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Haggard Celine

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3. I've wondered what the U.S. might be like with a parliamentary system.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Nov 26, 2021, 08:01 PM

Nov 2021

It would probably be more efficient, but I don't know how things would shake out between the parties. I don't know about how the court system would work in a parliamentary system. The main reform I'd like to see in the federal courts is an age limit and/or a term limit. Lifetime appointments are too much for people who live as long as they do these days.

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This may be why Canada has less bullshit than the US: question period. [View all] applegrove Nov 2021 OP

They have a version of that in the UK. I don't think anything's Tomconroy Nov 2021 #1

The point about 'in writing' is that the question is asked the day before so nobody applegrove Nov 2021 #2

I've wondered what the U.S. might be like with a parliamentary system. Haggard Celine Nov 2021 #3

Yes there are advantages to both systems, and disadvantages. Term limits would be good applegrove Nov 2021 #4

The conservatives are more rude today than I have seen in the past. They seem to be taking Bev54 Nov 2021 #5