Checks and Balances was designed to keep each branch from assuming too much power. Presidential power is checked and balanced in many ways. While he can veto various bills and keep them from becoming laws, he can be overridden by a 2/3 vote in both houses. SO if the Congress feels like the President is over stepping his bounds then they can in turn overrule him. The Supreme Court is also in the mix in that if they deem a law to be unconstitutional then they can rule it so and the law is no more. Presidents can influence Supreme Courts by whom they nominate for open positions (or in the case of one President, attempt to add more judges to the Court). However, after the nomination is made and the Senate approves and confirms them then they are free. The only way a Judge can be removed is they are found to be doing something illegal, deemed incompetent and unable to continue doing their job, resign, or die. This allows judges to "operate outside the realm of politics." The idea is that they can focus and not worry about politics and we can assume that decisions will be made free from political influences and bribery.
1. US troops fought the war in the country of Vietnam. 1965-1975.
2. The US intervened twice in Lebanon. In 1958 and in 1982.
3. WW2 ended in 1945. 5 years after WW2, the US became involved in a conflict. It was in Korea and lasted 3 years.
4. The US was in Vietnam in 1965 and Lebanon in 1958.
5. The Soviet Union was involved in a border war in 1968 with China. The Soviet Union was also involve in conflict with Czechoslovakia.
During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, English seafarers were often involved in attacks on Spanish treasure ships and on trading settlements in the Americas. These were carried out with Queen Elizabeth I’s encouragement, in an attempt to weaken the power of Spain rather than capture the empire. England’s main concern was the threat of invasion by Spain, and after the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, England could feel secure. Gradually England started to look to expand her own empire in North America, leaving South America to Spain and Portugal.
The system of laws that had the greatest influence on modern American law is "Roman law," since it was this system that established many of the checks and balances within the central government that the US uses today. This should be right!
Johnathan Edwards was the most popular :)
