CORNELL NOTES Name: Mercedes Cross
Class: Block 1 Topic: Unit 2 Section 4
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Questions / Main Ideas
Checks and Balances:
How one branch limits
power of another
Themes I see in the
information
Other Questions I may
have about the
information (Required)
Please list three things
you learned today
(Required)
Please explain how one
thing you learned today
relates to you. BE
SPECIFIC!!!!
Notes / Details / Definitions / etc.
• Legislative branch-
- impeach the president
- override a veto with a 2/3 vote
- declare war
- Senate approves treaties and judges
• Executive Branch-
-President appoints judges to the Supreme Court
- President can veto bills passed by Congress
- President can enforce court orders
• Judicial Branch-
- Can declare laws unconstitutional
- Can declare acts of Congress or the president unconstitutional
Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances
If the Judicial Branch is the highest power, why is the legislative branch that
declares war?
1.) That the senate approves treaties and judges
2.) That the Judicial Branch can declare the president unconstitutional
3.) How exactly powers are limited
Overriding a veto with a 2/3 votes is similar to how when my friends and I
disagree with plans, we take the majority vote in what to do.