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Ep. 271 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Susan McWilliams | What Holds Our Republic Together? A Wrap-Up on Checks & Balances


Season 1 Episode 271


Today we wrap up our discussion on checks and balances with special guest Dr. Susan McWilliams.  In this concluding episode, Dr. McWilliams takes us back to our founding and explains why the founders created a system of separation of powers and checks and balances, dividing power between the branches, with mechanisms for the branches to check each other. The Founders recognized the need and virtue in ambition but also its potential path to tyranny, so they prioritized protecting natural rights in order to keep us free.  Join us as Dr. Susan McWilliams walks us through this enlightening discussion! Dr. McWilliams is the 2025-2026 William F. Podlich Distinguished Fellow in Government at Claremont McKenna College and she has been on the faculty of Pomona College since 2006.


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