Constitution Day: Joint Statement
Joint Statement from 13 Presidential Centers
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Introduction to Congress 2
The following is an extract from Lesson 1 of An Introduction to the U.S. Congress. You can get the whole thing here: https://cffad.org/topic/#congress-part-1 We need Congress as a way to solve national problems. Can that be done in way that is responsive to, and accountable to the people? In some places and times, the laws …
Introduction to Congress 1
The following is an extract from Lesson 1 of An Introduction to the U.S. Congress. You can get the whole thing here: https://cffad.org/topic/#congress-part-1 Why do we need Congress? We need a way to solve national problems that can take into account the interests of all the people, with full accountability to all the people, and …
New, Short Course on Congress!
We have been working behind the scenes to bring out a new short course, An Introduction to the U.S. Congress. We had it reviewed by two experts, one from the right and one from the left. They gave us some great feed-back, which we took to heart. We now have a great product to share. …
New! Do You Like Learning By Email?
We help American adults understand and explain the value of our system of government and how, together, we can protect and improve the foundations of trust in our republic. To do that, we provide materials for civic education. Experts on the right and the left have reviewed all our materials. How Does Learning by Email …
Check Out Our Course on the Presidency
When the framers created the presidency, they were intent on solving two trust-related problems. One problem was how to harness political competition for the public good without the polarizing consequences they observed in England and Europe. The other problem was how to balance the need for an empowered executive to get things done against the …
Competing Rights
How should a republic deal with competing rights? Is there a good answer? Find out here!
Unconstitutional
What does it mean when something is unconstitutional? Why does it matter? Find out here!
