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60 Second Civics:three Branches of Government: Why Not Direct Popular Election?
Why didn't most Framers of the Constitution want the people to elect the president directly?
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60 Second Civics: The Three Branches of Government: The Electoral College
Today on the podcast, we explain the Electoral College.
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60 Second Civics: The Three Branches of Government Part 12: The Judicial Branch
Today we learn about the federal judiciary.
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60 Second Civics:the Three Branches of Government: Judges and Judicial Power
Today we learn about judges and judicial power.
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60 Second Civics: Reasons to Separate the Judicial Branch
Why is the judicial branch independent of the president and Congress? We find out on today's podcast.
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60 Second Civics: How Should Federal Judges Be Selected?
How should federal judges be selected? We find out on today's podcast.
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60 Second Civics: Appointments Treaties and Warmaking Powers
How do checks and balances work? Today we provide some examples.
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60 Second Civics: Three Branches of Government: Impeachment and Judicial Review
Today we learn about two important checks on government: impeachment and judicial review.
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60 Second Civics: Episode 181: Boston Massacre
On today's podcast, we examine the Boston Massacre.
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60 Second Civics: Federalism Part 2: Some Powers of the Federal Government
What authority does the national government have over the states? We find out on today's podcast.
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60 Second Civics: Federalism: The Constitution Protects Political Independence
How does the Constitution protect political independence? We find out on today's podcast.
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60 Second Civics: Episode 1814: Federalism Part 6: Limitations on State Power
The Framers saw the need to limit state power. Find out how on today's episode.
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60 Second Civics: Federalism Part 7: A History of Protecting Individual Rights
The Framers saw the need to limit state power. Find out how on today's episode.
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60 Second Civics: Episode 1819: Federalism Part 11: National Citizenship
The Framers of the Constitution never defined citizenship, but left it up to the states.
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60 Second Civics: Episode 182: Boston Tea Party
On today's episode, we discuss the Boston Tea Party.
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60 Second Civics: Federalism Part 12: Restricting Suffrage to Landowners
Gouverneur Morris suggested that suffrage should be limited to landowners. This caused an uproar.
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60 Second Civics: Episode 1821: Federalism Part 13: Secession
Since the 1790s some states argued that they had a right to secede.
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60 Second Civics: The Anti Federalists Part 1: A Plan to Ratify the Constitution
The Framers of the Constitution went around state legislatures to get the Constitution ratified.
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60 Second Civics:the Anti Federalists Part 3: The Ratification Debates Begin
Today on the podcast, the ratification debates begin with a speech by Benjamin Franklin. George Mason leaves and refuses to sign the Constitution.
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60 Second Civics: The Anti Federalists Part 5: Reasoned Discourse
The Federalists and Anti-Federalists sought to use reasoned discourse to persuade the citizenry.
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60 Second Civics:the Anti Federalists: The Effect of Anti Federalist Opinion
George Washington wrote that Anti-Federalist opposition to the Constitution might not ultimately be such a bad thing for the country.
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60 Second Civics: Episode 183 First Continental Congress
Today we discuss the First Continental Congress.
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60 Second Civics: Civic Virtue Rather Than a Strong National Government
The Anti-Federalists believed that civic virtue rather than a strong national government was the best solution to America's problems.
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60 Second Civics: The Anti Federalists Part 10: The Potential for Tyranny
The Anti-Federalists argued that the Constitution contained the potential for tyranny.