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But you have a head of state who can, in theory, remove the head of government at their own discretion, right? In the US the head of state and the head of gove
by rootusrootus 21d ago
But you have a head of state who can, in theory, remove the head of government at their own discretion, right? In the US the head of state and the head of government are the same person.
- wasabi991011 21d agoYes in theory, the King Charles III and/or his representative the Governor General, could remove the Prime Minister, though the Governor General is chosen following advice (i.e. choice) of the Prime Minister, so I can't imagine that happening in practice.
- penteract 21d agoThere has been an instance of a Governor General dismissing a Prime minister. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Australian_constitutional_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Australian_constitutional...
- bsian 21d agoA king could… but that’s never going to happen.
- rithdmc 21d agoSpeaking for, and possibly misunderstanding, the situation in Ireland: > But you have a head of state Yes! Our president. > who can, in theory, remove the head of government at their own discretion Ah. No.
- carefulfungi 21d agoThe US president is head of the executive branch, one co-equal third of the entire government, also including the courts (article III of the constitution), and congress (article I).