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Crash Course Government and Politics
Election Basics: Crash Course Government #36
Season 1
Episode 36
This week Craig is going to give you a broad overview of elections in the United States. As you may have noticed, there are kind of a lot of people in the U.S, and holding individual issues up to a public vote doesn't seem particularly plausible. So to deal with this complexity, we vote for people, not policies, that represent our best interests.
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So today Craig is going to look at political ideology in America.
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Craig explores where our political opinions come from.
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We start our look into why certain policies are made.
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We wrap this discussion up with the rather controversial topic of affirmative action.
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Craig looks more closely at those “discrete and insular" groups from the 14th Amendment.
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All about discrimination of women in the workforce.
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All about the most important part of the Constitution - the Fourteenth Amendment.
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How do the 5th and 6th amendments ensure a fair trial?
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You're protected against unreasonable searches and seizures, but what does this mean?
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Finish up our discussion of the First Amendment with freedom of the press.
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Finally it's all about Free Speech!
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Take a look at the First Amendment and your right to freedom of religion.