Question

What is meant by "checks and balances" in American government? In what specific ways does this affect the ways the branches of government work with one another? What does this mean to the American system?

Answer 1

By creating three branches of government, the delegates built a "check and balance" system into the Constitution. This system was built so that no one branch of our government could become too powerful.

Answer 2

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