Interactions among branches of government
AP®︎ US Government and Politics,
How Congress, the presidency, the courts, and the bureaucracy compete, cooperate, and hold one another accountable in governing the United States. The legislative, executive and judicial branches are each granted formal, or enumerated, powers by the Constitution; each branch also exercises certain informal powers.
This course contains 12 segments:
Congress: The Senate and the House of Representatives
What is Congress? The Senate and the House of Representatives form the legislative branch of US government.
Structures, powers, and functions of Congress
How do the structures, powers, and functions of Congress influence the policymaking process?
Congressional behavior
How is congressional behavior influenced by election processes, partisanship, and divided government?
Roles and powers of the president
What are the formal and informal powers of the US president?
Checks on the presidency
Expansion of presidential power
Presidential communication
The judicial branch
The judicial branch checks the power of other institutions and state governments.
Legitimacy of the judicial branch
This lesson covers how judicial precedent and ideological changes to the composition of the Supreme Court impact judicial decisions.
Checks on the judicial branch
The bureaucracy: functions and responsibilities
The bureaucracy: authority and accountability
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Length | 12 segments |
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Language | English |
Subjects | Humanities |
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