Features of US government
One thing the US doesn't have, which makes decision-making faster
What is many major political parties?
Ministries and ministers
What are still called ministries and ministers?
US courts' greater power than that of those in Europe
What is the thing that comes about because of judicial/constitutional review?
Filling the cabinet with at least one person from the other party (though usually a more insignificant post)
The key difference between the US and the UK!!!!
What is the difference in the relationship between the chief executive and the legislature?
Justices' life tenure
What is a check not only on other branches but the past's check on the current times, since justices from older presidents often stay on when new presidents come?
Overrepresentation of small states
What is least in the Senate, then in the Electoral College, then in the House?
The Prime Minister
Who has much more power w/in his own political government system than the US president?
Cabinet meetings
What involves the dif. secretaries coordinating with each other what to do if a law will involve multiple departments needing to work together?
President more likely to represent minority
What is because the system gives more power to the smaller than the larger states, thus increasing the likelihood that the president will represent the minority but the House and possibly the Senate the majority?
The US
Who inherited a lot of their political institutions from the UK (e.g. having a chief executive and two houses of the legislature, one directly elected and one not)?
Winner-take-all
What is whoever wins the presidency can (theoretically) fill all his cabinet picks with the people of the same party as him?
A reflection of the majority party in Parliament
What is the PM?