| Term | Definition |
| Executive-Legislative | veto laws |
| Executive-Legislative | Negotiates foreign treaties |
| Executive-Legislative | can propose and campaign for laws |
| Executive-Legislative | can call special sessions of congress |
| Executive-Legislative | appoints people to national departments and agencies |
| Executive-Legislative | commander in chief, commands troops |
| Legislative-Executive | override veto with 2/3 vote in both houses |
| Legislative-Executive | must approve executive's appontments |
| Legislative-Executive | must ratify treaties |
| Legislative-Executive | Decalars war |
| Legislative-Executive | appropriates money |
| Legislative-Executive | impeach president |
| Judicial-Executive | declare executive actions unconstitutional |
| Judicial-Legislative | declare laws unconstitutional |
| Executive-Judicial | appoints federal judges |
| Executive-Judicial | grant pardons to people convicted of ferderal crime |
| Legislative-Judicial | impeach judges |
| Legislative-Judicial | can propose constitutional amendment to overrule judge's declaeration of a law being unconstitutional |
| Legislative-Judicial | must approve appointments of judges |