The United States CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC Constitutional republic https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_republic A constitutional republic is a state where the chief executive and representatives are democratically elected by the people, and the rules are set down in a written constitution. List of countries by system of government https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/l/List_of_countries_by_system_of_government.htm The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., the U.S. of A., The States and America, https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/u/United_States.htm Political system The United States is the longest-surviving extant constitutional republic, with the oldest wholly written constitution in the world. Its government operates as a representative democracy through a congressional system under a set of powers specified by its Constitution. There are three levels of government: federal, state, and local. Officials at all three levels are either elected by voters in a secret ballot or appointed by other elected officials. Executive and legislative offices are decided by a plurality vote of citizens in their respective districts, with judicial and cabinet-level offices nominated by the Executive branch and approved by the Legislature. In some states, judicial posts are filled by popular election rather than executive appointment. The federal government comprises three branches, which are designed to check and balance one another's powers:... Constitutional republic https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_republic A constitutional republic is a state where the chief executive and representatives are democratically elected by the people, and the rules are set down in a written constitution. The head of state and other representatives are elected but they do not have uncontrolled power. What they may do is written in the constitution. If there is dispute about what the constitution means, this is decided by a court system that is independent from the representatives. The constitution describes how the state may be run. The constitution limits the power of each officeholder. Constitutional republics usually have a separation of powers. The separation of powers means that no single officeholder gets unlimited power. John Adams said that a constitutional republic was "a government of laws, and not of men".[1] People who support constitutional governance[who?] argue that it is meant to be a safeguard against tyranny. No office holder can get to a position of absolute power. However, some have argued that a constitution can be written in such a way that it lets tyranny arise, and that a constitution is therefore not a fail proof safeguard against tyranny.[2] Aristotle was the first to write about the idea in his works on politics. check it out... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...ederal_Government_and_American_Union_edit.jpg .
The Republic, as we used to know it, is now over. State governors and attorney generals are now allowed to make law by dictate.
Title should have read: The United States CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC is the longest-surviving in the world despite treasonous GOP efforts
Good for you for you! Yes, our great country has the distinction of being the oldest surviving constitutional republic currently on the planet. I think this is something that gets lost on Americans.
I doubt he's celebrating anything, though you're likely aware. I see this crap at Breitbart often. It's an indirect way of saying, "we're not a democracy, nor were we intended to be." They cherry-pick, taking the constitution part, the representative part, but leaving the voting part.