Using the principle of Checks and Balances, identify the power that each branch of government has over the other 2. -Judicial over legislative

-Executive over Judicial

-Legislative over executive

1. The legislative branch makes laws, but the judicial branch can declare those laws unconstitutional. The judicial branch interprets laws, but the Senate in the legislative branch confirms the President's nominations for judicial positions, and Congress can impeach any of those judges and remove them from office.

2.  Executive over the judicial branch. The president appoints all federal judges. Legislative branch must approve appointments that the president makes; the Senate must approve treaties that the president makes; and the legislative branch may investigate the executive branch.

3. The President in the executive branch can veto a law, but the legislative branch can override that veto with enough votes. The legislative branch has the power to approve Presidential nominations, control the budget, and can impeach the President and remove him or her from office.

montesquieu took the view that the roman republic had powers separated so that no one could usurp complete power. in the british constitutional system, montesquieu discerned a separation of powers among the monarch, parliament, and the courts of law.