• The features of the American presidential system of government are as follows:
• The American President is both the head of the State and the head of government. As the head of State, he occupies a ceremonial position.
• As the head of government, he leads the executive organ of government. The President is elected by an electoral college for a fixed tenure of four years.
• He cannot be removed by the Congress except by impeachment for a grave unconstitutional act. The President governs with the help of a cabinet or a smaller body called ‘Kitchen Cabinet’.
• It is only an advisory body and consists of non-elected departmental secretaries. They are selected and appointed by him, are responsible only to him, and can be removed by him any time.
• The President and his secretaries are not responsible to the Congress for their acts. They neither possess membership in the Congress nor attend its sessions.
• The President cannot dissolve the House of Representatives-the lower house of the Congress. The doctrine of separation of powers is the basis of the American presidential system.
• The legislative, executive and judicial powers of the government are separated and vested in the three independent organs of the government.

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