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Originally Posted by #-3
So basically the system all the countries in the British commonwealth have?
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It's different though. For one, the legislature is always responsible for determining who the Prime Minister is. People elect Members of Parliament and the MPs determine the PM. In the US, the President is voted in directly, so the legislative branch removing that person from office must be reserved for extraordinary situations.
And more importantly, non-confidence generally results in a new election. If the US could impeach with a simple majority in both houses, you could have a situation where a President and Vice President are removed from office right at the beginning of their term and the other party could install the Speaker as President for nearly 4 years with absolutely no recourse until the mid-terms at the earliest.