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Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic. Democracy The political orient...
The Founders of the USA settled on the best form of government: a Constitutional Federal Republic with a Bill of Rights that protect the rights of “minority” factions from “majority” mob rule, and an appellate court system to protect the rights of citizens. A Democracy requires that each ...
This entry discusses federalism and democracy, their complex relationship in general and in connection with constitutions and constitutionalism in particular. It sets out first to place the two in a wider context of entanglement with additional pertinent political-constitutional strands. Departing from this...
s constitutional milestone by recounting the Ghanaian experience under the Fourth Republic over the past three decades. It highlights the achievements that should be continued and the shortcomings that need to be worked on. It also makes a case for preserving Ghana’s constitutional longevity and ...
One example is the legislatively referredconstitutional amendment. Here, the state legislature has passed a proposed amendment to the state constitution. But, it can’t become law until it goes onto a statewide ballot and is ratified by the public. This is one of the most common forms of dir...
constitutional liberties. Moreover, it did not help thecause of “freedom” and “liberty” that the brewers’ lobby had also resorted to us-ing the “freedom of choice” argument to try to fend off the threat of Prohibition;this made the appeal to “liberty” a sinister German move ...
a republic, when responsible officials with clear statutory and constitutional authority have not done so.” Seems instead like something for voters to decide, not out-of-context legalese from a previous century. This isn’t public policy, or even sound jurisprudence. This is a politicized legal...
debate has been rehashed endlessly and largely settled as a matter of US constitutional law. Despite ongoing efforts by groups like the Federalist Society to redefine the relationship between the central government and states, it has never really been framed as a “Republic versus Democracy” issue...