Here's a hint! It's not a democracy.
2006-08-23 17:28:07 · 12 answers · asked by Paladin 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Section 4.
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.
2006-08-23 17:59:18 · answer #1 · answered by Patrick Bateman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't guarantee any form of government to the country as a whole, except as defined in Article I.
And Article I as originally enacted provides for a mixed-representative government, with one chamber (the House) representing the people of the nation, and the other chamber (Senate) representing the states. Remember that originally, Senators were selected by the individual state legislatures, because they didn't represent the people of the states, they represented the state governments directly.
Article IV Section 3: "Section 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government"
That means that each state must follow a republican (representative democratically elected) form of government, and prevents the states from having non-elected dictators.
You're also applying only one of several definitions of the word 'democracy', to reflect pure decision-making by the people with no elected officials. But here's another dictionary definition: "A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can if they choose elect people to represent them"
So, by definition, the Constitution grants to the nation as a whole a representative democracy, and guarantees to each state a republic for that state.
2006-08-24 00:41:50 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A true democracy is impossible in the US. For democracy to exist, every person should be able to debate and directly vote on all matters of government. The American government was designed to be a republic, though it could be correctly called a represenative democracy since senators are now directly elected.
2006-08-24 00:36:35 · answer #3 · answered by royalrunner400 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If memory serves, the U. S. of A. is a federal republic of individual states, with more than a hint of representative democracy.
2006-08-24 00:32:12 · answer #4 · answered by rb42redsuns 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Representative
2006-08-24 00:30:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Representative
2006-08-24 00:29:53 · answer #6 · answered by general_stamey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes easy one, rp of the publicc, steal rob, from social security, run up a huge trillion dollasr deficitt, start stupid wars with, no mass weapons of mas destructionn, have kooks like bin laudeen wandering around scott frre 5 years later, go out and fly jumbo jets into buildings, raise gas pricess too theceliing, lie cheat the publiic out of there pensions, send good jobs over seas, and have a soaring unemployment rate, ban, gay marriages in this countryand , send our young kids over to fight in a senless war, and to have a half baked ppresident electedd twice the first time stealing the elections.
2006-08-24 00:38:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Republic?
2006-08-24 00:29:17 · answer #8 · answered by Kiki 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the >REPUBLIC< for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
2006-08-24 00:41:10 · answer #9 · answered by Derek M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yea but todays governemt is the exact opposite of the constitutions promiise i hate bush new world order suck my ****** dick
2006-08-24 00:45:06 · answer #10 · answered by forzaitalia232569 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋