Where is the "FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE DEMOCRACY" located in the constitution? I thought it said "republic"
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Actually..I don't think the word "democracy" is actually mentioned in the constitution.
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Britain is neither a republic nor a democracy.  It is a constitutional monarchy.  America isn't a democracy, either - it is a republic.
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The term "District of Columbia" is derived from an old poetic name for the United States, Columbia, which has fallen out of common use since the early 20th century.\n\nFederal districts are subdivisions of a federal system of government. Often, these districts are not one of the countries' component subdivisions, and should not be confused with them, but are rather separate entities under the direct control of the federal government. The seat of the federal government is often located in a Federal District, so that no single individual component can exercise undue influence over federal affairs.
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Federal Republic does better than either one of those you listed, due to the divided and difused power that the various levels of government has so that power doesn't become concentrated in one area
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Try this site:\n\nhttp://www.usconstitution.net/\n\nIt has all kind of information on the Constitution.
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Assuming you are taking about the United States government...\n\nThe federal government derives its power from the states.  Any powers not granted to the federal government by the states (in the US Constitution) are reserved for the states.  The 10th amendment to the Constitution states "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."  That is why the US government is known as a government of enumerated powers- if the federal government wants to do something they have to find a way to justify that action in the Constitution (which they are pretty good at doing).
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The federal government is specifically laid out in the constitution of the united states. it has grown through laws passed by congress and through judicial interpretation of these laws, for instants, congress has the right to oversee interstate commerce, judicial review says that they can now shut an  establishment down if they aren't handicapped accessible, and so on. a local government regulates everything else from property tax to speed limits to zoning laws. You have a direct say who runs your local government where as you vote for a representative to voice your opinion in federal matters.  This could literally take weeks to go over but I hope you get the basics, read up some government web sites on US democracy or get the cliff notes on Tocqueville's Democracy in America, an old book but a knowledgeable one written by a Frenchman.
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USA is not a democracy. It is a republic.
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It's a Representative Republic.
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umm... well, theres a democratic republic.. that IS our government, we dont really have more than one government in America. but, each states has its own government, though not as powerful in some areas as the national government, and you also have county, city, and community governments
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It is a republic. It is governed by a representatives, not by the actually people (as in a democracy).
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Federal Republicanism.  a system of divided and difused powers.
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It's in Article V of the Constitution.\n\n"The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress"\n\nSo, either Congress or 34+ state legislatures (>2/3) propose it. And then 38+ states (>3/4) must approve it, either by a vote of the state legislatures, or by state conventions as defined by state laws.
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Our government is a Republic, which in the U.S. is a representative Democracy.  We elect our Congressional delegates, our representatives, to pass laws by which we will govern ourselves.
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Article 4 Section 4 of the US Constitution states: The United States shall guarantee to every State in the Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.\n\nA republican form of government refers to government by representatives.  We are often referred to as a democratic republic because we elect representatives though a democratic process.  In a true democracy, they are no representatives, every action of government is voted on by the people.
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We live in a republic. Our type of government is called representative democracy. In a true democracy, every voter would vote on every issue. In a representative democracy, we vote on "representatives" to vote on every issue. Our representatives are supposed to vote with the majority view of their constituents. Most, instead, vote with their party and ignore the voice of the people who they work for.
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A --the formal amendment process is definitely the correct answer. It requires the approval of the states, and congress and it changes the basic document that federalism is based on: the Constitution.