Maybe as the system evolves, we will see a Federalist consul and a Democratic-Republican consul
No, you don’t need nine. You only need two, master and an apprentice.
How about a sensei and a young grasshopper?
Exactly,a senior Emperor and a junior Emperora senior consul and a junior consul.
Whether a plural executive modeled on, say, Pennsylvania's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Executive_Council_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Pennsylvania is possible is a different question from whether a two-man consulate is possible. I don't think anyone advocated the latter.
So parliament thenInteresting. It sounds rather like a US where the Senate exercised the executive power, as that Council was so big as to almost amount to a mini-Senate.
While the Convention never went that far, I note from Rossiter that as late as two weeks before its final adjournment, the Senate still had sole power to appoint judges and ambassadors, which power was transferred to the President at the eleventh hour. Can't help wondering whether that change would have been made had the members not had a mental image of Washington whenever they heard the word "President". W/o Washington could the US have ended up with a President whose functions were mainly ceremonial, and a Senate which actually chose most of the important officials, rather than merely confirming his choices?
@Kaze, oh come on, that's not our Level. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus were both tribunes, not consuls. And two consuls worked since the 5th century BCE.
Autocorrect isn't niceEdited my last post. Why on earth did my Phone autocorrect "members" to "bombers"???
Autocorrect isn't nice
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TETRARCHY NOWExactly,a senior Emperor and a junior Emperora senior consul and a junior consul.
Just adding onto this thread, simply having the consuls in question be separated by function could potentially ease some of the.... "coordination" issues so to speak.
A Consul of Diplomacy handling foreign affairs and functioning as a head diplomat of sorts. Appoints ambassadors, makes and proposes treaties from foreign powers to congress, etc. Probably elected by the senate and serves a 6 year term.
A Consul of Governance handling domestic affairs. Probably has the veto and appoints cabinet members, plus enforces the laws. Elected by the house and serves a 2 year term.
A Consul of War functions as a sort of commander in chief/marshal of the armed forces. Chosen via sortition from the top generals of the armed forces or the like. Maybe this one could be bundled into the first(CoS)
A Consul of Law Who will basically be the chief justice of the supreme court except probably chosen via sortition from either already existing members of the supreme court, who themselves are chosen some other way, or chosen again from Sotition but from eligible candidates within the judiciary. That or they can be chosen by both houses of congress.
Basically overall more or less like some type of weird american style semi-presidential system. Keep the cool names but turn it into a more workable system rather than the mess that the ancients had up and running.