Part of what a union provides is what I would call checks and balances.

This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.

The bill doesn't make provision for checks and balances of the council.

We'll be the checks and balances on this out-of-control, criminal government.

It is monitored and audited to the dime. There are all kinds of checks and balances and procedures to make sure there is no abuse of the system.

You can't become a dictator through checks and balances.