American Government 101

Published 2017-06-02
Rachel Van Houten, with the Larimer County League of Women Voters, presents the basics of America's form of government. This program was presented at the Old Town Branch of the Poudre River Public Library District as part of their adult program series, Civics @ Your Library.

All Comments (21)
  • @earhustler2639
    Trump/Biden election brought me here. Trying to see what I May have missed in Civics class. 📚
  • @lizgichora6472
    Thank you very much for teaching us about the American Government.
  • @miravart8747
    Executive Orders are not laws. Laws apply to everyone, orders apply to those over whom the executive has authority. Therefore, Exec Orders of the Pres are presidential orders to do/not do something and apply only to the exec branch agencies; e.g. process asylum seekers in Mexico, and make them wait there for decision, instead of inside the US. Immigration issues are a Federal function, hence the Pres can order Fed Agencies on certain procedural and policy interpretation matters. Exec Orders cannot violate existing laws.
  • @robert-vx3jq
    this was a long time ago a lots changed since then ,i wish we had constitutional lawyers who protected our rights cause the oath keepers dont seem to be on our side , the rules have gradually changed to ease the corruption ,every bill seems to be titled the opposite of what it actually is {in the 1000 of pages in small print
  • @MrYeet-ip4qj
    Just woke up lising. Pausws at 4:00 time is 9:57 am. Date is May 1/2021 I was dreaming of them, and before I was lisening to them, other people where talking. I was at a where house dealing with boxes. I work at a home depot. Before this lady started talking in the dream, men where talking about world wars, and saying stuff. There was a man who was sending letters to a gov agency, and he was checking the original doc of pappers. I saw a technique where you scribe letters over the construction of the US or state constitution, and the real is underneath, partially able to be read, and the guy who was sending letters in to the gov was able to track down the originals. This guy in the early 1900s was able to find some original quotes just buy sending letters to the gov, and he sent letters to over state, just to get one, and I was happy to see that. Replacing stuff In the end of my dream, I remember throuwing away some cardboard into the wind, because I was like well, it decomposes. Although, God said to dress and keep the land. You can send letters to gov to ask and see if you can check the docs they give us with originals, and check their original filed docs of speeches and quotes with what we have. Every President has a presidental library. After ww2, in the warhouse in my dream, I was looking at a whole bunch of damaged pieces of wood, representing damaged vessels, ships, and entities that were damaged in war. The men and women damaged in war.
  • @vertigohan
    I became 🇺🇸 citizen last month and I am trying to understand the Constitution. Thanks for this presentation. Is there a way to get that PowerPoint? Thanks again.
  • @AEovrT
    I would love to hear this speaker’s views on the 2020 election.
  • @atuckertucker
    So if Washington District of Columbia corporation is a corporation.. And since we have are names in all capital letters so we are not a real person. And we entered into a contract and we never knew this. And they have tricked us into saying we are a United States citizen when we don’t live in the 10 mile square.. And we were born for example Nevada? So the zip code makes us in their jurisdiction.. but because we elected to gift the IRS money out of our paychecks voluntarily!! Right sure we did. The federal reserve has nothing to do with the federal government.. But we use federal reserve notes? And cheap crap for our coins. The DMV putting our names in all capital letters.. the birth certificate made us a commodity so they trade us on the stock exchange.. And they have made the right to travel. A privilege.. Because if we don’t obey the traffic laws. Wow. Driver means for hire. Traffic means commerce ., We are not supposed to be paying personnel income taxes. Unless involved in commerce. But since the federal reserve private banking corporation charges us interest on the federal reserve notes. That is not money according to definitions that are in old dictionaries.. before 1913. And we don’t get the title to our cars. They give us a certificate of title.. And the property deed binds us into a hidden federal tax lien.. So if you don’t pay your property taxes. With stuff they pay us with and they take tax the income. If you don’t pay for 3 years they can kick you out and sale your house to their friends. So you pay with income that was tax. So that’s kinda like double taxation. Then we pay gas tax. So that is triple taxation. We pay taxes on utilities.. we pay tax on stuff we purchase.. So tell me again that had a war so we can have freedom.. Ha! Freedom to steal our income.,
  • @marystamara2012
    At the time of the us independence, Virginia used commonwealth, which meant a state that belonged to the people. Therefore Virginia adopt their title as a commonwealth instead of a state.
  • @djmedina530
    That distrust wasn't about Trust but rather Knowledge, true knowledge about the candidate; 2016.
  • @DonYutuc
    Thank you for this informative video. Thank you for the 2016 election 🙏
  • We get rid of Corporate America and we don't need all those worries .. All we need is a POTUSE for our military law to protect our country from foreign and domestic invasions!