Posted on 11/08/2018 10:42:14 AM PST by MosesKnows
That's your old buddy Ben Franklin.
This can be tricky when making a point to your daughter but it is incorrect or perhaps incomplete. Under America's Constitution the people are sovereign.
What always made this confusing to me is that the people don't make the laws but they are sovereign because they elect those who do make laws.
I wish I had someone from Hillsdale College to offer a better explanation.
We do have a reprehensive democracy but that is not what makes us a Republic. America's form of government is officially a constitutional federal republic.
Calling America a "constitutional federal Republic with democratically elected representatives" satisfies some liberals.
We are a Republic, which means the majority of the people cannot create or change the law but they can elect a majority that can change and create the law.
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