PO225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Perjury, Executive Privilege
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Vote for notables from each state who would then vote for the state. Each state is given a number of electors. Amending the constitutions, 38 states are needed to ratify it. Campaigns are mostly run in purple states. Supreme court- not partisan, interpretation of the constitution. They avoid the word democracy in the draft of the constitution- use republican. Considered with not giving anyone to much power- check and balances. The president can veto parts of the government. Congress can override the president, but needs 2/3 of the congress to agree. Judiciary- not always clearly defined, challenging them through the courts. Court appointments- can be there as long as they want. The president can be impeached for high crimes. Executive privilege- the president can keep a secret of it wasn"t for the good for. In the system of checks and balances someone can always block someone else the people.
