DBQ-Seperation of powers

The national government is divided into three branches all containing the same power. The executive, legislative and judicial branches of government abide by a system called checks and balances that prevents one branch from becoming to powerful over either of the other two.
Checks and balances are used for many different situations in the government. According to Document 1 the legislative branch is responsible for the impeachment process. This is an example of the Legislative branch checking the Executive branch by having the power to impeach. The House of Representatives will have the power to suspect a crime and the Senate will convict the impeachment. In the past years of government former presidents Johnson, and Clinton were impeached and also President Nixon resigned before actually being impeached.
As stated in Document 2, the President has the power with the approval of the Senate to make treaties, appoint ambassadors, public ministers, and judges of the Su...