The Supreme Court’s responsibility is to interpret all laws and ensure that they do not conflict with the founding principles of the Constitution. The Supreme Courts role in government has not always been as clear cut as it is now,...

A short summary of the case the Supreme Court will examine of the Masterpiece Cake Shop and it's refusal to serve a gay wedding reception with a fair examination of the Constitutional issues involved.

This Video Explains Strict Scrutiny and Constitutional Review

This Video Explains Appeals to the US Supreme Court

This Video Explains Authority to review Agency Rulemaking

Ever wonder why a new appointment to the Supreme Court is such big news? Of the three branches that make up the Federal Government, it’s arguably the judiciary – the courts system – that has the greatest impact upon our lives.

American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. This video examines the documents...

Leslie T. Fenwick, PhD, is a nationally-known education policy and leadership studies scholar who served as Dean of the Howard University School of Education for nearly a decade. A former Visiting Scholar and Visiting Fellow at Harvard...

This Video Explains Public Law and Private Law

This Video Explains Judicial Branch and Making Law

This Video Explains Checks and Balances

First, you are not a dummy. But perhaps you have a yearning to just know about Checks and Balances or perhaps, and more likely, you have an exam! Mr. Hughes serves a heaping serving of simplicity as he takes you through all three...