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WHEN DID AMERICA BECOME A DEMOCRACY? ARTICLE IV SECTION 4: CONSTITUTION OF THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

When did the US become a democracy?

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July 4th, 1775

America is not a democracy and never has been. America is whats called a Federal Constitutional Republic. A democracy is where the people govern the nation and that is not the case in America. A republic is where the rule of law governs the nation. But here in the US not only does the law govern us but it also governs the government. It limits their power. Federal just means that we have one central government which is the federal government and separate states that can make their own laws as long as they don't interfere with federal laws. For example, states cant make laws banning guns since its written in the constitution that we have the right to bear arms. The Constitutional part means that we have a constitution that is our law that we follow. We may have democratic values such as voting for presidents, governors, congressmen, etc, but once they are elected they make our decisions. However, if they make bad decisions and the country decides we dont like that elected official, we can impeach that person but its a very hard process.

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Comment by Gordon Ray Kissinger on February 27, 2013 at 9:43pm: Testing Your Knowledge

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Comment by Chaplain Thomas Gilbert Cole on February 23, 2013 at 11:57am

n Thomas Gilbert Cole: >
> General George
> Washington "Let only Americans stand guard" issued an
> order placing a "{chaplain}" in each regiment. Washington
> advises Indians "You do well to wish to learn our arts and
> our ways of and above all the religion of Jesus
> Christ....................."
>
> Patrick Henry of give me Liberty of give me
> Death fame: "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too
> often that this great nation was founded not by
> religionists, but by Christians, not on religions but on the
> gospel of Jesus Christ."
>
> "The founders of the American Republic were
> men who possessed a great faith in God and the
> Bible..................." Hart Armstrong
>
> "Men must be governed by God or they will be
> ruled by tyrants." Wm. Penn
>
> NEWSWEEK in December 27, 1983 wrote: "Perhaps
> even more than the Constitution, the Bible is our founding
> document Bible study was the core of public education and
> nearly every literate family not only owned a a Bible but
> read it regularly and reverently." Robert Viches
>
> We must always obey God, and never men: Acts 5
> : 29b
>
> Your Chaplain
>
> ▶ A Veteran of Veterans,
> Father of Veterans, on active duty in the Lord's Army - A
> Veteran Defender Of America

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Comment by PHILIP SCHNEIDER on February 23, 2013 at 10:13am: "We may have democratic values such as voting for presidents, governors, congressmen, etc, but once they are elected they make our decisions. However, if they make bad decisions and the country decides we don't like that elected official, we can impeach that person but its a very hard process."

We've found out that the impeachment process doesn't work so well. Without a willing media to expose a bad elected official there is a reduced chance they'll be impeached.

We've also found out that incremental writing/rewriting of laws has been the successful way to change the US Constitution without actually "amending" the constitution.

We've also found out that political correctness can be the poison of a free society.

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