The American Government was carefully crafted to be a dynamic system of checks and balances. None of the three branches is more powerful than the other two, and each branch has powers specifically designed to keep the others in line. Program 1 looks at the branches of the government, their powers, and how they've evolved over the years and covers: origins of government, types of government, monarchy, oligarchy, aristocracy, direct democracy, indirect democracy, components of American democracy, popular consent, popular sovereignty, majority rule, individualism, equality, personal liberty, The American Colonies, The Stamp Act Congress, First Continental Congress, The Declaration of Rights and Resolves, Second Continental Congress, The Declaration of Independence, The Articles of Confederation, The Constitutional Convention, The Virginia Plan, The New Jersey Plan, The Great Compromise, The U.S. Constitution, unitary system, Federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, The Supremacy Clause, bicameral legislature, The Necessity and Proper Clause, branches of government, Federalists, anti-Federalists, The Federalist Papers, The Bill of Rights, enumerated and implied powers, Stages of Federalism, McCullogh v. Maryland, The Nullification doctrine, Plessy v. Ferguson, block and categorical grants, Civil Liberties, due process, The Incorporation Doctrine, Civil RightsPart Two covers: Roots of the Legislative Branch, apportionment, redistricting, gerrymandering, Baker v. Carr, Westbury v. Sanders, Shaw v. Reno, Congressional Powers, The Necessary and Proper clause, impeachment, incumbency, constituency, Speaker of the House, Majority and Minority Leaders, Majority and Minority Whips, President pro tempore, The Committee System, How a Bill Becomes a Law, filibuster, veto power, pocket veto, line item veto, The Executive Branch, electoral college, The 6 Main Powers of the President, The Cabinet, The State of the Union Address, The War Powers Act, The Pardoning Power, The Development of Presidential Power, inherent powers, The Presidential Establishment, The U.S. Bureaucracy, The Pendleton Act, Iron Triangles, The Judiciary System, The Judiciary Act of 1789, Federal Courts, Circuit Courts, Appeals Courts, The Supreme Court, Judicial Review, Marbury v. Madison, majority opinion, concurring opinion, dissenting opinion