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“A Constitutional Republic” is a government created and controlled, at least, by the Law of a Constitution. The Constitution of the United States of America was, in Law, foundationally based on the Bible, the Magna Carta, and The Declaration of Independence. Those documents recognize man’s sovereignty, the divine nature of man’s creation and man’s divine right to Life, Liberty, Property, and the pursuit of happiness.<ref>[http://www.teamlaw.org/Government/ConstitutionalRepublic.htm Definition of a Constitutional Republic by teamlaw.org]</ref> | “A Constitutional Republic” is a government created and controlled, at least, by the Law of a Constitution. The Constitution of the United States of America was, in Law, foundationally based on the Bible, the Magna Carta, and The Declaration of Independence. Those documents recognize man’s sovereignty, the divine nature of man’s creation and man’s divine right to Life, Liberty, Property, and the pursuit of happiness.<ref>[http://www.teamlaw.org/Government/ConstitutionalRepublic.htm Definition of a Constitutional Republic by teamlaw.org]</ref> | ||
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| + | == Limits On Government == | ||
| + | The purpose of a Constitutional Republic is to place limits on the tyranny of the majority. [[Alexis de Tocqueville]] wrote: | ||
| + | <blockquote>If, on the other hand, a legislative power could be so constituted as to represent the majority without necessarily being the slave of its passions, an executive so as to retain a proper share of authority, and a judiciary so as to remain independent of the other two powers, a government would be formed which would still be democratic while incurring scarcely any risk of tyranny.<ref>[http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/detoc/1_ch15.htm Democracy in America Chapter 15]</ref></blockquote> | ||
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Revision as of 17:36, August 13, 2007
A Constitutional Republic is a state where the officials are elected as representatives of the people, and must govern according to existing constitutional law that limits the government's power over citizens.
A Constitutional Republic is the current form of government in the United States. However in recent years, many people have criticized the United States for moving away from a Constitutional Republic as defined by the Constitution and towards a pure democracy.[1]
TeamLaw.org defines a Constitutional Republic:
A Republic, by definition, has two principle elements, First, it is controlled by Law, therefore it does not control Law. Second, it recognizes the private independent sovereign nature of each person (man or woman) of competent age and capacity, therefore a Republic must be representative in its nature.
A Republic recognizes Law is unchangeable, or at least that it can only be changed by a higher source than government. In a Republic the concept of “collective sovereignty” cannot exist, except with recognition that the State or nation, as a body of sovereigns, can speak through one elected voice; though that one voice can never lawfully interfere with the private rights of the individual sovereigns.
“A Constitutional Republic” is a government created and controlled, at least, by the Law of a Constitution. The Constitution of the United States of America was, in Law, foundationally based on the Bible, the Magna Carta, and The Declaration of Independence. Those documents recognize man’s sovereignty, the divine nature of man’s creation and man’s divine right to Life, Liberty, Property, and the pursuit of happiness.[2]
Limits On Government
The purpose of a Constitutional Republic is to place limits on the tyranny of the majority. Alexis de Tocqueville wrote:
If, on the other hand, a legislative power could be so constituted as to represent the majority without necessarily being the slave of its passions, an executive so as to retain a proper share of authority, and a judiciary so as to remain independent of the other two powers, a government would be formed which would still be democratic while incurring scarcely any risk of tyranny.[3]
References
- ↑ Sorry, Mr. Franklin, “We’re All Democrats Now” - A speech by Dr. Ron Paul January 29, 2003
- ↑ Definition of a Constitutional Republic by teamlaw.org
- ↑ Democracy in America Chapter 15