US Federalism

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• The form of government in the U.S.A. is presidential.
• The President in the U.S.A. is elected indirectly by an electoral college.
• The President of the U.S.A. is elected for a fixed term of 4 years.
• The President of the U.S.A. is directly accountable to the people of the U.S.A.
• The President of the U.S.A. is elected for a period of 4 years.
• The President of the U.S.A. sends messages to Congress containing legislative proposals.
• The U.S.A. cabinet operates on the principle of individual responsibility to the cabinet.
• Cabinet secretaries in the U.S.A. are subordinates of the President and can be removed by him.
• The President of the U.S.A. is the real head of the state.
• The President of the U.S.A. performs legislative, executive, and judicial functions.
• Bills in the U.S.A. can be initiated by any member and sent as messages to Congress.
• To become a President of the U.S.A., a person should have resided in the U.S.A. for 14 years.
• The President of the U.S.A. can be elected for a maximum of two terms.
• The person succeeding the President completes the unexpired period and can be re-elected.
• The number of representatives in the electoral college for the President is the same as that of Congress.
• The President can be removed from office after trial and a 2/3rd majority vote in the Senate.
• The election of the President in the U.S.A. has become direct.
• The President can keep a bill passed by Congress for a period of 10 days.
• If the President does not accept a bill and returns it, it becomes operative with a 2/3rd majority vote in both houses.
• The President can appoint judges, but they need confirmation from the Senate.
• The President of the U.S.A. is both more and less like a King and a Prime Minister according to H.J. Laski.
• J. Laski stated that the President of the U.S.A. “reigns and rules.”
• The Vice-President of the U.S.A. is elected separately in the same manner as the President.
• The Vice-President has been described as “a faint wrath” on the American political horizon.
• The American cabinet system works based on individual responsibility to the cabinet.
• Senate filibustering in the U.S.A. allows a Senator to engage in unrestricted debate.
• Gerrymandering in the U.S.A. means a non-uniform method of election of members to the House of Representatives.
• The U.S.A. Supreme Court can declare a law unconstitutional and is the guardian of the Constitution.
• The U.S.A. Constitution is a small but written document.
• The maximum strength of the U.S.A. Senate is 100 members.
• The Constitution of the U.S.A. is rigid and has a written constitution.
• S.A. Governors are elected by the people.
• The U.S.A. Federal system has a supremacy of the judiciary and a clear division of powers.
• In the U.S.A., the President cannot change state boundaries.
• Lobbying in the U.S.A. involves approaching legislators to vote in a particular manner.
• The U.S.A. Supreme Court’s doctrine of implied powers refers to powers conferred due to interference from the letters of the Constitution.
• The U.S.A. President’s powers continue as long as they maintain good behavior.
• The U.S.A. Constitution is both written and flexible.
• The U.S.A. Senate is the strongest upper chamber in the world.
• The pocket veto is when the President does not give assent to a bill passed by Congress at the end of the session.
• Residuary powers in the U.S.A. have been given to the states.
• S.A. Senate filibustering means that a Senator has the privilege of unrestricted debate.
• The U.S.A. Federal system’s upper house has co-equal powers with the lower house.
• The U.S.A. Constitution has supremacy of the judiciary and keeps the organs of government within their respective spheres.
• The U.S.A. Federal system has a clear division of powers and safeguards the development of the federation.
• The U.S.A. Supreme Court can declare a law unconstitutional and is the guardian of the Constitution.
• The U.S.A. Constitution is rigid and has a written constitution.
• The President of the U.S.A. is elected indirectly by an electoral college.
• The U.S.A. Constitution is written, federal, and has supremacy of the judiciary.
• In U.S.A., the number of representatives in the electoral college for the President is the same as that of Congress.
• The maximum strength of the U.S.A. Senate is 100 members.
• The Constitution of the U.S.A. is written, federal, and has supremacy of the judiciary.
• S.A. Governors are elected by the people.
• S.A. Federal system has a written and rigid constitution.
• S.A. states want a strong center in their federal system.
• In the U.S.A. Federal system, the upper house is more powerful than the lower house.
• The U.S.A. has the strongest second chamber in the world.
• The Indian Constitution is written, federal, and has supremacy of the judiciary.
• The Indian President is elected by an electoral college.
• The U.S.A. Federal system has a written and rigid constitution.