AS.190.101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bill Frist, Nuclear Option, Cloture
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Effects on democracy: lack of popular political involvement weakens the congress and strengthens the presidency, the expansion of presidential powers is a source of democratic decay. Broken branch states, they have become the president"s army rather than an independent institution. Methods of election: caucus system: indirect method dampened the power of most presidents in the. An increase in communication systems allowed the president to be in more direct contact with citizentry. Eventually the primary elections adoptions changed the candidate for presidency. Judicial branch has been deferential toward the president with only five main confrontations. This will cause power to be harder to harness and cause an imbalance in the balance of power. Supreme court ruled against nixon in the united states vs. nixon case, they still recognized his executive privilege. Congress as a policy-making body: bicameral legislature: house and senate.
