President Roosevelt's actions threatened the constitutional principle of checks and balances by expanding presidential powers, bypassing Congress, and challenging the principle of limited government.
Checks and balances was threatened by President Roosevelt's actions when he expanded the powers of the presidency and sought to act independently of Congress, bypassing the system of checks and balances established in the Constitution.
The system of checks and balances in the Constitution was designed to prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful by providing each branch with the means to check the powers of the other branches.
This attempt by Roosevelt to exert extensive presidential powers without the consent of Congress challenged the foundational principle of limited government embedded in the Constitution.
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