Which of the following would the framers understand as an example of “checks and balances”?
a. judicial power to hear cases
b. president’s power to veto laws passed by Congress
c. president’s power to appoint federal judges
d. Congress’s power to declare war
e. Congress’s power to levy taxes
ANS: B
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