{"id":549,"date":"2020-02-12T13:19:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T19:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/?p=549"},"modified":"2020-02-12T13:19:33","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T19:19:33","slug":"branches-of-government-or-a-circus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/2020\/02\/12\/branches-of-government-or-a-circus\/","title":{"rendered":"Branches of Government or a Circus?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">Our three branches of government:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-550 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/aculibraryacquisitions\/files\/2020\/02\/giphy-6.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"319\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yes, they can be a bit of a circus at times, but what do they actually do and how do they work together. 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