Course curriculum

    1. How to use this course

    2. Before we begin...

    1. Video: What is the Legislative Branch?

    2. What is Congress?

    3. What are the Main Goals of Congress?

    4. Constitutional Expectations of Congress

    1. Video: Facts of Congress-Checks and Balances

    2. What are the Checks?

    3. Why are Checks Necessary?

    4. How do these Checks protect Individual Liberty?

    1. Video: Congressional Oversight of the Bureaucracy

    2. What is the Influence?

    3. How does Congressional Influence Affect Individual Liberties?

    4. Article: When a Congressman Tried to Censor FEE

    1. Video: The Executive Branch-Presidential Power Struggle

    2. Checks and Balances on the Executive Branch

    3. Impeachment of the President

    4. Confirmation of Appointments

    5. Ratification of Treaties

    6. Override Vetoes

    7. Monetary Approval for Programs

    8. Legislation

    9. How do Congressional Checks Influence the Executive Branch?

    10. What Restrictions does Congress Impose?

    11. Checks on Branches

    1. Video: Legislative Checks on the Judiciary

    2. How does Congress Influence the Judicial Branch?

    3. Congressional Influence on the Judicial Branch

    4. How Packing the Supreme Court Would Endanger Liberty and Erode Our Constitutional Order, Explained

    5. What Restrictions does Congress Impose?

    6. The Impeachment of Samuel Chase

About this course

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