Checks And Balances Are Effectie v

Question 1

Weaker, is effective, exec can use presidential veto over congress

Answer 1

• Obama veto attempt to repeal ACA
• Biden used veto 13 times including vetoing attempts to raise us debt ceiling, secured negotiations with speaker McCarthy to create fiscal responsibility act

Question 2

Presidential veto can be overruled by congress

Answer 2

• 2/3 supermajority
  -33% bush’s vetos were overruled
• 2019 trump veto budget in a attempt to secure funding for Mexican boarder wall - overruled
• in a divided gov where congress is dominated by opposing party, veto likely, polarisation

Question 3

SC declare legislation from congress as unconstitutional, declare DOI

Answer 3

• blinding and upholds constitutional sovereignty
• Shelby v holder court struck down pre-clearance requirement of the voting rights act 1965 which required states with a history of racial discrimination to ask for permission to implement changed in voting law
• bad impact states have limited right to vote through voter ID

Question 4

Checks not effective as SC is undemocratic p

Answer 4

-congress can overrule with an amendment
-SC unelected and acting as a quasi legislate body
- ideologically driven and are appointed based on philosophy
- dobbs repeal roe as trump appointed a conservative justice
- 6-3 constructionist bias
- exhibit judicial restraint limiting checks on exec

Question 5

Congress ability to hold presidents/SC to account through impeachment

Answer 5

• has not happened get by threat is effective
• trump lost 2020 election due to attempted impeachment
• Nixon resignation due to threat as a result of the watergate scandal

Question 6

Exec and pres have power of pardon

Answer 6

• Nixon resignation due to media pressure and trump due to his unlikeability
• pardons and reprives not subject to scrutiny
• Biden numerous of those convicted of marijuana possession
• trump 2025, 1600 pardons from jan 6th riots
• sets a precedent that violent behaviour and crimes are okay
• trump pardon son in law for charged including tax evasion, campaign finance offences and witness tampering
  - Biden pardon son hunter dec 2024 for being illegal drug user in possession of gun, first son of a sitting president to be convicted