Question

Which statement best completes the diagram of the ways the different branches of government can limit each other's power? A.Can appoint new justices to replace those engaged in judicial activism
A. Can appoint new justices to replace those engaged in judicial activism


B. Can obstruct the Supreme Court's rulings by refusing to enforce them


C. Can order the Supreme Court to ignore precedent when ruling on certain cases


D. Can propose amendments to the Constitution to overturn a Supreme Court decision

Answer 1

D. Can propose amendments to the Constitution to overturn a Supreme Court decision

Answer 2

The correct option is D

Article I of the Constitution of the United States, declares the establishment of the legislative power of the Federal Government of the United States, represented by the Congress, which includes a House of Representatives and a Senate. The same article establishes the method of election and the requirements of the members of each chamber. In addition, it sets out the legislative procedure and lists the powers granted to the legislative branch. Finally, it establishes limits to the federal powers and to each member state.

The first three articles of the Constitution deal, respectively, with each of the three powers of the federal Government. The legislative is established in the first article, the executive in the second and the judicial in the third.

Article I is the most extensive of the seven articles that make up the original constitutional text. Unlike the rest of the articles, the amendments to Article I are explicitly restricted by the Constitution. For example, no amendment prior to 1808 could affect the first or the fourth clause of the ninth section. The first clause prevented Congress from prohibiting the slave trade until 1808; the fourth prevented any type of direct tax that was not distributed among the different States, according to its population. In addition, the Constitution excludes the possibility that Congress deprives a State of having an equal representation in the Senate, without the consent of that State.