Discuss "Political Union" as a Level of Economic Integration and "Political

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Essay

Discuss "political union" as a level of economic integration and "political cooperation" as a benefit of economic integration.

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Definitions:

National Government

The organization through which political authority is exercised at the national level, responsible for creating and enforcing laws, and managing the affairs of a nation.

Checks and Balances

A fundamental principle of the U.S. Constitution designed to ensure that no single branch of government becomes too powerful, enabling each branch to limit the powers of the others.

Legislative Supremacy

The concept that the legislature is the supreme branch of government and its laws, within constitutional limits, are unchallengeable.

Bicameral Legislature

A legislative body composed of two separate chambers or houses, typically a lower house and an upper house.