This structure assigns each branch the ability to supervise the activities and decisions of the other two branches, and this way, the Constitution ensures that no branch can overcome the others. For example, Congress has the power to pass laws and the president can veto those laws; Congress can override the president’s vetoes and the president can enforce executive actions, however the Supreme Court has the power to declare both, laws and executive orders, to be unconstitutional (Magleby, Light, & Nemacheck, 2012,
This structure assigns each branch the ability to supervise the activities and decisions of the other two branches, and this way, the Constitution ensures that no branch can overcome the others. For example, Congress has the power to pass laws and the president can veto those laws; Congress can override the president’s vetoes and the president can enforce executive actions, however the Supreme Court has the power to declare both, laws and executive orders, to be unconstitutional (Magleby, Light, & Nemacheck, 2012,