Question: Which of the following is a safeguard against federal overreach built into the US Constitution? a system of checks and balances, in which the president - a civilian leader-controls the military a system of checks and balances, in which the three branches of government - executive, legislative, and judicial - are able to limit each other a system of checks and balances, in which a president can only be elected to two consecutive terms a system of checks and balances, in which the House, Senate, and President are able to limit