POL 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lyndon B. Johnson, Aid To Families With Dependent Children, National Foreign Trade Council
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Separaion of powers (consituion ii, federalism & public policy: horizontal separaion of powers. Federalist #47: how does madison answer criicisms that the consituion is tyrannical because of the blending of powers, montesquieu and a parial blending of powers. Prime minister & parliament (the failure of) the state consituions. Federalist #48: why aren"t the texts of consituions ( parchment barriers ) suicient to protect each branch from each other, the legislaive power dominates. Especially if legislature is one of the two: the people would lose their respect for the government (ie: loss of authority, disturbing the public tranquility (inlaming the passions) Each branch has the ability and desire to check the other (execuive, judicial and legislaive within the federal government: the legislature is divided into two (bicameralism house/senate) Verical separaion of powers federalism in theory. Unitary system: the naional government has ulimate power. State and local unites are dependent on it, and derive their authority from it. (ex: uk, france, japan)
