Checks And Balances In The Government

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That is when the legislative and judicial branches would come into play because the crimes that were committed by Nixon were grounds for impeachment. As stated on the Constitution of the United States it is the duty of Congress to impeach and remove the president, if necessary. If President Nixon would not have resigned on August 9, 1974, impeachment hearings would have proceeded and the judicial branch would have been responsible for residing over the hearings.
Another time when checks and balances have been successfully utilized in the United States was when the Reconstruction act was passed on March 1867 over President Jackson’s veto and was strengthened by three supplemental acts passed later that year. During the presidency of Ronald Reagan, there were several times, where the code of checks and balances came into play. Two instances were the congressional override of Reagan’s veto of civil rights enforcement bill and a congressional refusal to renew funding for contra ...

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