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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

The Star Chamber: Precursor to Rebellion

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Section One - Power, Authority, Government, and Politics
Section Two - Constitutions and Charters
Section Three - Federalism and Budgeting
Section Four - Civil Liberties and Criminal Justice
Section Five - Political Institutions
Section Six - Elections and Campaigns
Section Seven - Politics Parties, Interest Groups, and Lobbyists
Section Eight - The Media, Public Opinion, and Public Relations
Section Nine - The Governing Institutions
Section Ten - The Legislature
Section Eleven - The Executive
Section Twelve - The Judiciary
Section Thirteen - Public Policy and Equal Treatment
Section Fourteen - Public Finance and Economic Policy
Section Fifteen - Domestic Policy
Section Sixteen - Foreign Policy

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Section 1 - GOVT 2305 (Constitutions and Budgets)

The Deficiencies of the Articles of Confederation
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Checks and Balances
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Section 2 - GOVT 2305 (The Political Institutions)

A History of Interests in the United States
A rage for paper money . . .
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Elections - Basic Concepts
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Federalist 10
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Freedom to Petition: Lobbying
Information, Disinformation, and Misinformation
Interest Groups
Is a Campaign Finance Constitutionally Protected Free Speech? Buckley v Valeo
Is Voting a Right Guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution?
Issue Networks, Iron Triangles, and the Revolving Door
Parties as Organizations
Parties in the Electorate
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Political Culture
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The Battle Over Suffrage
The First Amendment and the Political Institutions
The Political Institutions
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U.S. Election Code
Voter Registration
What is a Mega Donor?
What is a Political Action Committee (PAC)?
What is a Super PAC?
What is Democracy?

Section 3 - GOVT 2305 (The Governing Institutions)

The Governing Institutions
The Separation of Powers
Representation, Efficiency, and Fairness
What is a representative? What is an administrator? What is a judge?
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Section 4 - GOVT 2305

What Is Public Policy?
Market Failure
Public Goods - What are they? What types exist?
Federalism and Public Policy
Public Policy and the Enumerated Powers
Foreign Policy

Section 1 - GOVT 2306 (Constitutions and Budgets)

A collection of videos regarding counties in Texas
All About the 2024-2025 Texas Budget
Amendments to the 1876 Texas Constitution
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Declaration of Independence - Texas
Federalism
Fiscal Size-Up: Areas of Spending
From the Texas Education Agency: Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for K - 12. Government
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Terminology for GOVT 2306 Module 1
Texas Constitution, Article 11: Municipal Corporations
Texas Constitution, Article 9: Counties
Texas Local Government Code
The Constitutions of Texas
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Video: Annexation History - Planning and Development Department - City of Houston
Video: How the Texas Budget Works: An Overview
Video: Territorial History of the USA: Every Month for 400 Years
Video: What is a Constitution's Purpose?
Video: What is the Purpose of Article IV?
What are Single Purpose Governments?

Section 2 - GOVT 2306 (The Political Institutions)

Campaign Finance
Campaigns
Collective Action, the Free Rider Problem and Selective Incentives
Elections
Elections in the Unites States Constitution
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Interest Groups
Political Culture
Political Freedom
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Suffrage
Terminology for GOVT 2306 Module 2
Texas Constitution - Article 6 - Suffrage
Texas Election Code
Texas Party Platforms
The First Amendment and the Political Institutions
The Political Institutions
What is a Megadonor?
What is a Political Action Committee?
What is a Super PAC?
What is Democracy?

Section 3 - GOVT 2306 (The Governing Institutions)

Terminology for GOVT 2306 Module 3
The Governing Institutions
The Separation of Powers
The Texas Legislature - Relevant Links
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The Texas Judiciary - Relevant Links
The Legislative Power
The Executive Power
The Judicial Power

Section 4 - GOVT 2306 (Public Policy)

Terminology for GOVT 2306 Module 4
Market Failure
What Is Public Policy?
Categories of Public Policies
Federalism and Public Policy
Fiscal Size-Up - Areas of Public Policy in Texas
Education Policy in Texas
Health and Human Services Policy in Texas
Business and Economic Development Policy in Texas
Criminal Justice and Public Safety in Texas
Natural Resources Policy in Texas
Regulatory Policy in Texas
Laws related to Women, Children, Families, and Marriage
The Culture Wars

Terms and Lecture Notes

. . . A rage for paper money
117th Congress - Major Laws
1st United States Congress
An Overview of Public Policy
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Campaign Professionals
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Declaration of Independence - Texas
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Disinformation
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Elections
Elections in the United States Constitution
Equal Protection / Civil Rights
Executive Departments and Agencies
Federalism
Federalism and Public Policy
Federalist 10
Federalist 51
For Comparison: The U.S. and Texas Bills of Rights
Foreign Policy
Forms of Government: Aristotle and His Classification of Government
Interest Groups
Lobbying
Local Government
Market Failure
No Really . . . why do you have to take this class? Part 1
No really . . . why do you have to take this class? Part 2
Political Culture
Political Parties
Political Polarization
Popular Sovereignty - Dual Sovereignty - Tribal Sovereignty
Public Goods - What are they? What types exist?
Public Opinion
Public Policy
Public Policy and the Enumerated Powers
Regulatory Policy
Social Policy
State Political Culture
Suffrage
Territorial History of the USA: Every Month for 400 Years
Texas Constitution - Amendments
Texas Constitution - current version
Texas Constitution - Development
Texas Constitution - original 1876 versiobn
Texas Election Code
Texas Legislature - 88th Regular Session
Texas Public Policy - Fiscal Size-Up: Areas of Spending / State Agencies
The Bureaucracy
The Culture Wars
The deficiencies of the confederated system
The Executive
The Federal System
The First Amendment and the Political Institutions
The First Virginia Charter 1606
The Fiscal Size-Up
The Governing Institutions
The Judiciary
The Legislature
The Political Institutions
The Powell Memo
The Press
The Separated Powers
The Separated Powers and The Checks and Balances
The States within the United States Constitutional System
U.S. Constitution: The Enumerated Powers - Article 1, Section 8
U.S. Executive Departments - The First Three
United States Executive Agencies created in the 19th Century
United States Executive Departments Created in the 20th Century
Voter Turnout and Political Behavior
Washington's Farewell Address 1796
What is Power
What Is Public Policy?

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