Government, Legal System, Administrative Law, & Constitutional Law

Understanding the legal concepts related to the structure and function of the US Government.

• Legal Theory & Foundations
• Genesis of law?
• Natural Law - Definition
• Law and Economic Strength - Explained
• Communism - Explained
• Capitalism - Explained
• Rule of Law - Explained
• Law and Property Rights
• Recognizing Property Rights - Explained
• Common Law vs Civil Law Systems - Explained
• Public Law vs Private Law - Explained
• Civil Law vs Criminal Law - Explained
• Substantive and Procedural Law - Explained
• Statutory and Common Law
• Sources of Federal, State, and Local Law - Explained
• United States Code of Laws - Explained
• Legal System Allows for Business Entities
• Role of the Judiciary in the Legal System
• US Constitution (Intro)
• What is included in the US Constitution?
• Executive Branch - Explained
• Legislative Branch - Explained
• Judicial Branch - Explained
• Separation of Powers (Checks & Balances) - Explained
• Autocracy
• Unicameral System - Definition
• Bicameral System - Definition
• Federalism - Explained
• Supremacy Clause - Explained
• Commerce Clause of the US Constitution - Explained
• Taxing and Spending Power - Explained
• Full Faith and Credit Clause - Explained
• Privileges and Immunities Clause - Explained
• Emolument Clause - Explained
• Contract Clause - Explained
• 1st Amendment of US Constitution - Explained
• Freedom of Speech - Explained
• Exceptions to Freedom of Speech - Explained
• Fighting Words and the 1st Amendment - Explained
• Obscene Speech and the 1st Amendment - Explained
• Political Speech and the 1st Amendment - Explained
• Political Action Committee (Super Pac) - Definition
• Commercial Speech and the 1st Amendment - Explained
• Defamation and the 1st Amendment - Explained
• Overbreadth and Overly Broad Laws - Explained
• Freedom of Religion - Explained
• Businesses and Religious Freedom - Explained
• Freedom of Assembly or Association - Explained
• Freedom of the Press - Explained
• 5th Amendment - Explained
• 5th Amendment (Federal Due Process Clause) - Explained
• 14th Amendment - Explained
• Incorporation Doctrine - Explained
• Equal Protection Clause - Explained
• Standards for Constitutionality - Explained
• Minimum Rationality or Rational Basis Review - Explained
• Strict Scrutiny Standard - Explained
• Intermediate Scrutiny or Quasi-Strict Scrutiny - Explained
• Judicial Restraint vs Judicial Activism - Explained
• Administrative Law (Intro)
• Administrative Agencies - Explained
• Functions of Administrative Agencies - Explained
• Authority for Administrative Agency Functions - Explained
• Organization of Administrative Agencies - Explained
• Appointing and Removing Agency Personnel - Explained
• Process for Creating Administrative Regulations - Explained
• Authority to Review Agency Rulemaking - Explained
• Authority to Review Administrative Court Decisions - Explained
• Advantages of Administrative Agencies - Explained
• Disadvantages of Administrative Regulations - Explained
• Department of Treasury
• Department of Transportation
• Civil Society Organizations
• Commonwealth - Explained
• Interstate Commerce Commission - Definition
• Joint Economic Committee Definition
• Interstate Commerce Act - Definition
• Office of Management and Budget - Definition
• Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) - Definition
• Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 - Definition
• Self-Regulatory Organization - Definition
• Section 301 (Trade Act) - Explained
• Section 201 (Trade Act) - Explained
• Documents Under Seal - Explained
• Federal Emergency Management Agency - Definition
• US Bureau of Engraving and Printing - Definition
• Department of Commerce - Definition
• United States Information Agency - Definition
• United States Travel and Tourism Administration - Definition
• Advanced Encryption Standard - Definition
• Dark Money - Definition
• Net Neutrality - Definition
• Office of the Comptroller of Currency - Definition
• Ombudsman - Explained
• Sequestration (Government) - Definition
• Council of Economic Advisers - Definition
• Aaron's Law - Definition
• Infrastructure - Explained
• Private Sector - Explained
• Public-Private Partnership - Definition
• Sunshine Laws - Definition
• Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Definition
• Comptroller General - Definition
• Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
• Bureau of Census - Definition
• ABCD Counties - Definition
• Federal Communications Commission - Definition
• Bureau of Public Debt - Definition
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Definition
• Maritime Administration - Definition
• American Petroleum Institute - Definition
• Government Accountability Office (GAO) - Explained
• Eco-Communalism - Explained