eikelbijter
Senior member
- Aug 27, 2009
- 534
- 304
- 136
The US is a representative democracy, period. The two are completely separate since being a "constitutional republic" says fuck all about the system of government.
DPRK (North Korea) is a constitutional republic as well.
Wiki seems to disagree with you:
"A constitutional republic is a state where the chief executive and representatives are elected, 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 their power is limited to 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.
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]
Could it be that BOTH of you are right? That the US could realistically be called BOTH "constitutional republic" AND "representative democracy"?
This binary wisdom is getting out of hand.....LOL