The US Senate in all its impotent glory.
While commenting on one of Warren Kinsella’s older articles
(comment has not appeared as of this writing due either to
connection failure or queuing) I pointed out that when a
country has a directly-elected executive the executive tends to
win in any disputes it has with the legislature. Thinking on this
I realize that while there is a fair amount of anecdotal evidence
to support this position I haven’t seen a published study on the
matter. Sure, directly-elected presidents have been shown to
lower voter turn out for legislative elections and (Read more…)
(comment has not appeared as of this writing due either to
connection failure or queuing) I pointed out that when a
country has a directly-elected executive the executive tends to
win in any disputes it has with the legislature. Thinking on this
I realize that while there is a fair amount of anecdotal evidence
to support this position I haven’t seen a published study on the
matter. Sure, directly-elected presidents have been shown to
lower voter turn out for legislative elections and (Read more…)