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Worcester
The Worcester module is about checks and balances. It opens with a young immigrant asking Justice to explain the checks and balances system.  Justice takes the boy through a chart, which contains descriptions of each branch and its powers. The module concludes with a discussion of the landmark case Worcester v. Georgia, which demonstrates the failure of checks and balances, resulting in the forced removal of the Cherokee people from their homeland and the Trail of Tears.