HSA 2008 Government Item 44

Which of these excerpts from the United States Constitution best reflects the principle of checks and balances?

1. “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States… shall be the supreme Law of the Land.….”
2. “All persons born or naturalized in the United States… are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
3. “Every Bill which shall have passed [Congress] shall, before it becomes a Law, be presented to the President of the United States.”
4. “The [listing] in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be [interpreted] to deny… others retained by the people.”