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The Role of the Senate Filibuster in the US Political System
Dopieralla, Jakub ; Kotábová, Věra (advisor) ; Brunclík, Miloš (referee)
This thesis deals with legislative obstruction in the United States Senate. It presents the filibuster as one of the key procedural tools in the hands of a legislative minority during the consideration of legislative proposals, presidential nominations and international treaties. At first it presents the main theoretical approaches to the topic and the historical development of Senate procedures. A key theme of the work is the necessity to distinguish between formal and informal provisions that determine how Senate business is conducted, since the formal text of the Standing Rules of the Senate is rutinely bypassed by alternative strategies. The last part of the thesis confronts the existing theoretical approaches with the important procedural changes of the last several years and assesses whether these models are still valid in light of the new Senate procedures.
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US Congress Oversight Power
Červinka, František ; Kotábová, Věra (advisor) ; Karlas, Jan (referee)
CHARLES UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Institute of Political Studies Department of Political Science U.S. Congress Oversight Power - ABSTRACT Bachelor's Thesis Author of the Thesis: František Červinka Study programme: Political Science and International Relations Supervisor: PhDr. Věra Kotábová Year of the defence: 2021 Abstract This Bachelor thesis deals with the implied power of U.S. Congress to conduct oversight. With the exception of the impeachment process that is defined in Article I, the U.S. Constitution does not explicitly state what oversight is and how is it to be administered, thus the goal of this thesis is to explore the theoretical background surrounding oversight, its genesis, techniques, processes, and tools. Focus is given to pertinent Supreme Court rulings, as well as specific mechanisms of oversight, with deeper dive into investigative oversight. Data-based approach in the second part then examines and compares the number of hearings held in Congress in the past 12 years. The aim is to determine if there is a correlation between the level of congressional oversight activity, partisan majority, and the President's party affiliation and what might be some observable trends in the researched period. The conclusion is that while both parties exhibit on average the same level of...
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The Role of the Senate Filibuster in the US Political System
Dopieralla, Jakub ; Kotábová, Věra (advisor) ; Brunclík, Miloš (referee)
This thesis deals with legislative obstruction in the United States Senate. It presents the filibuster as one of the key procedural tools in the hands of a legislative minority during the consideration of legislative proposals, presidential nominations and international treaties. At first it presents the main theoretical approaches to the topic and the historical development of Senate procedures. A key theme of the work is the necessity to distinguish between formal and informal provisions that determine how Senate business is conducted, since the formal text of the Standing Rules of the Senate is rutinely bypassed by alternative strategies. The last part of the thesis confronts the existing theoretical approaches with the important procedural changes of the last several years and assesses whether these models are still valid in light of the new Senate procedures.
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