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This event will be held online May 3 at 5pm-7pm PT/8pm-10pm ET
Because we have been having issues with the correct date/time not showing up on Meetup, we encourage you to register at the link above to receive your Zoom link and confirmation email.
The system of checks and balances is a foundational part of the U.S. government, designed to ensure that no single branch holds too much power. Recent events have made people question whether these checks and balances still can hold. At this meeting, we’ll explore how checks and balances operate today and what they mean for the balance of power in government.
We’ll ask questions such as:
- What’s working with checks and balances, and what aspects aren’t working?
- How has partisan politics affected the ways checks and balances work?
- When, if ever, should one branch have more influence than the others?
- How can we better ensure that each branch maintains independence?
This will be an opportunity to explore different perspectives on how power is shared, limited, and exercised within the U.S. government.
Please do your best to arrive at the beginning of the meeting – once we are in breakout rooms and the conversations have started, the meeting doors close to new arrivals. The breakout rooms open (and the doors close) approximately 15 minutes after the hour.
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