User blog comment:Breakingmikey/SOPA/PIPA Blog/@comment-2186558-20120119015445/@comment-1956487-20120119023718

Technically speaking, Congress has the power to override Obama's veto if it really wanted to. This isn't done very often, though. While it might look like the President is the most powerful position in America, the system of checks and balances makes it so that the Executive (President), Legislative (Congress), and Judicial (Supreme Court) branches all have a similar amount of power to each other.