AP GOV checks and balances quiz

Legislative to executive

Overriding vetoes, approves presidential nominations, impeach president

Executive to legislative

Can Veto legislation

Executive to judicial

Appoints federal judges, grants pardons

Judicial to executive

Can declare laws unconstitutional (judicial review)

Judicial to legislative

interpret laws

Legislative to judicial

Confirms federal positions, impeach and remove judges, Congress may propose a constitutional amendment to overrule Supreme Court ruling

Separation of powers

dividing powers of government among the three branches to prevent one from having too much responsibility

Checks and balances

Power of each of the three branches of government to limit actions of others to prevent a branch from being too powerful

Limited government

There’s things government can’t do ;forbidden by the constitution

Federalism

Power of government is divided between national and state governments

Popular sovereignty

Authority to govern comes from the people

Judicial review

Power of Supreme Court to rule laws of other branches unconstitutional