Separations of Power: AUS VS US by https://padlet.com/kieran_parkes/4b2b62l3zik4t49i en-us 2022-04-28 03:35:01 UTC 2022-05-03 00:22:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fa-1f1f2.png Legislative Powers in Aus kieran_parkes https://padlet.com/kieran_parkes/4b2b62l3zik4t49i/wish/2161487043 - chapter 1
- Section 1 vests legislative power in a bicameral parliament and a queen exclusively (vital to SoP)
- s51 enumerates heads of power - what the commonwealth is responsible for
- s7 senate & s24 HoR
- s53 specifies Senate cannot initiate appropriation bills
- IMR & CMR - conventional power to hold exec accountable]]> 2022-04-28 03:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kieran_parkes/4b2b62l3zik4t49i/wish/2161487043 Executive Powers in Aus kieran_parkes https://padlet.com/kieran_parkes/4b2b62l3zik4t49i/wish/2161487381 - Chapter 2
- S61-vests exec power in Queen = exercised by GG (fusion of exec and legislative power as Queen has both)
- s64 - 'ministers to sit in parliament' - appointed by GG - creates fusion (RPG)
- Aus has adopted a spread of west-minister conventions meaning in practice all exec power in Aus is exercised on ministerial advice ( eg. appointment of justices done on advice of Attorney-General )
- ]]> 2022-04-28 03:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kieran_parkes/4b2b62l3zik4t49i/wish/2161487381 Judicial Powers in Aus kieran_parkes https://padlet.com/kieran_parkes/4b2b62l3zik4t49i/wish/2161487599 - Chapter 3
- s71 - vests judicial power in High court of Aus and other such courts as parliament creates (SoP)
- s73 - appellate jurisdiction 
- s75/76  - original jurisdiction
- judicial independence (s72: tenure til 70, fixed remuneration, appointed by GG)

e.g. Williams 1 - power of exec challenged - exercised judicial independence]]> 2022-04-28 03:37:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kieran_parkes/4b2b62l3zik4t49i/wish/2161487599 Legislative Powers in US kieran_parkes https://padlet.com/kieran_parkes/4b2b62l3zik4t49i/wish/2161487771 - Article 1
- Section 1- congress is legislative body (unlike Aus, no exec referenced)
- s7 - Congress can overturn a Presidents VETO with 2/3 vote in both houses
s7 - 'power of the purse' - appropriation bills must come from Congress HoR - 2018/19 Congress refusal to appropriate Trumps wall
- Can impeach President/ members of Judiciary - 2 impeachment attempts on Trump in 2019 & 2021 successfully passed in HoR, both failed in Senate trial]]> 2022-04-28 03:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kieran_parkes/4b2b62l3zik4t49i/wish/2161487771 Executive Powers in US kieran_parkes https://padlet.com/kieran_parkes/4b2b62l3zik4t49i/wish/2161487899 - Article 2
- Section 1 - exec power vested in President and their vice-president (President selects Vice-President)
- Pres can VETO Congress bill within 10 days
- Pres appoints own cabinet of secretaries (administration) - cabinet cannot be members of Congress (very important differentiator from Aus) - no fusion
- SoP bolstered by different electoral system (Pres elected independently in electoral college)
- 25th Amendment - if Pres becomes unable to do job, Vice-Pres becomes Pres (e.g. Mike Pence)
- Pres appoints justices to Supreme Court (e.g. Trump appointment of Amy Coney barret) - Pres nominations approved by Senate (stronger checks and balances than Aus, given in Aus parl is not involved in appointment process)


]]> 2022-04-28 03:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kieran_parkes/4b2b62l3zik4t49i/wish/2161487899 Judicial Powers in US kieran_parkes https://padlet.com/kieran_parkes/4b2b62l3zik4t49i/wish/2161488016 - Article 3
- Section 1 - judicial power vested in supreme court
- judicial independence preserved same way as Aus (but US justice tenure for life) 
- constitutional court
- appointment process of justices more robust as involves both the other arms
- Supreme Court Chief Justice presides over Senate trial]]> 2022-04-28 03:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kieran_parkes/4b2b62l3zik4t49i/wish/2161488016 Comparisons between the two countries separations of power kieran_parkes https://padlet.com/kieran_parkes/4b2b62l3zik4t49i/wish/2161488656 - Aus s64 fuses exec and legislature. US has no equivalent and does not follow west-minister conventions. Thus, US exec and legislature completely seperate.
- US head of state = President, who has no legislative power. Aus head of state = Queen/ GG, who have both leg (s1) and exec (s61) power]]> 2022-04-28 03:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kieran_parkes/4b2b62l3zik4t49i/wish/2161488656