House of Representatives and Senate

- House and Senate can veto each

other's Bills
- Confirms the President's
nomination
- Can impeach judges and remove
them from office
Executive
The President

- Nominate judges
- Can veto congressional legislation
- Call special sessions in Congress
Judicial
The Courts: Supreme Court, Courts Appeal,
District Court

- Can the declare the action of the

President unconstitutional
- Declare laws unconstitutional
- Supreme Court justices cannot be
fired by the President