Madison argued for an executive chosen by the national legislature and on May 29 this had been adopted with a provision that after his seven-year term was concluded, the chief magistrate should not be eligible for relocation. ... In total, all the proposals amounted to election by the people, the governors, or electors chosen by the state legislatures. ...
Multi-person executive to be chosen by the legislature to review (but not veto) legislation The acts of legislature should be binding on the states. ... As a compromise, the Framers designed the Electoral College.* Electoral College - a body of electors chosen by voters to cast ballots for PRESIDENT and VICE PRESIDENT. ...
The Electoral College The Electoral College was established in a compromise between a direct election system, which was supported by James Wilson, and a system whereby the President would be chosen by congress, supported by Edgridge Gerry, in Article II, Section I of the United States Constitution (Houser, 2). ...
The result of this is described by Madison in No.10 as saying that a republic is "to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country, and whose patriotism and love of justice will be least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations"(Madison No.10). ...
For example article one, section two, numbers one; two, and three of the Confederate Constitution explains how The House of Representatives is composed as well as how the people who represent it are chosen.2 The differences from the Constitution are is where the material is, plus a few alternative words and even an added stipulation. ...
The Articles of Confederation: Once our Government, Now our History The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the United States of America. Soon after the Revolutionary War in America, the Articles of Confederation were first drafted by the continental congress in Philadelph...
The result of this is described by Madison in No.10 as saying that a republic is "to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country, and whose patriotism and love of justice will be least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations"(Madison No.10). ...
India decided to move away from its monarchical roots after the British left in 1947 and chose to become a modern republic. India became Independent on 15th August, 1947. After the independent the first thing to do was to make a Constitution for the country. A Constitution is a documents of rules a...
Troubled Farmers "In the first years of peacetime, following the Revolutionary War, the future of both the agrarian and commercial society appeared threatened by a strangling chain of debt which aggravated the depressed economy of the postwar years".1 This poor economy affected almost everyone i...
The constitutions of most of our states assert, that all power is inherent in the people; that they exercise it by themselves, in all cases to which they think themselves competent; (as in electing their functionaries executive and legislative, and deciding by a jury of themselves, in all judiciary cases in which any fact is involved), or may they act by representatives, freely and equally chosen that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed," (Jefferson). ...
Should The U.S President be more or less accountable? If so, how, and to whom? Ernest Griffiths argues that once he is elected the powers and influence of a president are enormous, certainly exceeding those of a British Prime Minister. The constitution itself deals largely in generalities, stating for example that the executive power shall be vested in the President. (Griffith, 1983, P65) However, in reality, it is a much more complicated picture, and since various reforms during the 1970's, The argument that the President is the "supreme unifying element in the American system of g...
