7. Which of these excerpts from the United States Constitution best reflects the principle of checks and balances?
A. “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States...shall be the supreme Law of the Land."
B. "All persons born or naturalized in the United States...are citizens of the United States and of
the State wherin they reside."
C. “Every bill which shall have passed Congress shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the
President of the United States."
D. “The listing in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be interpreted to deny...others
retained by the people.”
D Focus
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