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Presidents powers and checks and balances

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       After Congress passes a bill, it goes to the President. He can either sign it or veto it. Then if the President signs it, the law can be put under judicial review to see if it's constitutional or not. This is an example of checks and balances as well as judicial review. They are two of the main principles the Constitution of the United States is based on. The other four are popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of power, and federalism. But of these six principles, checks and balances and federalism are the two that have the most emphasis on them.
  One of the main problems the Colonies had with Britain was the unchecked power of the King. So the checks and balances was a main component, the framers of the Constitution want to make sure was a part of the Constitution. So each branch, legislative, executive, and judicial, checks each other and makes sure things are balanced while still a separation of power is there...