Is there any support for a constitutional change to make the American more like the British system?
Where the loss of a "vote of no confidence" can make the government fall - end of term or not.
Or is American politics too volatile?
How about now?
2006-10-19 17:29:18 · 5 answers · asked by dunno 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Systems of government don't just happen. The English system grew over nearly 600 years from an absolute monarchy to a parliamentary democracy. The US has grown from a Constitutional system of an elected President who was both head of state and head of the government. The Founding Fathers intended for most of the government to come from Congress, to be carried out by an executive, with little thought given to the Supreme Court - which was largely thought of as a place to settle disputes between the several sovereign states. The idea of Political Parties at that time was not thought of at all. Over the 19th and 20th centuries two major political parties have grown, so they dominate Congress - one to the exclusion of the other. A quick change now would be so revolutionary, it is doubtful that the institutions of this nation could cope with it. Senator William J. Fulbright suggested such a change in the 1950's when Democratic President Harry S. Truman was faced with a Republican Congress. The suggestion earned him the sobriquet "Senator Half bright" by Clare Booth Luce, wife of the publisher of Time Magazine, Henry Luce.
2006-10-19 17:50:23 · answer #1 · answered by Chief 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think american politics ARE volatile, but even more so the media that will do ANYTHING for a good "spin." headlines that get the most reads are the ones that seem the most controversial. excellent question, too, and it seems what american "approval ratings" polls in the past are rather like "vote of no confidence" in some regards....
2006-10-19 17:33:29 · answer #2 · answered by Hot Lips 4077 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Find out what the Bar Association is and who profits. You'll also discover who the corrupt really are.
If the Bar Association is removed what happens to the Federal Reserve?Income Tax?
2006-10-19 17:41:48 · answer #3 · answered by mikey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I sure wish we had a vote of no confidence.
2006-10-19 17:31:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's too British and that's why we probably rejected it
2006-10-19 17:30:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋