Examples for Comparitive points

Example for legislative preventing war

UK parliament and US Congress stopped Obama and Cameron from taking military action in Syria

Example of the courts protecting their Consitution against their elected government

• NFIB v. Sibelius - US Court voted on whether Obamacare was Constitutional

• Supreme Court denied the UK’s claim that it could trigger Brexit without Parliament

Removal of the Executive

• In the US removal is done through impeachment

• In the UK its done through a vote of confidence

Last time the Consitution was changed

• 1992, 27th amendment for the US (non-frequent)

• In the UK there has been devolution, HRA 1998 and the creation of the Supreme Court in 2005

Examples of democracy strengthened through amendments

• UK - Reform act and Representation of the people acts, extended suffrage and lowered voting age

• US - 15th, 19th, 23rd, 26th amendments did extend suffrage as well

Example of the UK becoming more codified

HRA in 1998 and Equality Act of 2010

Example of bad representation in Lords and Senate

• 2024, 75% of senators and 70% of peers (lords) were men

Examples of dominance of ‘big two’ parties

• US 2024, all 535 members of Congress were either republican of democrat

• UK 2024 general election, 80% of MPs represented either labour or the conservatives