Unbiased University: Everything You Need to Know About the Legislative Branch of the United States Government

UNBIASED Politics

Jordan Berman

Education

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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UNBIASED University is in session! While Jordan is on maternity leave, she’s breaking down the most critical aspects of the United States government — the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the three branches of the federal government, presidential elections, the evolution of political parties, and more. In this episode of UNBIASED Politics, we break down the Legislative Branch of the United States government (AKA Congress). How is Congress structured, what powers does it actually have, and how does the lawmaking process work in practice? We walk through the roles of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the constitutional authorities granted to Congress, the committee system that shapes most legislation behind the scenes, and the checks the legislative branch has over the executive and judicial branches. Whether you’re looking for a refresher on how Congress functions or want a clearer understanding of how federal laws are created, this episode provides a straightforward, nonpartisan guide to the legislative branch and its central role in the American system of government. SUBSCRIBE TO JORDAN'S ⁠FREE NEWSLETTER⁠. ⁠Watch⁠ this episode on YouTube. Follow Jordan on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠TikTok⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, we've got Simon on the line. Simon, young people, they're just all a bit, a bit lazy, aren't they?
0:09.0	What are you fucking lame?
0:10.0	Welcome to McDonald's.
0:11.0	Have you get the six minutes, please?
0:12.0	Some say young people are work shy, but at McDonald's, we hired 47,000 of them last year.
0:19.0	How's your night?
0:20.0	Like George here.
0:23.1	Who keeps things running during a Friday rush?
0:25.7	Resilience.
0:28.2	Making it happen at McDonald's.
0:35.8	Welcome back to Unbiased, your favorite source of unbiased news and legal analysis.
0:41.8	Welcome back to Unbiased Politics and to the Unbiased University education series.
0:46.5	If you've been tuning in for a while, first of all, thank you so much.
0:50.2	Second of all, you know the deal here at Unbiased University.
0:56.0	Obviously, I typically cover current events in the United States, but because I am officially on maternity leave and don't have my eyes on the news as much as I usually do we are having fun
1:02.6	with these educational episodes. I think it is very, very important for all of us to be
1:07.1	deeply educated on the concepts that are in the background of all of these current events
1:12.2	that we're always talking about, right? So things like the Constitution, the Bill of Rights,
1:16.2	the three branches of government, how laws are made, how the election process works, all of these
1:21.2	concepts are critical to understand and to kind of keep in the back of our minds so that the next
1:26.6	time we talk about an executive order
1:28.6	or a new law or a Supreme Court opinion, you have a good understanding of how these things work.
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