PSCI 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Layer Cake, Concurrent Powers, Supremacy Clause
Document Summary
Article 1 of constitution sets out framework for legislative branch. Republic a government in which decisions are made through representatives of the people. Unicameral legislature a legislature with one chamber. Executive the branch of government responsible for putting laws into effect. Electoral college an intermediary body that elects the president. Presidential system government in which the executive is chosen independently of the legislature and the two branches are separate. Government in which the executive is chosen by the legislature from among its members and the two branches are merged. Executive is part of the legislature, and chosen by the legislature. Judicial power the power to interpret laws and judge whether a law has been broken. Judicial review power of the supreme court to rule on the constitutionality of laws, could be an act of congress or the executive branch. Article 3 says the judicial power is to be vested in one supreme court.
