POLS 1150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Direct Democracy, The Tradition, Gang Of Youths
29 Jan 2015
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If the legislature is controlled by a party or parties in other than the president"s own, support for the president"s initiatives may not come at all. Judicial branch stands apart from the legislature and the executive, it wields power of its own: unless there are strong legislative and judicial branches, firmly rooted in the civil society, the presidency will overshadow the rest. Checks and balances: three branches of government operate within a set of checks and balances. It is possible for the president and the two houses of congress to work together, but madison"s intention of setting ambition against ambition has worked to ensure that this is as much as exception as the rule. In either case it depends on the context and on the perspectives that prevail in the political culture about the role of government: a weak or less active state appeals to those with a libertarian perspective.
