The American system of checks and balances hangs in balance ... "
George Washington
Liliputins. What, the heck, is this?
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Live updates: Mike Johnson's fate as speaker hangs in balance
hang in the balance:
To be perilously close to failing, depending on the outcome of something.
the result of a situation has not yet been decided yet: The game hung in the balance until the last seconds. (Definition of something hangs in the balance from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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The system of checks and balances is a principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power. It is applied primarily in constitutional governments. The system is designed to prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful by providing each branch with individual powers to check the other branches. For example, Congress has the power to create laws, the President has the power to veto them, and the Supreme Court may declare laws unconstitutional