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90 - A User's Guide to the Branches of U.S. Government

Sep 20, 202020 minEp. 90
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The three branches of the U.S. federal government—executive, legislative, and judicial—keep each other in line through a system of "checks and balances." What roles do each play? And who puts the brakes on the POTUS?

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