Law 3101A/B Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Natural Disaster
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Drafters of constitutions might want to control executive powers through the involvement of other actors in a decision- making process. Two options are considered: involvement of other actors in decision-making processes traditionally under executive control and the limitation of executive influence in the substantive domains of other branches of government. 5. 4. 1 involving other actors in substantive executive decision-making processes. 1st category: diluting executive authority- might include decisions concerning the declaration of a state of emergency, granting pardons or amnesty, or formally declaring war. 2nd category: insulating decisions that are traditionally the legislature"s against executive influence. State of emergency is when there is a natural disaster or invasion. Declaring a state of emergency can arguably aggregate power like no other executive act. Many drafters of constitutions have overcompensated by mandating overly cautious prerequisites for a declaration of an emergency. Granting amnesty/power of pardon (exercised by the executive):
