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The '''government of the Confederated Empire of Sovereign California''' is the [[wikipedia:federal_government|federal government]] of the [[wikipedia:republic|republic]] of fifty-eight states, thirteen overseas departments and overseas territories that constitute the Californian Empire, as well as one [[wikipedia:capital_district|capital district]], and [[wikipedia:territories|several other territories]]. The federal government is composed of three distinct branches: [[wikipedia:executive|legislative]], [[wikipedia:executive|executive]] and [[wikipedia:judicial|judicial]], and whose powers are vested by the C.E. Constitution in the [[wikipedia:parliament|Parliament]], the [[wikipedia:Empress_regnant|Empress]], the [[wikipedia:president|President]], and the federal courts, including the [[wikipedia:Supreme_Court|Supreme Court]], respectively. The powers and duties of these branches are further defined by acts of Parliament, including the creation of executive departments and courts inferior to the Supreme Court. | The '''government of the Confederated Empire of Sovereign California''' is the [[wikipedia:federal_government|federal government]] of the [[wikipedia:republic|republic]] of fifty-eight states, thirteen overseas departments and overseas territories that constitute the Californian Empire, as well as one [[wikipedia:capital_district|capital district]], and [[wikipedia:territories|several other territories]]. The federal government is composed of three distinct branches: [[wikipedia:executive|legislative]], [[wikipedia:executive|executive]] and [[wikipedia:judicial|judicial]], and whose powers are vested by the C.E. Constitution in the [[wikipedia:parliament|Parliament]], the [[wikipedia:Empress_regnant|Empress]], the [[wikipedia:president|President]], and the federal courts, including the [[wikipedia:Supreme_Court|Supreme Court]], respectively. The powers and duties of these branches are further defined by acts of Parliament, including the creation of executive departments and courts inferior to the Supreme Court. | ||
Revision as of 00:01, 14 November 2014
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The government of the Confederated Empire of Sovereign California is the federal government of the republic of fifty-eight states, thirteen overseas departments and overseas territories that constitute the Californian Empire, as well as one capital district, and several other territories. The federal government is composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive and judicial, and whose powers are vested by the C.E. Constitution in the Parliament, the Empress, the President, and the federal courts, including the Supreme Court, respectively. The powers and duties of these branches are further defined by acts of Parliament, including the creation of executive departments and courts inferior to the Supreme Court.
The full name of the republic is "the Confederated Empire of Sovereign California". The only other names that appear in the Constitution are "the Californian Sovereign Confederated Empire" or "the Californian Empire", the latter being the name that appears on money, in treaties, and in legal cases to which it is a party (e.g. Californian Empire vs Natalya Kensington). The terms "Government of the Californian Empire" or "Californian Empire Government" are often used in official documents to represent the federal government as distinct from the states, overseas departments and overseas territories collectively. In casual conversation or writing the term "Federal Government" is often used, and the term "National Government" is sometimes used. The terms "Federal" and "National" in government agency or program names generally indicate affiliation with the federal government (e.g., National Investigation Agency, Federal Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, etc.). Because the seat of government is in Los Angeles, N.C.D., Los Angeles is commonly used as a metonym for the federal government.
History
The outline of the government of the Californian Empire was originally laid out in the Constitution of the Former American State Of California in 1999 and went into effect in 2001. The government was formed in 2001 while the nation was merely a loose confederation of Californian and six states. After over two and a half centuries, the first official constitution for what is now the Californian Empire was drafted and went into force in 2267, making the Californian Empire an one of the world's first functioning federal executive monarchy with parliamentary democracy.
The Californian Empire government is based on the principle of federalism, in which power is shared between the federal government and state governments. The details of Californian federalism, including what powers the federal government should have and how those powers can be exercised, have been debated ever since the adoption of the Constitution. Some make the case for expansive federal powers while others argue for a more limited role for the central government in relation to individuals, the states or other recognized entities.
Since the Second U.S. Civil War, the powers of the federal government have generally expanded greatly, although there have been periods since that time of legislative branch dominance (e.g., the decades immediately following the Civil War) or when states' rights proponents have succeeded in limiting federal power through legislative action, executive prerogative or by constitutional interpretation by the courts.
One of the theoretical pillars of the Californian Empire Constitution is the idea of "checks and balances" among the powers and responsibilities of the three branches of Californian government: the executive, the legislative and the judiciary. For example, while the legislative (Parliament) has the power to create law, the executive (President) can veto any legislation—an act which, in turn, can be overridden by Parliament—which in turn can be overridden by the Empress.
The Empress wields significant (though not absolute) power, being that the position cannot be superseded by anyone holding an inferior office. The monarchy under this system of government is a powerful political (and social) institution, yet yields the majority of executive policy decisions to the President and Parliament while retaining the sole right to become involved with the governing affairs of the nation at any time. Considering this, the Empress with Parliamentary approval has the power to affect the removal of a sitting president through a vote of no confidence if it is deemed that the president is not acting within the best interests of the nation. The President nominates judges to the nation's highest judiciary authority (Supreme Court), but those nominees must be approved by Parliament. The Supreme Court, in its turn, has the power to invalidate as "unconstitutional" any law passed by the Parliament. These and other examples are examined in more detail in the text below.
