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Hi Riyah!
The system of checks and balances is a system in the U.S. government that helps ensure that no one branch of government becomes too powerful. Each of the three branches of government, the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, has the ability to check and balance the powers of the other two branches.
For example, the legislative branch can make laws, but the executive branch can veto those laws. If the veto is overridden, the judicial branch can declare the laws unconstitutional. This helps ensure that each branch of government has a limited amount of power and that no single branch becomes too dominant.