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    60-Second Civics: Episode 234, Six principles of nonviolence, Principle 3: Defeat injustice, not people Today we discuss Martin Luther King Jr.'s third principle of nonviolence: that nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice, not people.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 233, Six principles of nonviolence, Principle 2: Nonviolence seeks reconciliation Today we discuss Martin Luther King Jr.'s second principle of nonviolence: nonviolence seeks reconciliation.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 232, Six principles of nonviolence, Principle 1: Nonviolence requires courage On today's episode, we begin our discussion of Martin Luther King Jr.'s six principles of nonviolence.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 231, Civil rights movement, Part 10 Today we discuss the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 230, Civil rights movement, Part 9 On today's episode, we discuss the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 229, Civil rights movement, Part 8 Today we discuss the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 228, Civil rights movement, Part 7 On today's episode, we discuss the importance of nonviolence in the civil rights movement.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 227, Civil rights movement, Part 6 Today we discuss the origins of the American civil rights movement.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 226, Civil rights movement, Part 5 Today we discuss how the increase in racially motivated violence in the 1950s prompted federal intervention.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 225, Civil rights movement, Part 4 On today's episode, we discuss how racial segregation and discrimination was deeply entrenched in American life in the 1950s.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 224, Civil rights movement, Part 3 Today we discuss two types of segregation that contributed to racial polarization in the United States.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 223, Civil rights movement, Part 2 On today's podcast, we discuss the effect of the Civil War Amendments on the civil rights movement.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 222, Civil rights movement, Part 1 Today we begin our celebration of Black History Month with the first in a series of episodes devoted to the civil rights movement.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 221, Articles of Confederation, Part 8 On the podcast today, we discuss the solutions to states' concerns about the national government's power that paved the way for adopting the Articles of Confederation.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 220, Articles of Confederation, Part 7 Today we discuss three issues that aligned groups of states against one another.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 219, Articles of Confederation, Part 6 On today's episode, we discuss the powers kept by the states under the Articles of Confederation.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 218, Articles of Confederation, Part 5 Today we discuss how the Articles of Confederation created a ???firm league of friendship" among the states instead of a strong central government.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 217, Articles of Confederation, Part 4 Today we discuss how the Continental Congress avoided a strong central government when they adopted the Articles of Confederation.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 216, Articles of Confederation, Part 3 Today we discuss the colonists' fear of a strong government and how it affected the Articles of Confederation.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 215, Articles of Confederation, Part 2 On today's episode, we examine the roles of Benjamin Franklin and Richard Henry Lee in bringing about the Articles of Confederation.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 214, Articles of Confederation, Part 1 Today we begin our discussion of the Articles of Confederation.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 213, States' bills of rights, Part 3 On today's episode, we discuss features of states' bills or declarations of rights.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 212, States' bills of rights, Part 2 Today we examine specific rights guaranteed in states' bills of rights.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 211, States' bills of rights, Part 1 Today we examine states' bills of rights.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 210, Virginia Declaration of Rights, Part 3 Today we discuss the rights protected by the Virginia Declaration of Rights.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 209, Virginia Declaration of Rights, Part 2 Today we continue our discussion of the Virginia Declaration of Rights.
    Talking Civics: Episode 1, Jones Doug Jones played a pivotal role as United States attorney - Part 1 Doug Jones played a pivotal role as United States attorney in the prosecution of two former Ku Klux Klansmen for the murder of four young girls in the 1963 bombing ...
    Talking Civics: Episode 1, Jones Doug Jones played a pivotal role as United States attorney - Part 2 Doug Jones played a pivotal role as United States attorney in the prosecution of two former Ku Klux Klansmen for the murder of four young girls in the 1963 bombing ...
    Talking Civics: Episode 2: Janice Kelsey Episode 2: Janice Kelsey As a teenager, Janice Kelsey participated in the Children’s March in Birmingham, Alabama. The Children's March was organized by Reverend James Bevel as a nonviolent civil ...
    60-Second Civics: Episode 208, Virginia Declaration of Rights, Part 1 On the podcast today, we examine the Virginia Declaration of Rights.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 207, Introduction to state declarations of rights Today we begin our discussion of state declarations of rights.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 206, Massachusetts constitution, Part 3 On today's podcast, we discuss the representation of various economic classes in the Massachusetts constitution.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 205, Massachusetts constitution, Part 2 Today we discuss the executive branch of the Massachusetts constitution.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 204, Massachusetts constitution, Part 1 On today's episode, we examine the Massachusetts constitution.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 203, Legislative supremacy, Part 5 Today we continue our discussion of legislative supremacy in state constitutions.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 202, Legislative supremacy, Part 4 On the podcast today, we discuss examples of legislative supremacy in state constitutions.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 201, Legislative supremacy, Part 3 Today we discuss the third reason for states' confidence in legislative supremacy.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 200, Legislative supremacy, Part 2 On today's podcast, we discuss the reasons for states' confidence in legislative supremacy.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 199, Legislative supremacy, Part 1 Today we examine the concept of legislative supremacy in American state constitutions.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 198, Right to vote in early America Today we discuss representation and the right to vote in early American state constitutions.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 197, State constitutions: social contract and popular sovereignty On today's episode we explore the ideas of social contract and popular sovereignty in state constitutions.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 196, State constitutions: higher law and natural rights Today we discuss higher law and natural rights in state constitutions.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 195, Principles of state constitutions On today's podcast, we examine the principles common to all state constitutions.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 194, State governments after the Declaration, Part 2 Today we discuss state governments after 1776.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 193, State governments after the Declaration, Part 1 Today we begin our discussion of state governments after the Declaration of Independence.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 192, Declaration of Independence, Part 6 On today's episode, we discuss the idea of the right to revolution in the Declaration of Independence.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 191, Declaration of Independence, Part 5 On today's episode, we discuss the "long Train of Abuses" of King George III.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 190, Declaration of Independence, Part 4 Today we discuss the concepts of human equality and government by consent in the Declaration of Independence.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 189, Declaration of Independence, Part 3 On today's podcast, we discuss natural rights philosophy as a foundational idea of the Declaration of Independence.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 188, Declaration of Independence, Part 2 Today we discuss the philosophical underpinnings of the Declaration of Independence.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 187, Declaration of Independence, Part 1 On today's podcast, we discuss the Founders' reasons for issuing a formal declaration of independence.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 186, Growing consensus Today we discuss the growing consensus for American independence.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 185, Lexington and Concord On today's podcast, we discuss the battles of Lexington and Concord
    60-Second Civics: Episode 184, Armed resistance On the podcast today, we discuss armed resistance to British rule in the American colonies.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 183, First Continental Congress Today we discuss the First Continental Congress.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 182, Boston Tea Party On today's episode, we discuss the Boston Tea Party.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 181, Boston Massacre On today's podcast, we examine the Boston Massacre.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 180, Writs of Assistance Today we discuss the Writs of Assistance.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 179, Colonists organize resistance On today's episode, we discuss British efforts to assert authority over the colonies.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 178, No taxation without representation Today we discuss colonial resistance to taxation without representation.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 177, Colonial resistance grows On today's episode, we discuss colonial resistance to British control.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 176, Seeds of revolution Today we discuss how Britain tried to increase its control of the colonies between 1763 and 1776.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 174, Introduction to the Declaration of Independence discussion Over the next weeks, we will describe the circumstances that produced the Declaration of Independence.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 173, Colonial legislatures versus Parliament Today we discuss differences between colonial American legislatures and the British Parliament.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 172, Property requirement for voting On today's podcast, we discuss the property requirement for voting in the American colonies.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 171, Colonial governors and courts On the podcast today, we discuss the roles of governors and the courts in colonial governments.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 170, Colonial legislatures Today we discuss colonial legislatures.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 169, Representative government in the colonies On today's episode, we discuss representative government and voting in the American colonies.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 168, Fundamental rights and the rule of law Today we we explore fundamental rights and the rule of law as aspects of colonial constitutions.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 167, Colonial constitutions On today's podcast, we discuss the basic principles common to all colonial constitutions.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 166, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut Today we discuss the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 165, Structure of colonial governments On today's podcast, we discuss the structure of colonial governments.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 164, Slavery in the colonies Today we discuss slavery in the American colonies.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 163, Native Americans in colonial America On today's episode, we discuss the rights of Native Americans in the colonies.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 162, Indentured servants in colonial America Today we discuss indentured servants in the colonies.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 161, Rights denied in colonial America Today we begin our discussion of the people who did not enjoy the rights expressed in colonial documents
    60-Second Civics: Episode 160, Rights denied in colonial America Today we begin our discussion of the people who did not enjoy the rights expressed in colonial documents
    60-Second Civics: Episode 159, Rights in colonial Pennsylvania On today's episode, we discuss guarantees of basic rights in Pennsylvania
    60-Second Civics: Episode 158, Massachusetts Body of Liberties, Part 2 Today we continue our discussion of the Massachusetts Body of Liberties.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 157, Massachusetts Body of Liberties, Part 1 Today we discuss the Massachusetts Body of Liberties.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 156, Colonial charters Today we examine colonial charters.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 155, Successful colonial Americans In today's episode, we discuss some examples of successful colonial Americans.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 154, Class in the colonies On today's podcast, we discuss how the English class system was weakened in the colonies.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 153, English practices in America Today we discuss we discuss how some English practices that protected the landed aristocracy in Great Britain did not survive in the colonies.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 152, Colonial prosperity On today's episode, we discuss how some colonial Americans achieved prosperity in the New World.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 151, Mayflower Compact, Part 2 Today we present the excerpted text of the Mayflower Compact.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 150, Mayflower Compact, Part 1 Today we discuss the Mayflower Compact.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 149, Early American settlement In today's episode, we discuss the situation in America in the early 1600s.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 148, American colonies On the podcast today, we begin our discussion of how basic ideas of constitutional government were developed and used in the American colonies.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 147, English Bill of Rights, Part 2 Today we continue our discussion of the English Bill of Rights.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 146, English Bill of Rights, Part 1 In today's episode, we discuss the English Bill of Rights.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 144, Writ of habeas corpus On today's podcast, we discuss the writ of habeas corpus in Britain.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 143, English Civil War Today we discuss the events that led to the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 142, Petition of Right, Part 3 On today's episode, we discuss the characteristics of the Petition of Right of 1628.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 141, Petition of Right, Part 2 Today we discuss the events that led to the Petition of Right of 1628.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 140, Petition of Right, Part 1 On the podcast today, we discuss the clash between Parliament and the English monarchy.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 139, The British constitution: Foundational documents Today we identify the three historical documents important in the development of the British constitution and the rights of the British people.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 138, The British constitution On today's episode, we discuss the British constitution.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 137, Magna Carta, Part 7 Today we explore the Magna Carta as a source of constitutional principles.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 136, Magna Carta, Part 6 Today we discuss government by agreement or contract as a principle of the Magna Carta.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 135, Magna Carta, Part 5 On the podcast today, we discuss basic rights as a principle of the Magna Carta.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 134, Magna Carta, Part 4 On today's episode, we discuss how the Magna Carta contained the principle of the supremacy of the law.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 133, Magna Carta, Part 3 Today we examine the Magna Carta and the rule of law.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 132, Magna Carta, Part 2 We continue our discussion of the Magna Carta on today's podcast.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 131, Magna Carta, Part 1 Today we discuss the events leading up to the signing of the Magna Carta.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 130, Rights of Englishmen, Part 2 Today we continue our discussion of the rights of Englishmen.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 129, Rights of Englishmen, Part 1 On the podcast today, we discuss the rights of Englishmen.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 128, Stare decisis, Part 2 Today we continue our discussion of stare decisis.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 127, Stare decisis, Part 1 Today we explore the development of stare decisis in the English common law system.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 126, English common law On today's episode, we discuss the development of English common law.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 125, English Parliament, Part 3 Today we discuss how Parliament proved to be effective for both the English king and his subjects.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 124, English Parliament, Part 2 In today's episode, we discuss King Edward the First's Model Parliament.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 123, English Parliament, Part 1 In today's podcast, we discuss the origins of the English parliament and royal court.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 122, Norman conquest Today we examine how the Norman conquest changed English government.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 121, England after the Romans Today we discuss the origins of English government.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 120, British origins of American constitutionalism In today's episode, we begin our discussion of the British origins of American constitutionalism.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 119, The Enlightenment, Part 4 In today's podcast, we examine James Madison's idea of the "new science of politics."
    60-Second Civics: Episode 118, The Enlightenment, Part 3 Today we continue our discussion of the Enlightenment.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 117, The Enlightenment, Part 2 On the podcast today, we continue our discussion of the Enlightenment and discuss philosopher Francis Bacon.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 116, The Enlightenment, Part 1 In today's episode, we begin our discussion of the Enlightenment.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 115, Rise of capitalism, Part 3 Today we examine two influences on capitalism.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 114, Rise of capitalism, Part 2 Today we learn about how capitalism empowered a new class of citizens.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 113, Rise of capitalism, Part 1 On the podcast today, we learn about the rise of capitalism.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 112, Rise of the nation-state, Part 2 Today we discuss nation-states and ideas about government and rights.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 111, Rise of the nation-state, Part 1 In today's episode, we discuss the rise of the nation-state.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 110, The Reformation, Part 5 Today we discuss the origin of American Puritans.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 109, The Reformation, Part 4 In today's episode, we learn about how the Reformation contributed to the development of modern individualism.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 108, The Reformation, Part 3 Today we look at how the invention of the printing press aided the Reformation and encouraged freedom of conscience.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 107, The Reformation, Part 2 Today we examine the roots of the Protestant Reformation.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 106, The Reformation, Part 1 Today we begin our examination of the Protestant Reformation and its contribution to ideas about rights.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 105, The Rennaisance, Part 2 On the podcast today, we continue our discussion of the Renaissance and its contributions to ideas about rights.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 104, The Rennaisance, Part 1 Today we begin our discussion of the Renaissance and how it contributed to ideas about rights.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 103, Medieval and classical republican similarities In today's podcast, we explore the similarities between medieval and classical republican ideas about society and government.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 102, Feudalism, Part 3 Today we examine the final two of four essential ideas of feudalism.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 101, Feudalism, Part 2 Today we discuss the first two of four essential ideas of feudalism.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 100, Feudalism, Part 1 Today we examine feudalism in medieval society.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 99, The Church in the Middle Ages On today's podcast: how the Church came to be a powerful force in Europe during the Middle Ages.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 98, The Judeo-Christian tradition, Part 2 Today we discuss how the Christian view of the individual influenced the Founders.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 97, The Judeo-Christian tradition, Part 1 Today we examine how Judeo-Christian tradition influenced the political ideas of the Founders.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 96, Natural rights philosophy: Human equality Today we examine human equality as an aspect of natural rights philosophy.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 95, Natural rights philosophy: Limited government Today we discuss limited government as an aspect of natural rights philosophy.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 94, Natural rights philosophy: Popular sovereignty and government by consent Today we discuss popular sovereignty and government by consent as aspects of natural rights philosophy.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 93, Natural rights philosophy: Individual rights On the show today, we discuss individual rights as an aspect of natural rights philosophy.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 92, Natural rights philosophy: John Locke In today's podcast, we discuss the philosophy of John Locke.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 91, Natural rights philosophy: Thomas Hobbes Today we discuss the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 90, Natural rights philosophy: Influence on Founders On today's episode, we examine the values from natural rights philosophy that influenced the founding generation.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 89, Natural rights philosophy On the show today, natural rights philosophy and the state of nature.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 88, Divine right In today's podcast, we discuss the role of philosophy in government and examine the divine right of kings.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 87, Moral education, Part 2 Today we examine moral education in colonial America.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 86, Moral education, Part 1 On today's episode we discuss moral education as an aspect of classical republicanism.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 85, Cincinnatus and Washington as examples of civic virtue On today's show: Cincinnatus and Washington as examples of civic virtue.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 84, Citizenship and civic virtue in classical republicanism In today's podcast, we learn about citizenship and civic virtue in classical republicanism.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 83, Small communities in classical republicanism Today we examine small, uniform communities as an influential aspect of classical republicanism.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 82, Classical republicanism and the common good Today's podcast examines the devotion of citizens to the common good as a central feature of classical republicanism.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 81, The Roman Republic as example and warning On the show today we discuss how the history of the Roman Republic was both an example and a warning to America's founding generation.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 80, Influence of the Roman Republic On the podcast today: the influence of the Roman Republic.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 79, A problem of constitutional government Today we discuss the central problem of constitutional governments.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 78, Constitution as higher law In today's episode, we discuss how a constitution acts as a higher law.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 77, Constitutionalism: Limited government We compare limited and unlimited government in today's episode.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 76, Constitutionalism: Written vs. unwritten constitutions In today's episode, we examine written and unwritten constitutions.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 75, Constitutionalism: Defining constitution On today's podcast, a definition of the meaning of the term "constitution."
    60-Second Civics: Episode 74, The Founders choose republican government Today we discuss why the Founders preferred republican government.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 73, Republican government On today's podcast, we discuss republican government.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 72, Mixed constitutions: The English system In today's episode, we discuss the English system as an example of a mixed constitution.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 71, Mixed constitutions: Polybius and Cicero Today we discuss how the idea of a mixed constitution became a part of republicanism.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 70, Aristotle: Mixed constitutions In today's podcast, we examine Aristotle's ideas about mixed constitutions.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 69, Aristotle: Democracy Today we discuss Aristotle's description of democracy as an example of a corrupt form of government.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 68, Aristotle: Polity Today we discuss Aristotle's conception of the polity as a right form of government.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 67, Aristotle: The forms of government Today we examine Aristotle's concept of the forms of government.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 66, Aristotle: Three functions of the state In today's episode, we explore Aristotle's notion of the three functions of the state.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 65, Two lessons about government Today we learn about the two important lessons the Founders learned about government from their study of history and philosophy.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 65, Two lessons about government Today we learn about the two important lessons the Founders learned about government from their study of history and philosophy.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 64, Lessons from British and American history In today's podcast, we examine the lessons the Founders drew from British history and from American colonial history.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 63, Greeks, Romans, and natural rights In today's episode, we learn about the lessons the Founders drew from Greek and Roman political history, and from natural rights philosophy.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 62, Influences on the Founders Today examine how the Founders' knowledge and experiences informed their approach to governance.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 61, Philosophical and historical traditions Today we begin our discussion of the important philosophical ideas and historical events that influenced the writing of the Constitution.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 60, National Conference of State Legislatures Today we conclude our discussion of American federalism by learning about the National Conference of State Legislatures.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 59, Referendum and recall In today's episode, we examine how referendum and recall works in the states.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 58, Initiatives Today we learn how the initiative process is conducted in the states.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 57, States as laboratories of democracy In today's episode, we discuss how the states act as testing grounds for democracy.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 56, Grants-in-aid: Education policy Today we discuss federal grants-in-aid and education policy.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 55, Grants-in-aid: Growing influence Today we discuss the growing influence of federal grants-in-aid.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 54, Grants-in-aid: The Great Depression In today's episode, we discuss how grants-in-aid came to be used during the Great Depression.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 53, Grants-in-aid In today's episode, we discuss how grant-in-aid programs have affected American federalism.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 52, Regulation of drugs Today we learn how the Supreme Court reasserted the power of Congress to regulate the interstate market in drugs.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 51, Regulation of commerce In today's episode, we discuss the conflict between Congress and the states over regulation of commerce.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 50, Federalism in practice Today we begin our discussion of how American federalism works in practice.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 49, State constitutional amendments Today we learn about state constitutional amendments.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 48, Changing state constitutions In today's episode, we examine how state constitutions have changed over the years.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 47, Special districts Today we discuss special districts.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 46, Municipalities In today's episode, we discuss municipalities.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 45, Local governments Today we discuss the creation of local governments.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 44, Judicial branch of state government In today's episode, we discuss the judicial branch of state government.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 43, Executive branch of state government We examine the executive branch of state government in today's episode.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 42, State legislatures Today we discuss the legislative branch of state government.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 40, Supremacy of federal law In today's podcast, we discuss the supremacy of federal law.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 41, State constitutions In today's episode, we discuss state constitutions and bills of rights.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 39, State governing powers In today's episode, we discuss governing powers left to the states by the Constitution.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 38, Constitution prohibits certain state Today we discuss state governing powers prohibited by the Constitution.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 37, States and the federal government In today's podcast, we discuss the discuss the role of states in the national government.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 36, Role of states in the federal system Today we discuss the history of the role of states in the American system.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 35, Federalism In today's episode, we begin our discussion of the American system of federalism.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 34, Questions and closing statements during congressional hearings Today we conclude our discussion of congressional hearings by examining the questioning of witnesses and closing statements.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 33, Witness procedures during congressional hearings Today we discuss witness procedures and strategies during congressional hearings.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 32, Opening statements in congressional hearings Today we learn about the role of opening statements in congressional hearings.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 31, Witness testimony in congressional hearings Today we learn about written and spoken testimony by witnesses in congressional hearings.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 30, Congressional hearing witnesses Today we learn about the role of witnesses in a congressional hearing.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 29, An overview of congressional hearings Today we outline the six steps of a congressional hearing.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 28, Congressional hearings, Part 1 Today we discuss congressional hearings, an essential part of the process of appointing a Supreme Court nominee.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 27, Congress and the power of the Supreme Court Today we discuss the ability of Congress to check the power of the Supreme Court.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 26, Executive enforcement of Supreme Court decisions Today we discuss executive enforcement of Supreme Court decisions as a check on the power of the Court.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 25, Presidential appointments and the Supreme Court Today we discuss presidential appointments as a check on the power of the Supreme Court.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 24, Self-imposed limits on the Supreme Court Today we discuss self-imposed limits, one of several checks on the power of the Supreme Court.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 23, Constitutional interpretation: instrumentalism Today we examine instrumentalism, the final of four common methods of constitutional interpretation.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 22, Constitutional interpretation: fundamental principles Today we examine fundamental principles, the third of four common methods of constitutional interpretation.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 21, Constitutional interpretation: original intent Today we examine original intent, the second of four common methods of constitutional interpretation.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 20, Constitutional interpretation: textualism Today we examine textualism, the first of four common methods of constitutional interpretation.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 19, Written opinions Today we explain the Supreme Court's practice of issuing written opinions.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 18, Declining Supreme Court caseload Today we examine how the number of cases the Supreme Court decides has changed in recent years.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 17, Writs of certiorari Today we discuss how the Supreme Court decides to hear a case.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 16, Appellate jurisdiction Today we examine the Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 15, Original jurisdiction Today we examine discuss the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 14, Role of the Supreme Court Today we examine the role of the Supreme Court in the American constitutional system.
    60-Second Civics: Episode13, Arguments against judicial review Today we examine some of the arguments against judicial review.
    60-Second Civics: Episode10, Judicial review Today we examine the power of judicial review.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 9, Characteristics of the federal judiciary Today we examine some of the characteristics of the federal judiciary.
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    60-Second Civics: Episode 4, George Washington and the executive branch Today we discuss how George Washington's administration shaped the executive branch.
    60-Second Civics: Episode 3, George Washington and ratification of the Constitution Today we discuss George Washington's role during the Constitutional Convention and the debates over ratification.
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