Political Systems Flashcards
US constitution date
1787 following US independence
most federal powers outlined in….
….article 1, section 8
federal powers such as…
….declare war, provide a navy
US constitutional amendments
27 successful amendments from around 11,000 proposed
UK constitution sources
statute law, common law, works of authority, conventions
statute law
constitutional reform act 2005 created the supreme court
common law
factortame case set precedent of EU law coming above UK law
works of authority
magna carta - limits on the power and control of the monarch
cabinet manual - sets out the rules and conventions of the government
convention
salisbury convention
banning of handguns
following the 1996 dunblane shooting
US constitution means no politician can…
be a member of more than one branch - Biden resigned from senate when he became vice-pres 2009
devolution set out in…
scotland act 1998 which gave scotland devolution, scotland act 2016 gave additional powers to the scottish gov.
MTG
Marjorie Taylor Greene proposed the Kyle H. Rittenhouse congressional gold medal act with no cosponsors
Private Members Bills
Clean Air (Human Rights) Act introduced by baroness Jones of Moulsecomb
Police, crime, sentencing and courts act
committee stage lasted 11 days
house committees
20 - inc. budget committee
senate committees
16 - inc. armed services
percentage US bills leaving committee
2-4% of bills make it through the committee stage
obamacare repeal failure
Trump failed to repeal obamacare due to 3 republican senators voting it down including the late John McCain who left his hospital bed to vote it down
a bill that must originate in the house is….
….tax and revenue bills
Jan 6th committee
took over 550 days, costing over $3 billion, and questioned many of Trump’s former aides and Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr, report suggested criminal charges for Trump
standing committees oversight
foreign affairs committee watching over executive action on foreign affairs
joint committees
5 in UK, 4 in USA
US joint committee
joint committee on the Library maintains the congress library
committees and peerage
Public Administration Committee questioning Paul Brew (the chairman of the HoL appointments committee) over the appointment of Evgeny Lebedev
impeachment
only 3 presidents - Bill Clinton, Andrew Johnson, Donald Trump (x2) - no convictions
