... Congress, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Judiciary or the federal courts which are headed by the Supreme Court. "Federalism, separation of powers and judicial review are the distinctive structural features of the American government and the constitutions decisive achievement" (Bowles 1998, 14). The structure provides politicians with the opportunity to make government effective whilst preventing ... . The American constitution is "the supreme law of the land" (Bowles 1998, 424) and as a higher form of law is superior, even to the government, under the ...

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