The US government is built on the principle of checks and balances. The constitution outlines three branches of government. These are their powers.

Split into three branches, each sector is designed to check the others' power and balance it out so that no one branch can propagate tyranny. Within each of those branches are countless federal ...

The hardest part of my nights usually occurs around 3 am when my brain starts obsessing about upsetting things, such as what ...

We may criticize or appeal court rulings we don't agree with. But we cannot defy the rulings of duly constituted courts and ...

Policymaking by the Three Branches. At the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) discussed how the Constitution structured the three branches of government and how Congress ...

There are three branches of government, and two of them are in serious distress. What once passed for governing and leadership has become a spectacle of disservice by people who call themselves ...

“If we don’t have all three branches of government at the table, making the decisions together, then we will end up having a flaw in the process,” said Rep. Toni Walker, D-New Haven, co ...

Pop quiz time. Name the three branches of our federal government.If you had to Google it, you should be ashamed. But you have company.Only about one-third of people in a recent poll were able to ...

WASHINGTON – Incoming Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R- Ala., botched several basic historical facts during a recent interview — such as misidentifying the three branches of government.

BLUFFTON, South Carolina (AP) — On the first day of his American National Government class, Prof. Kevin Dopf asks how many of his students are United States citizens. Every hand shoots up.

Bell Ringer: The Three Branches of Government . Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3 Clip 4. Separation of Powers. Louis Fisher explains what separation of powers is, and why it was established. Description.