POL 101W Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Lower House, Public Address System, Extraordinary Measures
14 Apr 2017
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Presidential system: a system of governing in which the president and congress each separately derive their authority from being elected by the people and have a fixed term of office. Presidential system was developed in the united states on a separation of powers. American government would be restricted by providing it with a limited range of constitutional powers. Presidential systems have separation of powers where president and congress each have separate authority. Unlike parliamentary system, executive does not need to maintain support of legislature to remain in office. President and members of congress have fixed terms of office. President cannot dissolve congress and order an election in hope that this will make congress more willing to support the executive. Executive and legislative are independent but legislation and approval of spending and taxes involve both. The president is both head of state and head of government.
