Compare and contrast differences and similarities between America's government and Germany's government. Give as much detail as you can.

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Germany's Government:
1) Cabinet or Bundesminister (Federal Ministers) is appointed by the president on the recommendation of the chancellor
2) Chancellor Angela Merkel (since 22 November 2005)
3) Federal Republic
4) Judicial Branch: Federal Constitutional Court or Bundesverfassungsgericht (half the judges are elected by the Bundestag and half by the Bundesrat); Federal Court of Justice; Federal Administrative Court
5) Legal System: Civil Law System
6) Legislative Branch: bicameral legislature consists of the Federal Council or Bundesrat
7) Elections: president elected for a five-year term (eligible for a second term) by a Federal Convention, including all members of the Federal Parliament (Bundestag) and an equal number of delegates elected by the state parliaments; election last held on 19 February 2012 (next to be held by June 2017); chancellor elected by an absolute majority of the Federal Parliament for a four-year term; Federal Parliament vote for Chancellor last held after 22 September 2013 (next to be held September 2017)
8) Basis of executive legitimacy: Ministry is subject to parliamentary confidence
9) Chief of State: President Joachim Gauck (since 23 March 2012)
10) Subordinate Courts: Federal Administrative Court; Federal Finance Court; Federal Labor Court; Federal Social Court; each of the 16 German states or Land has its own constitutional court and a hierarchy of ordinary (civil, criminal, family) and specialized (administrative, finance, labor, social) courts
11) Judge Selection & Term of office: Federal Court of Justice judges selected by the Judges Election Committee, which consists of the Secretaries of Justice from each of the 16 federated States and 16 members appointed by the Federal Parliament; judges appointed by the president of Germany; judges serve until mandatory retirement at age 65; Federal Constitutional Court judges - one-half elected by the House of Representatives and one-half by the Senate; judges appointed for 12-year terms with mandatory retirement at age 68
12) Ruling Party: Christian Democrat
13) Term Limit for Head of State: 5

U. S. Government:
1) Cabinet appointed by the president with Senate approval
2) President Barack H. Obama (since 20 January 2009); Vice President Joseph R. Biden (since 20 January 2009)
3) Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition
4) Judicial Branch: Supreme Court (nine justices; nominated by the president and confirmed with the advice and consent of the Senate; appointed to serve for life); United States Courts of Appeal; United States District Courts; State and County Courts
5) Legal System: common law system based on English common law at the federal level; state legal systems based on common law except Louisiana, which is based on Napoleonic civil code; judicial review of legislative acts
6) bicameral Congress consists of the Senate
7) president and vice president elected on the same ticket by a college of representatives who are elected directly from each state; president and vice president serve four-year terms (eligible for a second term); election last held 6 November 2012 (next to be held on 8 November 2016)
8) Basis of executive legitimacy: Presidency is independent of legislature
9) President Barack H. Obama (since 20 January 2009); Vice President Joseph R. Biden (since 20 January 2009)
10) Subordinate Courts: Courts of Appeal (includes the US Court of Appeal for the Federal District and 12 regional appeals courts); 94 federal district courts in 50 states and territories
11) president nominates, and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoints Supreme Court justices; justices appointed for life
12) Ruling Party: Democrat
13) Term Limit for Head of State: 4


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