âThe discourse about social level that is invoked here has little to do with the old diagram of the three orders of society: aristocracy, clergy, and third estate.â âBesides, petty judges and advocates were the only members of the third estate with wide experience of public life, and the confidence to speak out which it bred.â
The heads of the federal executive departments, known as secretaries of their respective department, form the traditional Cabinet of the United States, an executive organ that serves at the disposal of the president and normally act as an advisory body to the presidency.
cabinet government. a system of government in which the most important decisions are made by cabinet ministers, who are members of Parliament and who are supported by a majority in the lower house. cabinet solidarity. a commitment by individual cabinet ministers to the position adopted by the majority of cabinet.