Checks & Balances

1. Checks & Balances

2. Warm up: • Does the complex process necessary for passing a law lead to better or worse laws? Explain your answer. • Under your warm up, set up a paper for two column notes.

3. Checks & Balances

4. Contend objective • Students will classify checks and balances by completing a graphic organizer on Checks & Balances

5. Video clip • Checks & Balances

6. Quick Review • What are the 3 branches of government? • Write them in your notes • Raise your hand with thumbs up once you have written the 3 branches in your notes

7. The 3 Branches are: • Executive • Legislative • Judicial • If you didn’t get them write them now

8. Definition • Checks and balances gives each branch of government ways to limit the power of the other two.

9. Purpose • Checks and balances were put in place to protect against abuses of power

10. Executive checks Legislative • May veto acts of Congress • May call Congress into special session

11. Executive Checks Judicial • President appoints federal judges

12. Legislative checks Executive • May override presidential veto • Approves appointments of judges • Approves treaties • May impeach President

13. Legislative Checks Judicial • May impeach federal judges

14. Quick check • What branches have we covered? • What branch’s checks do we still need?

15. Judicial checks executive • May interpret treaties • May declare executive acts unconstitutional

16. Judicial checks Legislative • Judicial Review • May interpret laws • May declare laws unconstitutional

17. The Gist of it • In 10 words or less, explain the purpose of the system of Checks & Balances?

18. Assignment • Complete the handout by correctly identifying the checks