Originally Posted By: AmarilloMike
But the majority rule of our democracy is trumped by the Constitution. In a true democracy wouldn't majority rule be all there is?


Nope, although I'm not a constitutional lawyer, thank God. A democracy, even one grounded in common law, can have a constitution. And your constitution can be amended. To a large degree, modern usage that separates the term democracy from republic is really only indicating one has an elected head of state and the other has a constitutional monarch or appointee as head of state.

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