AP® Comparative Government and Politics · Unit 2 · Topic 2.2
Checks on the Executive Across System Types
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- How it worksHow do censure, question time, refused budgets, and confidence votes each restrain an executive?
- Worked exampleShow me the full set of checks available in a parliamentary system next to those in a presidential one.
- Common mistakeWhy isn't a parliamentary executive unchecked just because it controls the legislature?
- Going furtherWhat happens to these checks when one party holds both the executive and a legislative supermajority?
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A student assumes that a prime minister whose party holds a large majority in Parliament faces no real check on their power, since that party can pass or block whatever it wants. What is the flaw in that assumption?End of topic.