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===Powers of Parliament=== | ===Powers of Parliament=== | ||
The Constitution grants numerous powers to Parliament; These include the power to: | |||
* Levy and collect taxes; | |||
* Coin money and regulate its value; | |||
* Provide for punishment for counterfeiting; | |||
* Establish post offices and roads, | |||
* Issue patents, | |||
* Create federal courts inferior to the Supreme Court, | |||
* Combat piracy and felonies, | |||
* Declare war, | |||
* Raise, support, provide and maintain a standing Army and Navy, | |||
* Make rules for the regulation of land and naval forces, | |||
* Provide for, arm and discipline militia units, | |||
* Regulate inter-provincial commerce, and; | |||
* Make laws necessary to properly execute powers. | |||
Over the course of three centuries since the United Republic was established, many disputes have arisen over the limits on the powers of the federal government. These disputes have often been the subject of lawsuits that have ultimately been decided by the Supreme Court of the United Republic. | |||
====Parliamentary Oversight==== | ====Parliamentary Oversight==== | ||
Parliamentary oversight is intended to prevent waste and fraud, protect civil liberties and individual rights, ensure executive compliance with the law, gather information for making laws and educating the public, and evaluate executive performance; Such oversight applies to cabinet ministries, executive agencies, regulatory commissions, and the presidency. | |||
Congress's oversight function takes many forms: | |||
* Committee inquiries and hearings | |||
* Formal consultations with and reports from the president | |||
* Senate advice and consent for presidential nominations and for treaties | |||
* Council impeachment proceedings and subsequent Senate trials | |||
* Council and Senate proceedings under the 28th Amendment if the president becomes disabled or if the office of the vice president falls vacant | |||
* Informal meetings between legislators and executive officials | |||
* Parliamentary membership: each province and the Capital District is allocated a number of seats based on its representation in the National Council. Each province is allocated two senators regardless of its population. As of January 2028, [[Ante Magnum]], [[Asryra]], [[Credesia]],[[Equetus]], [[Isidar]], [[Purépec]], [[Radia]], [[Sotsial]], [[Veraise]], and [[Vertannia]] each elect a non-voting delegate to the National Council. | |||
== Executive == | == Executive == | ||