Finally, the committees will try to determine how the constitutional checks against abuses of authority broke down and whose fault it was.

It is essential to constitutional checks and balances that the Senate do the same.

Two major changes occurred in the 1970s regarding constitutional checks and balances.

Alarmed by the measure's threat to the system and constitutional checks and balances, the Senate beat it back.

If we lose our constitutional checks and balances, then what are we fighting for?

Third, the touted American system of constitutional checks and balances is no longer working as it was meant to.

In practice, the dictator functioned as a consul without any constitutional checks on his power.

A twilight war is to be conducted by a secret government beyond the bounds of constitutional checks and balances.

If the general legislature should at any time overleap their limits, the judicial department is a constitutional check.

But governments can abuse their powers and should be subject to constitutional checks.