National legislatures - Topics

What happens to an MP who votes against their own party Why some parliaments use proportional representation and others do not How hard is it to amend a national constitution? When ministers make rules without parliament voting on them Does a bigger parliament mean better representation? How parliamentary and presidential systems remove a leader differently How many sitting days a year a parliament actually works How a new province gets created and who has to approve it When judges overrule an elected parliament What upper houses actually do besides delay legislation How a minority government survives without a majority Why some countries need months of coalition talks after an election What a caretaker government may and may not do before an election Can a petition with a million signatures force a debate in parliament? How one amendment can change what a whole law means How seats are allocated between regions in a national parliament Who draws electoral district lines and how they get away with it What a filibuster does to the rest of the parliamentary agenda Who sets the budget for the chamber itself Why most bills die in committee rather than on the floor How long can a national emergency legally last before it needs renewal? Can courts stop a national emergency while it is still in force? Why so many MPs come from the same few professions How parliamentary inquiries force ministers to testify How does a national emergency change who can spend money without parliament? How a contested election tests whether a country can hold together How a speaker keeps order when members start shouting Why do parliaments keep fighting over national dress in the chamber? Why policy horizons keep shrinking to the next election Why committee chairs are more powerful than most backbenchers