| A | B |
|---|
| Legislative | can override President's veto |
| Legislative | confirms executive appointments |
| Legislative | ratifies treaties |
| Legislative | can declare war |
| Legislative | appropriates money |
| Legislative | can impeach and remove the President |
| Legislative | creates lower federal courts |
| Legislative | can impeach and remove judges |
| Legislative | can propose amendments to overrule judicial decisions |
| Legislative | approves appointments of federal judges |
| Judicial | checks to see if the actions of the president are constitutional |
| Judicial | uses judicial review see if laws are constitutional |
| Executive | can propose laws as well the legislative |
| Executive | can veto laws |
| Executive | can call special meetings of Congress |
| Executive | makes appointments (cabinet and ambassadors) |
| Executive | negotiates foreign treaties |
| Executive | appoints federal judges |
| Executive | can grant pardons to federal offenders |
