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Crash Course Government and Politics
Checks and Balances: Crash Course Government #3
Season 1
Episode 3
In theory, the Legislative Branch, the Executive Branch, and the Judicial Brach are designed to keep each other in check, and to keep any branch from becoming too powerful. In reality, the system was designed to keep the president from becoming some kind of autocrat. For the most part, it has worked.
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7:48
All about the presidential powers NOT found in the Constitution
6:26
All about the expressed powers of the President of the United States.
6:31
All about the three motivating factors of congressional decisions.
6:56
The process of how a bill becomes a law can be pretty complex.
8:10
All about the leadership structure of congress.
8:26
Learn about standing committees, joint committees, conference committees, and caucuses.
8:52
All about the importance of congressional elections.
8:55
All about the compromises met in ratifying the U.S. Constitution
9:13
In the US, power is divided between the national government and the 50 state governments.
9:04
All about the United States Congress, and why it's bicameral, and what bicameral means.