The U. S. Constitution has an important feature and that is its provision for a system of checks and balances. In this system the branches are created and power is shared between them. The power of one branch can be challenged by another so that one branch cannot become too powerful. This is what a checks and balances system is all about. The U.S. Constitution created three branches as a part of our United States government. First is the Legislative Branch, which makes the law. The second is the Executive Branch, which executes the law. The third is the Judicial Branch, which interprets the law. The three branches all have different laws of the checks and balances system. Examples of how the checks and balances work in the different
