USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

ELECTION OF 1824

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What party believed that the Executive branch should be weaker than the Legislative branch?
A
Whig
B
Democrat
C
National Republicans
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Taftian theory (also “Whig” theory) is a political term in the United States referring to a strict constructionist view regarding presidential power and the United States Constitution, where a president’s power is limited to those powers specifically enumerated by the Constitution.

Detailed explanation-2: -Alexander Hamilton called the U.S. Supreme Court the “weakest” branch of government, because it has no direct control over the military or budget. But the court’s recent cluster of decisions on hot-button issues has demonstrated that it can have an enormous impact on the American people and life in this country.

Detailed explanation-3: -Weakness of America’s Executive Branch One of them is the poor level of agreement between the executive and legislative branches, which results in over-empowerment of the former. Price (2016) argues that sometimes the White House is hard to control when it falls under the influence of a particular party.

Detailed explanation-4: -Legislature has the power to give its approval to all the Government expenditure. The recommendations of the Standing Committee, Public Accounts Committee and Parliamentary Committee are not binding on the Executive. The Executive has the power to accept or reject it.

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