Malapportionment undermines the principle of "one person, one vote." The U.S. Senate, for example, gives every state two ...

Under our system, the authority to govern comes directly from the people. The United States Constitution famously begins with the words, “We the People . . . ordain and establish this Constitution.” ...

We Americans live in a representative democracy. That’s a fundamental feature of public life in the United States, a part of who we are as a people. We elect leaders to make decisions on our behalf.

Officially, our form of government in the U.S. is a representative democracy. This means citizens vote for their government officials. But Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is of a different opinion. “Of ...

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237 years ago, four men — Washington, Hamilton, Madison, and Jay rescued America from chaos (“The Quartet” by Joseph Ellis). These four and six years of frustration, exasperation and compromise pulled ...

In recent years, Republicans at all levels have emphasized that our form of government is a republic, not a democracy. This is done, not really to educate, but as an advertising ploy: to keep some ...

Map of the United States. The northwestern corner displays an American flag. The lower half of the map displays the U.S. Constitution showing the words, "We the People." John P. Pelissero is director ...

The governor’s signature will come roughly two weeks after a special legislative session aimed at representative and direct ...