Examples of the principle checks and balances

Congress has the power to set and collect any taxes or duties.

The president is commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army and Navy.

The president has the power to grant pardons and reprieves for crimes against the U.S. except in an impeachment.

one central belief of buddhism is often referred to as reincarnation -- the concept that people are reborn after dying. buddhism is a philosophy of life expounded by gautama buddha ("buddha" means "enlightened one"), who lived and taught in northern india in the 6th century b.c.

its main object was the establishment of "settlement houses" in poor urban areas, in which volunteer middle-class "settlement workers" would live, hoping to share knowledge and culture with, and alleviate the poverty of, their low-income neighbors.