Why haven't any states gone the unicameral, parliamentary route? (user search)
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Antonio the Sixth
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« on: April 08, 2014, 04:10:39 PM »
The lack of institutional creativity displayed by Americans is truly one of their most depressing features. They got their nice little constitutional model and put it everywhere, without ever thinking about experimenting something new.
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2014, 06:07:56 PM »
Quote from: ChairmanSanchez on April 08, 2014, 05:00:11 PM
The constitution mandates only a republican system for state governments. We have a few unicameral legislatures, but it would be unconstitutional for a state to have a Prime Minister.

Because as we all know, only monarchies can have Prime Ministers, right?
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2014, 06:26:48 PM »
Quote from: ChairmanSanchez on April 08, 2014, 06:09:59 PM
A Westminister system is not really a republican form of government in the sense that the legislature elects a Prime Minister from its ranks.

How is that not republican? Indirect election of certain public officials by others has been present in many republican systems of government (including the US until 1913, lest we forget).
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