S. Constitution and to resolve issues of law and any conflicts between the laws of individual states and the Constitution (Dershowitz, 2002). Several modern cases have required the Judicial

Branch to apply the checks and balances principle to unconstitutional actions by the other branches of government. In 1983, the Supreme Court prohibited the Legislative Branch from vetoing decisions issued by the Executive Branch (as represented by the Attorney

General) arising in the Reagan administration and later, in 1998, by applying the separation of powers doctrine to the diametrically opposite side of the same general issue, in prohibiting the delegation of congressional legislative authority to the president during the Clinton administration (Friedman, 2005).

Morrison v. Olson, 487 U.S. 654 (1988):

The case arose during the Reagan administration when President Reagan

Instructed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and components of the U.S.

Department of Justice to furnish documents formally subpoenaed by the House...
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