You weren't even making an argument, just a comment. Standard tactic (you have been called out on this before) to write a short, goading comment with no conten

You weren't even making an argument, just a comment. Standard tactic (you have been called out on this before) to write a short, goading comment with no content. If you want, you can attempt to clarify why you're asking the person you're replying to if they know what checks and balances are. We can all ready social study books and read wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers_under_the_United_States_Constitution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers_under_the...) and it seems unlikely the response to your question is going to differ much from the philosophy and practice described there. Not sure where you got the "widespread misinformation about checks and balances in the executive branch", the C&B are across branches, nobody implied otherwise.