UNIT 1 LESSON 6 Checks and Balances of
UNIT 1 LESSON 6 Checks and Balances of the Three Branches 1
Lesson 6 – Learning Objective and Warmup 1. COLLABORATE: Is it fair if your teacher allows you to do something, but then the principal tells you that you can’t? (Use the example of going to the bathroom) 2. CRITICAL THINKING: What are the pros and cons of allowing the president to pardon people who have committed a federal crime? 3. REVIEW: What was the main issue of the Three-fifths Compromise?
• Students will be at to: 1. Define checks and balances. 2. Explain how a system of checks and balances can be both good and bad. • Check for Understanding: What are three different branches? Why does each branch have unique powers? Examples of checks? • Materials: Unit 1, Lesson 6 Notes and Reading Who’s Checking Who (Sup) I Plead the Fifth Quiz
CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE THREE BRANCHES THIS BOX
CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE THREE BRANCHES LEGISLATIVE OVER EXECUTIVE -Congress over President(Top-Left) 1. refuse to confirm Pres. appointments 2. refuse to ratify treaties 3. declare war 4. impeach and remove the Pres. and V. P. 5. override a Pres. Veto
CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE THREE BRANCHES THIS BOX
CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE THREE BRANCHES LEGISLATIVE OVER JUDICIAL -Congress over Supreme Court(Top-Right) 1. propose amendments to overturn Court decisions 2. impeach and remove federal judges 3. refuse to confirm Supreme Court judges
CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE THREE BRANCHES THIS BOX
CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE THREE BRANCHES EXECUTIVE OVER LEGISLATIVE -President over Congress(Middle-Left) 1. veto acts of Congress 2. suggest laws or policies 3. send troops
CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE THREE BRANCHES THIS BOX
CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE THREE BRANCHES EXECUTIVE OVER JUDICIAL -President over Supreme Court(Middle-Right) 1. appoints federal judges 2. pardon federal offenders 3. can “refuse” to enforce judicial rulings
CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE THREE BRANCHES THIS BOX
CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE THREE BRANCHES JUDICIAL OVER LEGISLATIVE -Supreme Court over Congress(Bottom-Left) 1. appointed for life 2. declare acts of Congress unconstitutional
CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE THREE BRANCHES THIS BOX
CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE THREE BRANCHES JUDICIAL OVER EXECUTIVE -Supreme Court over President(Bottom-Right) 1. appointed for life 2. declare executive acts unconstitutional
CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE THREE BRANCHES Listed below are some of the checks and balances of the three branches of government. In the spaces provided write: L for power possessed by the legislative branch, E for power possessed by the executive branch, and J for power possessed by the judicial branch. 1) Can veto acts of Congress. E 2) Can impeach and remove the President and Vice-President. L 3) Can declare executive acts unconstitutional. J 4) Can propose amendments to overturn Court decisions. L 5) Appoints federal judges. E 6) Can override a Presidential veto. L 7) Appointed for life, so as to be free from executive and legislative control. J 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) Can refuse to confirm Presidential appointments. L Can suggest laws or policies. E Can declare acts of Congress unconstitutional. J Can refuse to ratify treaties. L Can pardon federal offenders. E Can impeach and remove federal judges. L Can declare war. L
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