You are talking about a government has evolved from a representative republic
Can I ask you this? Do you understand the words "REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC"?
Do you understand the word "evolve?"
Sarcasm doesn't make you right, in this case it just shows you didn't read the entire sentence. Our Founding Fathers would find our present attempt at a representative republic beyond comprehension. No matter what you think it should be, our government has evolved from the intended pure representative democratic republic to the federal/socialist mess it is today.
Yes, it was foolish to think congress would save Terri. The State of Florida could have done it but they didn't get the job done.