Senate's 46 Dems Got 20 Million More Votes Than Its 54 Republicans

[peach174]

Then get out. Move to canada.

That's because we are a Constitutional Republic not a democracy.
Senators represent their States, the House represents their people from each State.

We are a democracy because the power to change the Constitution still rests in the hands of the People, which is what a democracy is.

The assumption that a state with a small population should have its People be given disproportionate power in the federal government makes no sense,

but the nature of the colonies in the 18th century made the task of uniting them one that required some ultimately nonsensical contrivances.

With due respect, our nation is a Republic NOT a Democracy.


"The Constitution of the United States is a carefully balanced document. It is designed to provide for a national government sufficiently strong and flexible to meet the needs of the republic, yet sufficiently limited and just to protect the guaranteed rights of citizens; it permits a balance between society's need for order and the individual's right to freedom. To assure these ends, the Framers of the Constitution created three independent and coequal branches of government. That this Constitution has provided continuous democratic government through the periodic stresses of more than two centuries illustrates the genius of the American system of government."

- CHIEF JUSTICE CHARLES EVANS HUGHES

source: The Court and Constitutional Interpretation - Supreme Court of the United States

There is no merit to having a government where a minority of representatives can thwart the will of the majority.

That is simply a formula for dysfunction.

Dysfunctional no, slow, deliberate, requiring consensus, yes. That's exactly what the founders intended.

Who cares what the founders intended? This is the 21st century.

Who cares about our Freedoms eh?

 

[NYcarbineer]

We are a democracy because the power to change the Constitution still rests in the hands of the People, which is what a democracy is.

The assumption that a state with a small population should have its People be given disproportionate power in the federal government makes no sense,

but the nature of the colonies in the 18th century made the task of uniting them one that required some ultimately nonsensical contrivances.

With due respect, our nation is a Republic NOT a Democracy.


"The Constitution of the United States is a carefully balanced document. It is designed to provide for a national government sufficiently strong and flexible to meet the needs of the republic, yet sufficiently limited and just to protect the guaranteed rights of citizens; it permits a balance between society's need for order and the individual's right to freedom. To assure these ends, the Framers of the Constitution created three independent and coequal branches of government. That this Constitution has provided continuous democratic government through the periodic stresses of more than two centuries illustrates the genius of the American system of government."

- CHIEF JUSTICE CHARLES EVANS HUGHES

source: The Court and Constitutional Interpretation - Supreme Court of the United States

There is no merit to having a government where a minority of representatives can thwart the will of the majority.

That is simply a formula for dysfunction.

Dysfunctional no, slow, deliberate, requiring consensus, yes. That's exactly what the founders intended.

Who cares what the founders intended? This is the 21st century.

Who cares about our Freedoms eh?

Your rights are protected by the federal government that you RWnuts despise.

 

[peach174]

Then get out. Move to canada.

That's because we are a Constitutional Republic not a democracy.
Senators represent their States, the House represents their people from each State.

We are a democracy because the power to change the Constitution still rests in the hands of the People, which is what a democracy is.

The assumption that a state with a small population should have its People be given disproportionate power in the federal government makes no sense,

but the nature of the colonies in the 18th century made the task of uniting them one that required some ultimately nonsensical contrivances.

With due respect, our nation is a Republic NOT a Democracy.


"The Constitution of the United States is a carefully balanced document. It is designed to provide for a national government sufficiently strong and flexible to meet the needs of the republic, yet sufficiently limited and just to protect the guaranteed rights of citizens; it permits a balance between society's need for order and the individual's right to freedom. To assure these ends, the Framers of the Constitution created three independent and coequal branches of government. That this Constitution has provided continuous democratic government through the periodic stresses of more than two centuries illustrates the genius of the American system of government."

- CHIEF JUSTICE CHARLES EVANS HUGHES

source: The Court and Constitutional Interpretation - Supreme Court of the United States

There is no merit to having a government where a minority of representatives can thwart the will of the majority.

That is simply a formula for dysfunction.

The Constitution speaks of the role of government serving as a republic, which is why we have two senators associated with each state to pass laws based on equal representation and not simply a majority where more populated states get the upper hand. The House representation is for the needs of the will of the people, which makes the House and Senate a true checks and balance when it was established. The Legislative branch and the executive are designed with the purpose of creating a checks and balance with a dependency of one to the other in establishing laws. No single branch should have the ultimate power if they follow those powers delegated specifically to them under the Constitution. It's that representation "checks and balance" of the legislative, as well as within all three branches of government, set under a Constitutional framework which makes us a Republic and not a Democracy.

Wrong. For the thousandth time.

And for the thousandth time you are wrong.
That is a fact stated above about our Government.

 

[martybegan]

With due respect, our nation is a Republic NOT a Democracy.


"The Constitution of the United States is a carefully balanced document. It is designed to provide for a national government sufficiently strong and flexible to meet the needs of the republic, yet sufficiently limited and just to protect the guaranteed rights of citizens; it permits a balance between society's need for order and the individual's right to freedom. To assure these ends, the Framers of the Constitution created three independent and coequal branches of government. That this Constitution has provided continuous democratic government through the periodic stresses of more than two centuries illustrates the genius of the American system of government."

- CHIEF JUSTICE CHARLES EVANS HUGHES

source: The Court and Constitutional Interpretation - Supreme Court of the United States

There is no merit to having a government where a minority of representatives can thwart the will of the majority.

That is simply a formula for dysfunction.

Dysfunctional no, slow, deliberate, requiring consensus, yes. That's exactly what the founders intended.

Who cares what the founders intended? This is the 21st century.

Who cares about our Freedoms eh?

Your rights are protected by the federal government that you RWnuts despise.

Most state constitutions guarantee rights as well.

What we need the feds for is to protect 2nd amendment rights, which blue states and municipalities seem to ignore on a regular basis.

 

[mudwhistle]

On Tue33 US senators elected in November will be sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden — including 12 who are new to the chamber. The class includes 22 Republicans and 11 Democrats, a big reason why the GOP has a 54-46 majority in the Senate overall.

But here's a crazy fact: those 46 Democrats got more votes than the 54 Republicans across the 2010, 2012, and 2014 elections. According to Nathan Nicholson, a researcher at the voting reform advocacy group FairVote, "the 46 Democratic caucus members in the 114th Congress received a total of 67.8 million votes in winning their seats, while the 54 Republican caucus members received 47.1 million votes."

Here's what that looks like in chart form:

More: The Senate x27 s 46 Democrats got 20 million more votes than its 54 Republicans - Vox

Just another reason why 2016 should be great for Democrats!

I noticed you had to go back in the past to find this morsel. It's irrelevant now.

 

[peach174]

With due respect, our nation is a Republic NOT a Democracy.


"The Constitution of the United States is a carefully balanced document. It is designed to provide for a national government sufficiently strong and flexible to meet the needs of the republic, yet sufficiently limited and just to protect the guaranteed rights of citizens; it permits a balance between society's need for order and the individual's right to freedom. To assure these ends, the Framers of the Constitution created three independent and coequal branches of government. That this Constitution has provided continuous democratic government through the periodic stresses of more than two centuries illustrates the genius of the American system of government."

- CHIEF JUSTICE CHARLES EVANS HUGHES

source: The Court and Constitutional Interpretation - Supreme Court of the United States

There is no merit to having a government where a minority of representatives can thwart the will of the majority.

That is simply a formula for dysfunction.

Dysfunctional no, slow, deliberate, requiring consensus, yes. That's exactly what the founders intended.

Who cares what the founders intended? This is the 21st century.

Who cares about our Freedoms eh?

Your rights are protected by the federal government that you RWnuts despise.

Wanting a smaller more manageable government is not being against government.
Our rights are protected by our Constitution which the Feds are systematically taking away by both parties.

 

[mudwhistle]

With due respect, our nation is a Republic NOT a Democracy.


"The Constitution of the United States is a carefully balanced document. It is designed to provide for a national government sufficiently strong and flexible to meet the needs of the republic, yet sufficiently limited and just to protect the guaranteed rights of citizens; it permits a balance between society's need for order and the individual's right to freedom. To assure these ends, the Framers of the Constitution created three independent and coequal branches of government. That this Constitution has provided continuous democratic government through the periodic stresses of more than two centuries illustrates the genius of the American system of government."

- CHIEF JUSTICE CHARLES EVANS HUGHES

source: The Court and Constitutional Interpretation - Supreme Court of the United States

There is no merit to having a government where a minority of representatives can thwart the will of the majority.

That is simply a formula for dysfunction.

Dysfunctional no, slow, deliberate, requiring consensus, yes. That's exactly what the founders intended.

Who cares what the founders intended? This is the 21st century.

Who cares about our Freedoms eh?

Your rights are protected by the federal government that you RWnuts despise.

We despise government that doesn't serve the people. Not simply the government.

 

[NYcarbineer]

We are a democracy because the power to change the Constitution still rests in the hands of the People, which is what a democracy is.

The assumption that a state with a small population should have its People be given disproportionate power in the federal government makes no sense,

but the nature of the colonies in the 18th century made the task of uniting them one that required some ultimately nonsensical contrivances.

With due respect, our nation is a Republic NOT a Democracy.


"The Constitution of the United States is a carefully balanced document. It is designed to provide for a national government sufficiently strong and flexible to meet the needs of the republic, yet sufficiently limited and just to protect the guaranteed rights of citizens; it permits a balance between society's need for order and the individual's right to freedom. To assure these ends, the Framers of the Constitution created three independent and coequal branches of government. That this Constitution has provided continuous democratic government through the periodic stresses of more than two centuries illustrates the genius of the American system of government."

- CHIEF JUSTICE CHARLES EVANS HUGHES

source: The Court and Constitutional Interpretation - Supreme Court of the United States

There is no merit to having a government where a minority of representatives can thwart the will of the majority.

That is simply a formula for dysfunction.

The Constitution speaks of the role of government serving as a republic, which is why we have two senators associated with each state to pass laws based on equal representation and not simply a majority where more populated states get the upper hand. The House representation is for the needs of the will of the people, which makes the House and Senate a true checks and balance when it was established. The Legislative branch and the executive are designed with the purpose of creating a checks and balance with a dependency of one to the other in establishing laws. No single branch should have the ultimate power if they follow those powers delegated specifically to them under the Constitution. It's that representation "checks and balance" of the legislative, as well as within all three branches of government, set under a Constitutional framework which makes us a Republic and not a Democracy.

Wrong. For the thousandth time.

And for the thousandth time you are wrong.
That is a fact stated above about our Government.

Our government is a representative democracy.

That is the only fact you need to know.

Representative democracy (also indirect democracy) is a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.

 

[RKMBrown]

With due respect, our nation is a Republic NOT a Democracy.


"The Constitution of the United States is a carefully balanced document. It is designed to provide for a national government sufficiently strong and flexible to meet the needs of the republic, yet sufficiently limited and just to protect the guaranteed rights of citizens; it permits a balance between society's need for order and the individual's right to freedom. To assure these ends, the Framers of the Constitution created three independent and coequal branches of government. That this Constitution has provided continuous democratic government through the periodic stresses of more than two centuries illustrates the genius of the American system of government."

- CHIEF JUSTICE CHARLES EVANS HUGHES

source: The Court and Constitutional Interpretation - Supreme Court of the United States

There is no merit to having a government where a minority of representatives can thwart the will of the majority.

That is simply a formula for dysfunction.

The Constitution speaks of the role of government serving as a republic, which is why we have two senators associated with each state to pass laws based on equal representation and not simply a majority where more populated states get the upper hand. The House representation is for the needs of the will of the people, which makes the House and Senate a true checks and balance when it was established. The Legislative branch and the executive are designed with the purpose of creating a checks and balance with a dependency of one to the other in establishing laws. No single branch should have the ultimate power if they follow those powers delegated specifically to them under the Constitution. It's that representation "checks and balance" of the legislative, as well as within all three branches of government, set under a Constitutional framework which makes us a Republic and not a Democracy.

Wrong. For the thousandth time.

And for the thousandth time you are wrong.
That is a fact stated above about our Government.

Our government is a representative democracy.

That is the only fact you need to know.

Representative democracy (also indirect democracy) is a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.

ROFL where do you get this shit?

 

[peach174]

There is no merit to having a government where a minority of representatives can thwart the will of the majority.

That is simply a formula for dysfunction.

The Constitution speaks of the role of government serving as a republic, which is why we have two senators associated with each state to pass laws based on equal representation and not simply a majority where more populated states get the upper hand. The House representation is for the needs of the will of the people, which makes the House and Senate a true checks and balance when it was established. The Legislative branch and the executive are designed with the purpose of creating a checks and balance with a dependency of one to the other in establishing laws. No single branch should have the ultimate power if they follow those powers delegated specifically to them under the Constitution. It's that representation "checks and balance" of the legislative, as well as within all three branches of government, set under a Constitutional framework which makes us a Republic and not a Democracy.

Wrong. For the thousandth time.

And for the thousandth time you are wrong.
That is a fact stated above about our Government.

Our government is a representative democracy.

That is the only fact you need to know.

Representative democracy (also indirect democracy) is a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.

ROFL where do you get this shit?

He gets it from the liberal lies and he won't accept that our Constitution guarantees us a Republic form of Government.
He also refuses to learn the difference between two types of government.

 

[martybegan]

There is no merit to having a government where a minority of representatives can thwart the will of the majority.

That is simply a formula for dysfunction.

The Constitution speaks of the role of government serving as a republic, which is why we have two senators associated with each state to pass laws based on equal representation and not simply a majority where more populated states get the upper hand. The House representation is for the needs of the will of the people, which makes the House and Senate a true checks and balance when it was established. The Legislative branch and the executive are designed with the purpose of creating a checks and balance with a dependency of one to the other in establishing laws. No single branch should have the ultimate power if they follow those powers delegated specifically to them under the Constitution. It's that representation "checks and balance" of the legislative, as well as within all three branches of government, set under a Constitutional framework which makes us a Republic and not a Democracy.

Wrong. For the thousandth time.

And for the thousandth time you are wrong.
That is a fact stated above about our Government.

Our government is a representative democracy.

That is the only fact you need to know.

Representative democracy (also indirect democracy) is a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.

ROFL where do you get this shit?

Our government is a Federal Constitutional Republic.

representative democracy is the method of lawmaking we use, as per our constitution, and the constitutions of the various States.

 

[ShaklesOfBigGov]

With due respect, our nation is a Republic NOT a Democracy.


"The Constitution of the United States is a carefully balanced document. It is designed to provide for a national government sufficiently strong and flexible to meet the needs of the republic, yet sufficiently limited and just to protect the guaranteed rights of citizens; it permits a balance between society's need for order and the individual's right to freedom. To assure these ends, the Framers of the Constitution created three independent and coequal branches of government. That this Constitution has provided continuous democratic government through the periodic stresses of more than two centuries illustrates the genius of the American system of government."

- CHIEF JUSTICE CHARLES EVANS HUGHES

source: The Court and Constitutional Interpretation - Supreme Court of the United States

There is no merit to having a government where a minority of representatives can thwart the will of the majority.

That is simply a formula for dysfunction.

Dysfunctional no, slow, deliberate, requiring consensus, yes. That's exactly what the founders intended.

Who cares what the founders intended? This is the 21st century.

Who cares about our Freedoms eh?

Your rights are protected by the federal government that you RWnuts despise.

Our rights are protected under the Constitution, it's government that needs to abide under those articles of powers dictated to them.

 

[hadit]

The American system of government is fcked up.

Then get out. Move to canada.

Do you need a civics lesson too? Whomever wins the majority of votes, wins the Senate seat. You can't get more democratic than that.

The states are not democratically configured. Two senators from Alaska with as much power as two senators from NY, or CA, or TX. It's silly.

That's because we are a Constitutional Republic not a democracy.
Senators represent their States, the House represents their people from each State.

We are a democracy because the power to change the Constitution still rests in the hands of the People, which is what a democracy is.

The assumption that a state with a small population should have its People be given disproportionate power in the federal government makes no sense,

but the nature of the colonies in the 18th century made the task of uniting them one that required some ultimately nonsensical contrivances.

With due respect, our nation is a Republic NOT a Democracy.


"The Constitution of the United States is a carefully balanced document. It is designed to provide for a national government sufficiently strong and flexible to meet the needs of the republic, yet sufficiently limited and just to protect the guaranteed rights of citizens; it permits a balance between society's need for order and the individual's right to freedom. To assure these ends, the Framers of the Constitution created three independent and coequal branches of government. That this Constitution has provided continuous democratic government through the periodic stresses of more than two centuries illustrates the genius of the American system of government."

- CHIEF JUSTICE CHARLES EVANS HUGHES

source: The Court and Constitutional Interpretation - Supreme Court of the United States

There is no merit to having a government where a minority of representatives can thwart the will of the majority.

That is simply a formula for dysfunction.

Actually, there is a lot of merit in such a system. The Senate, especially, was set up to force debate and slow down the process to avoid legislation being passed in the heat of the moment. That's why the filibuster rule, for example, came into being, to allow the minority to force debate instead of getting ill-considered legislation rammed through quickly by the majority <*cough>, the ACA, *cough>.

 

[RKMBrown]

The Constitution speaks of the role of government serving as a republic, which is why we have two senators associated with each state to pass laws based on equal representation and not simply a majority where more populated states get the upper hand. The House representation is for the needs of the will of the people, which makes the House and Senate a true checks and balance when it was established. The Legislative branch and the executive are designed with the purpose of creating a checks and balance with a dependency of one to the other in establishing laws. No single branch should have the ultimate power if they follow those powers delegated specifically to them under the Constitution. It's that representation "checks and balance" of the legislative, as well as within all three branches of government, set under a Constitutional framework which makes us a Republic and not a Democracy.

Wrong. For the thousandth time.

And for the thousandth time you are wrong.
That is a fact stated above about our Government.

Our government is a representative democracy.

That is the only fact you need to know.

Representative democracy (also indirect democracy) is a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.

ROFL where do you get this shit?

Our government is a Federal Constitutional Republic.

representative democracy is the method of lawmaking we use, as per our constitution, and the constitutions of the various States.

You say, "our government is a Federal Constitutional Republic." I would say it started as a Federal Constitutional Republic and has been heading to a Federal Democracy ever since.

You say, "representative democracy is the method of lawmaking we use, as per our constitution, and the constitutions of the various States." I say the federal constitution has been radically changed thus fundamentally changing the method of our lawmaking to a dominant federal system ruled by our sitting president through his department of injustice.

 

[peach174]

With due respect, our nation is a Republic NOT a Democracy.


"The Constitution of the United States is a carefully balanced document. It is designed to provide for a national government sufficiently strong and flexible to meet the needs of the republic, yet sufficiently limited and just to protect the guaranteed rights of citizens; it permits a balance between society's need for order and the individual's right to freedom. To assure these ends, the Framers of the Constitution created three independent and coequal branches of government. That this Constitution has provided continuous democratic government through the periodic stresses of more than two centuries illustrates the genius of the American system of government."

- CHIEF JUSTICE CHARLES EVANS HUGHES

source: The Court and Constitutional Interpretation - Supreme Court of the United States

There is no merit to having a government where a minority of representatives can thwart the will of the majority.

That is simply a formula for dysfunction.

The Constitution speaks of the role of government serving as a republic, which is why we have two senators associated with each state to pass laws based on equal representation and not simply a majority where more populated states get the upper hand. The House representation is for the needs of the will of the people, which makes the House and Senate a true checks and balance when it was established. The Legislative branch and the executive are designed with the purpose of creating a checks and balance with a dependency of one to the other in establishing laws. No single branch should have the ultimate power if they follow those powers delegated specifically to them under the Constitution. It's that representation "checks and balance" of the legislative, as well as within all three branches of government, set under a Constitutional framework which makes us a Republic and not a Democracy.

Wrong. For the thousandth time.

And for the thousandth time you are wrong.
That is a fact stated above about our Government.

Our government is a representative democracy.

That is the only fact you need to know.

Representative democracy (also indirect democracy) is a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.

If we were a representative democracy then we would not have the 3 separate powers of Government and giving the minority rights.

 

[RKMBrown]

There is no merit to having a government where a minority of representatives can thwart the will of the majority.

That is simply a formula for dysfunction.

Dysfunctional no, slow, deliberate, requiring consensus, yes. That's exactly what the founders intended.

Who cares what the founders intended? This is the 21st century.

Who cares about our Freedoms eh?

Your rights are protected by the federal government that you RWnuts despise.

Our rights are protected under the Constitution, it's government that needs to abide under those articles of powers dictated to them.

Wrong. They used to be protect our rights, see the 14th amendment and 16th amendment, for now the Constitution has been re-written to explicitly take away our rights to life, liberty, property, and income.

 

[Darkwind]

Then get out. Move to canada.

That's because we are a Constitutional Republic not a democracy.
Senators represent their States, the House represents their people from each State.

We are a democracy because the power to change the Constitution still rests in the hands of the People, which is what a democracy is.

The assumption that a state with a small population should have its People be given disproportionate power in the federal government makes no sense,

but the nature of the colonies in the 18th century made the task of uniting them one that required some ultimately nonsensical contrivances.

With due respect, our nation is a Republic NOT a Democracy.


"The Constitution of the United States is a carefully balanced document. It is designed to provide for a national government sufficiently strong and flexible to meet the needs of the republic, yet sufficiently limited and just to protect the guaranteed rights of citizens; it permits a balance between society's need for order and the individual's right to freedom. To assure these ends, the Framers of the Constitution created three independent and coequal branches of government. That this Constitution has provided continuous democratic government through the periodic stresses of more than two centuries illustrates the genius of the American system of government."

- CHIEF JUSTICE CHARLES EVANS HUGHES

source: The Court and Constitutional Interpretation - Supreme Court of the United States

There is no merit to having a government where a minority of representatives can thwart the will of the majority.

That is simply a formula for dysfunction.

The Constitution speaks of the role of government serving as a republic, which is why we have two senators associated with each state to pass laws based on equal representation and not simply a majority where more populated states get the upper hand. The House representation is for the needs of the will of the people, which makes the House and Senate a true checks and balance when it was established. The Legislative branch and the executive are designed with the purpose of creating a checks and balance with a dependency of one to the other in establishing laws. No single branch should have the ultimate power if they follow those powers delegated specifically to them under the Constitution. It's that representation "checks and balance" of the legislative, as well as within all three branches of government, set under a Constitutional framework which makes us a Republic and not a Democracy.

Wrong. For the thousandth time.

Yes, you are. Glad you got one right.

 

[martybegan]

Wrong. For the thousandth time.

And for the thousandth time you are wrong.
That is a fact stated above about our Government.

Our government is a representative democracy.

That is the only fact you need to know.

Representative democracy (also indirect democracy) is a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.

ROFL where do you get this shit?

Our government is a Federal Constitutional Republic.

representative democracy is the method of lawmaking we use, as per our constitution, and the constitutions of the various States.

You say, "our government is a Federal Constitutional Republic." I would say it started as a Federal Constitutional Republic and has been heading to a Federal Democracy ever since.

You say, "representative democracy is the method of lawmaking we use, as per our constitution, and the constitutions of the various States." I say the federal constitution has been radically changed thus fundamentally changing the method of our lawmaking to a dominant federal system ruled by our sitting president through his department of injustice.

I agree that federalism has been weakened, and we currently have too strong of an executive branch that is filled with unaccountable bureaucrats. However, the original system is still in place, it has just been corrupted by a combination of activist judges, complacent citizens, and overzealous executives and said executive's minions.

 

[RKMBrown]

There is no merit to having a government where a minority of representatives can thwart the will of the majority.

That is simply a formula for dysfunction.

The Constitution speaks of the role of government serving as a republic, which is why we have two senators associated with each state to pass laws based on equal representation and not simply a majority where more populated states get the upper hand. The House representation is for the needs of the will of the people, which makes the House and Senate a true checks and balance when it was established. The Legislative branch and the executive are designed with the purpose of creating a checks and balance with a dependency of one to the other in establishing laws. No single branch should have the ultimate power if they follow those powers delegated specifically to them under the Constitution. It's that representation "checks and balance" of the legislative, as well as within all three branches of government, set under a Constitutional framework which makes us a Republic and not a Democracy.

Wrong. For the thousandth time.

And for the thousandth time you are wrong.
That is a fact stated above about our Government.

Our government is a representative democracy.

That is the only fact you need to know.

Representative democracy (also indirect democracy) is a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.

If we were a representative democracy then we would not have the 3 separate powers of Government and giving the minority rights.

See the 17th amendment. The senate no longer provides minority rights through the state legislatures, it now provides majority rights of each state individually. Thus as the majority migrate to said successful states, the majority is able to suck on the teat of the wealth of the minority of that state.

 

[ShaklesOfBigGov]

Dysfunctional no, slow, deliberate, requiring consensus, yes. That's exactly what the founders intended.

Who cares what the founders intended? This is the 21st century.

Who cares about our Freedoms eh?

Your rights are protected by the federal government that you RWnuts despise.

Our rights are protected under the Constitution, it's government that needs to abide under those articles of powers dictated to them.

Wrong. They used to be protect our rights, see the 14th amendment and 16th amendment, for now the Constitution has been re-written to explicitly take away our rights to life, liberty, property, and income.

The 14th Amendment was established under the guidelines given under the Constitution, not a judge making an attempt to write legislation which it wasn't granted specific powers to do so. We have an equal separation of powers, and specific constitutional rules dictating procedures for legislation and ratification,. It's all found within its Articles written by our Founders, how our government is to function.