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Such an ambiguous understanding of democracy in a study of great impact on political thought could not help leaving traces. We suppose that it was Tocqueville’s work and not least its title that strongly associated the notion of democracy with the American system and, ultimately, with representative government and universal suffrage.
The contradiction between the claim that "all men are created equal" and the existence of American slavery, including Thomas Jefferson himself owning slaves, attracted comment when the Declaration of Independence was first published. Before final approval, Congress, having made a few alterations to some of the wording, also deleted nearly a ...
The American political system has turned this principle on its head. A democratic republic must be based on the rule of the majority with respect for the positions of the minority. The American ...
He makes an argument on how this is not possible in a pure democracy but possible in a republic. With pure democracy, he means a system in which every citizen votes directly for laws (direct democracy), and, with republic, he intends a society in which citizens elect a small body of representatives who then vote for laws (representative democracy).
But the Court's guidance on basic problems of life and governance in a democracy is most effective when American political life reinforces its rulings. [ 198 ] Justice Brandeis summarized four general guidelines that the Supreme Court uses to avoid constitutional decisions relating to Congress: [ q ] The Court will not anticipate a question of ...
Commentary by Fresno writer Daniel O. Jamison on the national experiment that is American democracy. American election ‘deniers’ reveal just how precarious our democracy’s future remains ...
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders earned a fourth term in national office, thoroughly defeating his Republican opponent, Gerald Malloy. With 79% of the vote reported at 10 p.m., Sanders had 64% of the vote ...
As the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is an area of the world vital to American interests [1] yet generally entrenched in non-democratic, authoritarian rule, [2] [3] it has been the subject of increasing interest on the part of the American government and democracy promoters, particularly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 ...