Without some checks and balances, he said, an effective superintendent "who is not in political synchronization" with his or her board could be dismissed.

All this demonstrates to me the sheer folly of conducting the people's business without checks and balances.

Having such a person exercise overwhelming control of the school system without any checks and balances is not desirable or effective.

"This is a democracy without checks and balances," one lawyer said.

Without such balances, the universe could easily get out of control.

There seems to be a bit more of a private-sector mentality in this administration, where business sometimes gets done without checks and balances.

The Senate is not without its checks and balances, though.

"You can't be paying people large sums of money to do things without checks and balances," he said.

I have not reviewed the records, and here's why: This is a power given to the president, without any checks or balances.

I can but point out to you that institutions without checks and balances are condemned to self-destruction.