Our United States government is composed of three branches: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. These branches uphold checks and balances, as in each branch can check each other to keep the balance in power. For example, the Executive Branch can veto bills from the Legislative branch, and the Judicial branch can declare congress made laws unconstitutional. , The Legislative Branch can also check the Executive and Judicial Branches in many ways. These combined with other allowed checks keep the government balanced out and predominantly fair.
The Legislative Branch makes the laws and passes bills. An example of Legislative Branch checking another branch is, on April 13, 1908 congress vetoed Theodore Roosevelt’s bill to extend the building time for a dam across the rainy river. The Legislative Branch has the right to veto even presidential bills. Other branches also check the Legislative Branch like on August 23, 1980 when the Senate overrode the Legislative veto on H.R’s bill to improve health care professionals in the Department of Medicine and Surgery in the Veterans
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An example of this branch checking another branch June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court ruled that section three of the “Defense of Marriage Act" is unconstitutional and that the government can’t discriminate against married L/G couples in deciding federal protection or benefits. The Judicial Branch rightfully checked this Congress law in an attempt to stop governmental prejudice. An instance of the Judicial Branch being checked is 1805 Associate Justice Samuel Chase was impeached due to expressing his strict federalist ideas in the court and the idea of Judges serving for life irritating Thomas Jefferson; The House of Reps passed the articles of impeachment, and then was acquitted by the Senate. This shows that the other branches have the right (with the right resources) to impeach Supreme Court justices if they step out of