[BP2]

The checks and balances are provided by the other two branches of government, as my
seventh grade civics class taught me.

If you go back and look at the research, the Checks and Balances as debated by the
state legislatures and delegates in 1787, extended beyond what the text books boiled
down and the teachers spoon fed to you when you were 16 years old.

   
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[mlo]

[Non-Sequitur]

If you go back and look at the research, the Checks and Balances as debated by the state legislatures and delegates in 1787, extended beyond what the text books boiled down and the teachers spoon fed to you when you were 16 years old.

So you were 16 years old in 7th grade? That explains a lot.

Still I know the concept of checks and balances if far more complex than outlined in elementary school civics. But I was trying to keep it at the appopriate level for my audience.