In fact, Article 4, Section 4 of The Constitution states, “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government.” Our system of government was without question established as a republic. read more
The United States of America is a Constitutional Federal Republic, not a Direct Democracy (which is the traditional meaning of the term Democracy). The simplest way to describe America, is a “mixed constitution” or “mixed government rooted in a Republic”. read more
To be sure, in addition to being a representative democracy, the United States is also a constitutional democracy, in which courts restrain in some measure the democratic will. And the United States is therefore also a constitutional republic. Indeed, the United States might be labeled a constitutional federal representative democracy. read more