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Podcast: Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography, & More
Episode: The United States Supreme Court
Description: The United States Constitution identifies three separate branches of government: the executive, the legislative, and the judicial. Each branch has a set of checks and balances, which, in theory, limits the power of the others. Two of those branches are outlined in detail in the Constitution. The third, the judicial, is given very little mention in comparison to the other two, and much of its workings and its power in relation to the other two, had to be created over time. Learn more about the United States Supreme Court, its founding, and its development on th...