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Article II of the United States Constitution grants the president a set of powers; the founding fathers intended the presidential role to be the most limited office of state, due to the American fear of t...

Presidents often look for justices who share their judicial philosophy. Justices are therefore classified as to whether they are liberals (loose constructionists) or conservatives (strict constructionists...

The state is a political association which establishes sovereign jurisdiction within a defined territorial border. Whilst, in principle, both disagree with the state and believe in a future stateless soci...

One way in which Parliament holds the government to account, is through the use of Question time that occur every six weeks for each department in government. This is effective in some ways as it puts the...

The functions of political parties can be broken down into three main categories: Representation, policy making, and education.As a representative democracy, political parties act as the spokespeople for ...