cam, 959 words, 6 comments, USA, Bush Administration, Impeachment, Executive, Legislative, Congress

I am opposed to impeaching the President of the United States until concrete solid evidence turns up. The only place I can currently see that happening is around the FISA wiretappings. Impeachment is not a process to recall an inept, incompetent or unpopular President. It is a specific legal process that requires proof of "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors". (more)

cam, 275 words, 3 comments, New Zealand, Executive, Lewis Holden

Lewis Holden is exploring the issue of what a President would be in a republican New Zealand. He covers the advantages and disadvantages of a ceremonial appointed executive, separate executive and executive elected by parliament. (more)

cam, 528 words, 0 comments, Judicature, Check and Balance, Executive, Pardon

The purpose of the executive having the power to pardon is to stop judicial tyranny. It is a check on the judicature from another branch of government to stop arbitrary judicial decisions. President Bush commuting Libby's sentence was not for this purpose. it was political. There is an argument that there should be some check and balance on the executive's power in this area. (more)

cam, 962 words, 11 comments, UK, Britain, Gordon Brown, Written Constitution, Separation of Powers, Executive, Legislative, Citizen Juries, Enfranchisement

These are excerpts from the UK Chambers' Hansard of Gordon Brown's speech on Constitutional Reform. (more)

cam, 1166 words, 0 comments, Executive, Separation of Powers, Westminster, Presidential, Executive Cabinet

I like the idea of the executive cabinet coming from elected parliamentarians. This allows the people to keep the truly repugnant out of, not only parliament, but also cabinet. Yet in these days of ever-increasing social democracy an officious administrator is needed over a politician to keep the reigns on all the spending and ensure that the intended outcomes are met. Neither of these issues addresses the problem of how to structure the executive so that there is strong separation of powers between the arms of government. (more)

cam, 404 words, 0 comments, Australian Republic, Executive, Separation of Powers, Elect Head of State

The internet supposedly has a permanent memory, but opinion polls on an Australian Republic are exceptionally difficult to find. The Pandora Archive has some from an archive of the Australian Republican Movement website . But they aren't specific on whether people want to vote for the Head of State or not, and how they want the Head of State to be elected. This is one problem with making the Republic popular, the other is what to do with the powers of the Executive. (more)

cam, 831 words, 0 comments, Separation of Powers, US Politics, Prime Minister, Executive, Legislature, Judicial, Parliament

Bruce Schneier 's ideas have been commented about on SSR in the past in relation to security. However in this article titled; Unchecked presidential power he has a look at separation of powers and the aggrandization of the executive branch in times of war. (more)

cam, 509 words, 2 comments, Liberal Groupers, Opposition, Executive, Government Design Patterns

Irfan Yusuf has an interesting article on Liberal factionalism . Which raises the question, does party organisation at a state and national level, induce factionalism within the party? Might be one for Scrymarch's government design patterns . It also appears that Liberal and Labor now have identical political organizations that are dependant upon either the power of government, or a Presidential leader to keep the factions in line. (more)