The excerpt provides one example of checks and balances. This principle is demonstrated by the requirement that the President must obtain the consent of the Senate to make treaties, ensuring that no single branch of government has unchecked power.
Read the excerpt below and answer the question that follows:
The President shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur.
-U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 2
This excerpt provides one example of which constitutional principle?
(1 point)
Federalism
Popular sovereignty
Checks and balances
Individual nights
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