[Triple]

ok, you win.

I cannot think of an example (it may not exist) Does Marcos count? How 'bout Fujimora of Chile?

With no agreed example (I am assuming you won't agree to the two cited above), therefore, there has never been a true republic in the history of man?
Hmmm - Do you sense a flaw in that logic? (I do.)

{snicker}

[elfman2]

"I cannot think of an example (it may not exist) Does Marcos count? How 'bout Fujimora of Chile? With no agreed example (I am assuming you won't agree to the two cited above), therefore, there has never been a true republic in the history of man? "

I don't know enough about their popularity or the constitutionality of their subsequent prosecution to say with any certainty.

You were the only one who said that labeling a government a "Constitutional Republic" was dependent on this. I don’t believe so.

In an abstract sense, I think a Constitution simply anchors the government's use of force from tides. In extreme conditions, all anchors can either be dragged or the lines can be snapped. But that doesn’t mean the ship was not anchored.