Checks & Balances, How the Three Branches Share the Power

The branches are made to share the power so that no one person controls all the power. You can also say that they check and balance each other. Here are some examples of the different branches checking and balancing each other:

Legislative & Executive

• The President appoints Supreme Court Justices but Congress has to approve them
• The President appoints Cabinet Members but Congress has to approve them
• The Executive Branch makes treaties but Congress has to approve them
• The President is in charge of the military but only Congress can declare war
• The President can veto ( block/make them not laws) laws but Congress can override his veto with a 2/3 majority (why 2/3?)

Executive & Judicial

• The Executive Branch can sign laws but the Judicial branch can rule them unconstitutional

Judicial & Legislative

• Congress writes laws, but the Supreme Court can rule them unconstitutional
• Congress can impeach a Supreme Court Justice

As I think that you can see this country was deisgned so that no one person has all of the power.