Here are the answers based on your questions:
1. **How can the executive branch check the power of the legislative branch?**
- **Answer:** veto legislation
2. **How did the courts get the power of judicial review?**
- **Answer:** through the Marbury v. Madison decision
3. **How may an amendment to the Constitution be proposed?**
- **Answer:** a two-thirds vote of Congress
4. **How has Congress clarified the meaning of the