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Judicial review is an exclusive power of appellate courts, most importantly the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS). It is able to  overturn any judicial ruling from another court (at federal or state level) or to ...

The first key feature of representative democracy is frequent elections. This is when citizens vote in these elections for politicians to represent their constituency in parliament. Another key feauture t...

Authority, as it is described in this sense, refers to the concept of 'power cloaked in legitimacy', or the right to exercise power over others. Power may be described as being able to make someone do som...

The ‘Democratic Coalition’ consists of many differing groups with distinct policy priorities. One key group within the party’s base is African Americans who, after the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1...

In the past three decades, Labour has seen a switch from ‘Old Labour’, democratic socialists, who are highly critical of capitalism, and believe in reducing inequality through state ownership and economic...