Topic 2.1: Congress – The Senate and the House of Representatives

• The Legislative Branch: Senate v. House (Core)

Topic 2.2: Structures, Powers, and Functions of Congress

• The Congressional Budget (Core)
• Congressional Committees (Core)

Topic 2.3: Government Power and Individual Rights

• Trustee v. Delegate (Core)
• Parties in Congress (Core)
• Republican Rejection of Biden’s Bipartisan Border Bill (Know the Now) | Teacher Info Sheet

Topic 2.4: Roles and Powers of the President

• The Executive Branch – Executive Orders, Vetos and More (Core)
• Political Blame after the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan (Know the Now) | Teacher Info Sheet

Topic 2.5: Checks on the Presidency

• Checks on the President (Core)
• The Court Stops Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Program (Know the Now) | Teacher Info Sheet

Topic 2.6: Expansion of Presidential Power

• Expansion of Presidential Powers (Core)
• Trump Declares the Southern Border a National Emergency (Know the Now) | Teacher Info Sheet

Topic 2.7: Presidential Communication

• The President’s Agenda-setting Power (Core)

Topic 2.8: The Judicial Branch

• Judicial Review (Core)
• Loper Bright and the End of Chevron Deference (Know the Now) | Teacher Info Sheet

Topic 2.9: The Role of the Judicial Branch

• Stare Decisis and Court Rulings (Core)

Topic 2.10: The Court in Action

• Should Judges have Life-Tenure? (Core)

Topic 2.11: Checks on the Judicial Branch

• Judicial Activism v. Restraint (Core)

Topic 2.12: The Bureaucracy

• Meritocracy in the Bureaucracy (Core)

Topic 2.13: Discretionary and Rulemaking Authority

• Rulemaking in Government (Core)
• The Court Strikes Down Dept of Education Title IX Changes (Know the Now) | Teacher Info Sheet

Topic 2.14: Holding the Bureaucracy Accountable

• Congressional Oversight of Bureaucrats (Core)

Topic 2.15: Policy and the Branches of Government

• Three Branches of Government (Core)