How is the Civil Rights Act impacted by checks and balances?

The Civil
Rights Act of 1964 is affected by all three branches of the federal government. It was passed by
both houses of Congress and sent to President Johnson who signed the bill into law. Johnson and
subsequent presidents have been responsible for its enforcement. The Supreme Court has used the
Civil Rights Act of 1946 as a precedent for rulings on whether or not someone is acting within
their constitutional rights. The Supreme Court also ruled that the law itself was constitutional
since it positively affects how one experiences the citizenship granted to all by the Fourteenth
Amendment.

Checks and balances are used to ensure that no one branch of
government becomes more powerful than the others. The President can appoint justices who take a
liberal approach to interpreting the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Whoever he/she appoints, Congress
must approve of them. Though given Johnson's background, he would have been likely to sign the
bill into law, Congress could have overridden a...