[BillyBoy]

>> If America were a democracy instead of a Constitutional Republic then it would already be that way. <<

That's like saying "If England were a monarchy, then the Queen could decree any law she wanted for the country". Having a monarchy doesn't mean the monarch has absolute power to do whatever they want, and having a democracy doesn't mean the voters have absolute power to pass anything they want. In most cases, they decide things indirectly and delegate power to others. The electoral college is a perfect example of that.

[philman_36]

"If England were a monarchy, then the Queen could decree any law she wanted for the country".
But England isn't a total monarchy any more, is it?
Hasn't it been a Parliamentary Monarchy for quite some time, like from around 1066 or so?
Or would you say it became a Constitutional Monarchy in 1215 with the signing of the Magna Carta?