POSC150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Unfunded Mandate, Supremacy Clause, Dual Federalism
15 Mar 2016
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The legislative branch: legislature: a body of gov"t that makes laws, can have one or two chambers, members can be elected, appointed or hereditary, can be chosen by the people or some other body, bicameral legislature. : a legislature w/ one chamber: unicameral legislature, sweden, denmark, new zealand, nebraska (us, claim that lawmaking is faster and more efficient when laws are debated, laws are more responsive to changes in public opinion. : the branch of gov"t responsible for putting laws into effect. : gov"t in which the executive is chosen independently of the legislature. : gov"t in which the executive is chosen by the legislature from among: presidential system, parliamentary system and the two branches are separate its members and the two branches are merged, judicial power. : the power to interpret laws and judge whether a law has been broken: judicial review: the power of the supreme court to rule on the constitutionally of laws, legislative supremacy.
