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A stipulated majority of both Houses of the American Congress can overrule by stated enactment their executive; but the popular branch of our legislature can make and unmake ours.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot describes the American Congress's ability to overrule its executive, contrasting it with the English system's flexibility.
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