<span>Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, <span>the correct response would be a "noble", since this was an elite class of people--many of whom were elite political figures in the Senate itself. </span></span>
The principle of checks and balances refers to the system, in the American federal system, wherein each branch of government has responsibilities and obligations as it relates to the other branches of government.
The President, for one, is able to veto legislation from the Legislative Branch but a balance on that check is that the Legislative branch may override the Executive branch's veto.
Their connection is not difficult to understand.
The Declaration is a statement based on natural law. Natural law consists of fundamental principles of justice and right. Monotheists see natural law as deriving from the Creator. Polytheists see it as deriving from the supreme deity or deities. Atheists who believe in natural law, such as the late philosopher/novelist Ayn Rand, view it as a collection of rules inherent in the way the universe works.
