Examine:Analyse The Similarities In The Relationship That The US President And The UK Prime Minister Have With Their Respective Legislatures. (

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Paragraph Focus

  • Para 1 = Accountability

  • Para 2 = Legislative Support

  • Para 3 =

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Para 1 = President and PM

  • US

    • 2021, the House of Representatives impeached Trump for incitement of insurrection

  • UK

    • eg. in 1979, James Callaghan’s minority Labour government fell after a vote of no confidence

  • this shows that the President and PM can be held to account by their legislatures through impeachment or vote of no confidence

  • this prevents unchecked power of the executive, upholding the rule of law and preventing tyranny

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Para 2 = President and PM

  • both require the support of Congress/Parliament in order to pass their legislative proposals

  • this bicameral requirement ensures that the Presidents power is effectively checked and there is enough democratic input in legislative process

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Comparative Theory

  • this can be explained by the structural theory

  • in both constitutions, significant legislative power is granted to the legislature, with the intention that the executive shoudn’’t be able to pass laws without support from a majority of the population, as represented in Parliament and Congress

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Para 3 = President and PM