Is the Constitution a system of checks and balances?

potterguy

It's more than a mere system of checks and balances. It is the blueprint which establishes and regulates our government. It contains a system of checks and balances, among other things. Jan 13 05, 6:47 PM

satguru

The US and UK system (without a written constitution) is divided into legislature, executive and judiciary. So the people who make, apply and judge laws are separate, though the UK Lord Chancellor is tecnically in all three. The difference in the UK is none of our laws made can be declared unconstitutional once made, though Europe has now managed to regulate our law making from elsewhere. That is the official definition of checks and balances as in division of power. Jan 13 05, 8:28 PM

Yanks2003

The Constitution itself is not a system of checks and balances. The way in which the US Government is designed is checks and balances. In the US, there are 3 branches of the government, none more powerful than the other 2. Dec 13 06, 4:43 PM

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