The American cabinet, unlike the British, has no connection with the legislation, and this lack of coordination between executive and legislature is one of the distinctive features of the American federal government. It came as a reaction against George 3rd very intimate relations with the House of Commons. The constitution guarded against executive control through “place-men” by disqualifying federal officials.
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