Federal System of US

Parliamentary

Presidential

Absolute monarchy

Limited monarchy

Leaves party as soon as elected as Speaker

Does not actively participate in House debates

Remains active party man

Does not promote party interests

Have been left with the centre

Have been given to the states

Have not been mentioned

Do not exist

Thomas R. Marshall

Clinton Rossiter

Ferguson

Laski

Both appoint and remove judges of Supreme Court

Can only remove the judges

Can appoint judges without confirmation of Senate

Can appoint judges but these need the confirmation of Senate

Is more powerful than the lower House

Is less powerful than the lower House

Has co-equal powers with the Lower House

None of the above

President likes them

Senate does not mind their continuance

House of Representatives likes to keep them

They maintain good behaviour

The Senate

The House of Representatives

The Congress

The Congress by law may decide

It is written

It is flexible

It is federal

It is presidential

Voluminous

Mostly unwritten

Purely unwritten

Small but written