Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on the Decline of Checks and Balances
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) spoke about the decline in the use of checks and balances and how the executive branch has expanded its power recently.
Description
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) spoke about the decline in the use of checks and balances and how the executive branch has expanded its power recently.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- What is the purpose of the Constitution according Senator Grassley?
- Explain checks and balances. Why was this system put into place?
- What is meant by the system “inviting conflict?”
- According to Senator Grassley, why would the framers not recognize our government today?
- What are benefits of increased power in the executive branch and regulation? What are problems with this?
Additional Resources
- Bell Ringer: Checks and Balances
Author Harlow Giles Unger discussed the importance of the system of checks and balances in the United States.
- Lesson Plan: Checks and Balances
This lesson provides video clips with examples and explanations of checks and balances.
Participants
Vocabulary
- Accountability
- Administrative State
- Ambition
- Branches Of Government
- Bureaucracy
- Congressional Oversight
- Federalist 62
- Regulation
- Rule Of Law
- Separation Of Powers
- Sovereign
- Special Interests