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To: Jack Black
I speak American English, so when I say "Republic" I mean one with a Constitution.

Then why can't you simply say "Constitutional Republic" instead of expecting someone to guess at what you mean? Wouldn't that cause less confusion?
It's a cat versus it's a black cat or even it's a black tom cat. See how the words I used narrowed things down substantially? You prefer to generalize, which is a form of deception in and of itself.

...it's not redundant and calls out the truly unique thing about the USA: the 50 States, which is quite different from all other (true) Republics that I am aware of.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA You're a true idiot if you think "the 50 States" (which didn't exist when the Constitution was written) is what makes America unique!
The thing that made America unique, and still does, is its Constitution. No other nation in the world had one like it and no other nation has anything close to America's Constitution, even in our modern era .
Thanks for the laugh.
The rest of your reply isn't even worthy of a response.

1,425 posted on 06/24/2018 1:32:37 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: philman_36
You know damn well that the "Republic of Republics" was set up to devolve power to States (which numbered 13 at the time of the Revolutionary War, and which eventually all signed onto the compact, Vermont being the last I belive) and that now number 50. Your "AH HA" stuff is silly.

You don't seem to be able to discuss things without breaking out into insults ("you're stupid" "you're an idiot") ever other post. Come on man, you can do better!

The thing that makes the United States Constitution unique, I would claim are the "Republic of Republics" structure and the Bill of Rights.

Although there are quite a few later Constitutions that copy the later. For instance the Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines has a Bill of Rights. WHat it doesn't have is an enumerated powers section.

And that, of course, is that part of our Constitution that has been flagrantly violated since (at least) FDR, and make me disagree with the idea that we are still a Constitutional Republic in any meaningful sense.

We are a CRINO: Constitutional Republic In Name Only.

1,428 posted on 06/24/2018 1:52:31 PM PDT by Jack Black
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