Biography CaseEssay Preview: Biography CaseReport this essayMany forms of government are used by countries around the world, and very few governments are completely alike, even if they use the same type of system. Presidential and parliamentary systems of government can vary in specific details from one country to another, but certain general aspects typically are the same in countries that have the same type of system. For example, in some parliamentary systems, the national legislative body is called a parliament, and in others, it might be called by a term such as “national assembly,” but they generally serve the same purposes regardless of their names. Likewise, the specific powers or duties of presidents might vary from country to country, but they generally are all elected by the people and are separate from the legislative body.
In a presidential system, the president is the head of government and the head of state. As the head of government, the president oversees the operations of the government and fulfills certain duties, such as appointing officials and advisers to help run the government, signing or vetoing laws passed by the legislature and establishing an annual budget. A presidents duties as head of state include tasks such as making speeches, representing the country at public events, hosting or visiting diplomats from other countries and presenting prestigious national awards. The roles of head of state and head of government often are held by different people in a parliamentary system. For example, a country might have a prime minister who acts as its head of government and a monarch who acts as its head of state. Some countries that have a parliamentary system also have a president instead of a monarch, and the president acts as the head of state. A country that has both a prime minister and a president is sometimes said to have a semi-presidential system of government, although it is more closely related to a parliamentary system because of the power held by the legislature and prime minister in such a system.
Another difference between these systems of government is the effects that each system has on things such as efficiency and political acrimony. In a presidential system, because the president and members of the legislature are elected separately, it is possible for the president to be from one political party and the legislature to be controlled by a different political party. This can cause discord at the highest levels of the government and make it difficult for the president and the legislators to achieve their respective goals. In a parliamentary system, the prime minister is almost always from the political party that controls the legislature, so there is less discord, and it is easier for that party to accomplish its goals.
The Constitution
One of the major issues in a Presidential election is the manner in which voters will participate in it. The Constitution is not a law. It is an application of an American Constitution that covers the U.S., from the United States Constitution to the federalist form that governs our country as a whole. In a democracy, the president and his members of Congress can hold office in their respective capacities. They also have a direct power for their actions and cannot be removed from office without a Congressional appointment. To be effective, the Constitution requires the federal party to support specific and decisive political candidates and candidates for the position. The election of elected representatives is a matter of local democratic choice and the national party must support each one regardless of party or its base.
The Constitution has never been changed to provide a political system consistent with American democracy. For that reason, it is hard for people to understand why the framers of the U.S. Constitution wanted their representatives to meet in public and to do public activity, such as political campaigning for their positions on the issue, with less influence from the federal government when they are not directly employed by the federal government. For that reason, many Americans (including my own party) still regard Congress as the only place in their republic where political activity does not fall below the constitutional level. Our members don’t want to be put in that situation.
When we do have a constitutional system where the president and his members of Congress could freely choose the candidate chosen by President-elect Trump (which is in the Constitution), we don’t have a system where the U.S. Constitution is subject to Congress’ use of its power to create elections. That means when we have a system where the federal government has authority to create a national election, we have less direct government involvement as a result. This is because the federal government uses its power only and not by force, such as when the federal court orders a person to do office “by the words of the constitution or by regulation, or, by the election thereof to any office, place, or building in the federal government,” because the constitutional provision governing elections “shall expressly give all people the right of choosing the president of the United States by a general election only, or, by an act or order of the same.” This is not a constitutional issue that Congress or the federal government has to deal with individually, but rather as a common law issue where one can find an argument to the contrary with respect to a particular set of constitutional issues. As I’ve argued, this is something more fundamental than a judicial process. And in fact, it makes a lot more sense than a procedural process. As the founding fathers explained, “the government possesses all the power which it has at present, but cannot in the future abolish it. In general, its power derives from the constitution.” This is not a government of some arbitrary power, but of the constitution itself. Our society has always been governed by that power. All the laws that have