This is going to be a timeline told mostly through pictures, electoral maps, and snippets about an alternative American constitution. Enjoy!
I have no clear direction for this, just a few ideas.
Do not expect this to be 100% or even 80% plausible.
I have no clear direction for this, just a few ideas.
Do not expect this to be 100% or even 80% plausible.
Federal Legislative:
- Unicameral legislature called the Senate
- Seats are elected in an FPTP system
- 5-year terms
- No term-limit
- The largest party has one week to elect a Senate President from amongst their ranks
- The Senate President pick requires approval of the Prime Minister
- The Senate President becomes the Legislative head, taking on the roles of OTL whip, majority leader, and speaker of the house
- Senate can propose amendments to the constitution which becomes law when passed with 2/3s
- Can impeach Ministers with a 2/3s vote
- Can impeach PM with unanimous vote
- Can give dictatorial powers to the SP with at least 5/6ths of the vote and at least 8/9ths of the supreme court agreeing it is necessary
- Minimum age to be Senator: 25
Federal Executive:
- Executive head is called the Prime Minister
- Elected by popular vote
- 5-year terms; synced to Senate terms
- No term-limit
- Gets to create the Cabinet of Ministers with Senate approval
- PM and Cabinet sends legislative orders to the Senate President to review and put forward
- No veto
- Minimum age to be PM: 30
Federal Judicial:
- PM and Senate President must agree on appointees
- No other differences
State Legislative:
- States are allowed to choose their own legislative models
State Executive:
- Selected by the State Legislature
- Powers determined by each individual state
State Judicial:
- Same as OTL
Various compromises:
- Popularly elected PMs in exchange for the constitutional right to secede from the union if a state legislature agrees unanimously
- Legal slavery in exchange for the immediate ban of the slave trade within America
Bill of rights are same as OTL
Succession order:
Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister
Senate President
Who can vote: White, landed males older than 25
- Unicameral legislature called the Senate
- Seats are elected in an FPTP system
- 5-year terms
- No term-limit
- The largest party has one week to elect a Senate President from amongst their ranks
- The Senate President pick requires approval of the Prime Minister
- The Senate President becomes the Legislative head, taking on the roles of OTL whip, majority leader, and speaker of the house
- Senate can propose amendments to the constitution which becomes law when passed with 2/3s
- Can impeach Ministers with a 2/3s vote
- Can impeach PM with unanimous vote
- Can give dictatorial powers to the SP with at least 5/6ths of the vote and at least 8/9ths of the supreme court agreeing it is necessary
- Minimum age to be Senator: 25
Federal Executive:
- Executive head is called the Prime Minister
- Elected by popular vote
- 5-year terms; synced to Senate terms
- No term-limit
- Gets to create the Cabinet of Ministers with Senate approval
- PM and Cabinet sends legislative orders to the Senate President to review and put forward
- No veto
- Minimum age to be PM: 30
Federal Judicial:
- PM and Senate President must agree on appointees
- No other differences
State Legislative:
- States are allowed to choose their own legislative models
State Executive:
- Selected by the State Legislature
- Powers determined by each individual state
State Judicial:
- Same as OTL
Various compromises:
- Popularly elected PMs in exchange for the constitutional right to secede from the union if a state legislature agrees unanimously
- Legal slavery in exchange for the immediate ban of the slave trade within America
Bill of rights are same as OTL
Succession order:
Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister
Senate President
Who can vote: White, landed males older than 25
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