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Why do we have a bicameral legislature?

Professor Saikrishna Prakash explains how the two chambers of Congress, the House and the Senate, not only check the President and the Courts but also check each other. The Constitution deliberately created a difficult legislative process that requires Congress to carefully craft laws which are also subject to a Presidential approval or veto.

Professor Saikrishna Prakash is the James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law and Paul G. Mahoney Research Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. Professor Prakash’s scholarship focuses on separation of powers, particularly executive powers. He teaches Constitutional Law, Foreign Relations Law and Presidential Powers.

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