Sentences with phrase «bicameral systems»

I know bicameral systems aren't perfect, but unicameral systems don't naturally have any such checks and balances.

I know, but at least bicameral systems are trying.

I know bicameral systems aren't perfect,...

Clegg says there is nothing unusual about having two elected chambers in a bicameral system, with one having clear supremacy.

As in any bicameral system, peers should be elected on a different constituency basis and electoral cycle to MPs.

Not exact matches

Finally, whether or not a country has a bicameral parliament and / or a semi-presidential system of government also has an impact on the likelihood of a referendum being held.

Are there ways to setup a legislative system that keeps the ruling majority in check without needing to split the body up into a bicameral pair of chambers?

A bicameral parliamentary system can suffer the same problem.

In the last Parliament the first of a series of Commons votes about what to do with the House of Lords asked whether we should continue with a bicameral Parliament (two Houses) or go for a uni-Cameral system, leaving just the House of Commons.

In unicameral systems, the national Parliament has 2 votes, whereas in bicameral parliamentary systems each Chamber receives 1 vote.

I think this is in part because I don't see the point of bicameral legislatures, especially in a federal system.

February 7, 2017 — «U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D - NJ) and U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (NY - 18) are renewing a bicameral effort to fix America's strained public defender system from local courts all the way to the Supreme Court.

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D - NJ) and U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (NY - 18) are renewing a bicameral effort to fix America's strained public defender system from local courts all the way to the Supreme Court.