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ERROR: "Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances Are the Same"
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The claim that separation of powers and checks and balances are the same mechanism is false: separation divides functions; checks cross the divisions to restrain.
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The veto is a check because an executive acts inside the legislative process.
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The mechanisms work as a pair — that is why the conflation survives.