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Is the us a democracy with a government and laws based on the constitution or is the us a democracy with a government and laws made by the president?
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∙ 12y ago
neither. The US is NOT a Democracy, but a representative Republic. In a Democracy the minority is not protected from the majority. This is often illustrated with the metaphor that a democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. The laws in the US are created by the congress, approved by the President, and validated to be constitutional by the Supreme Court in a delicate system of checks and balances.
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What form of government is based on a constitution division of powers between national and local government?
A parlimentary democracy
Did the framers of the Constitution created a system of a government based on the principles of direct democracy?
NO. The United States is a representative democracy and its Constitution gives no provisions for direct democracy.
What form of government is based on a constitution of division of powers between national and local?
A parlimentary democracy
Which features of the Constitution reflect a distrust of democracy. Who didnt the framers trust?
Nothing in the constitution shows a distrust of democracy. In fact, the very foundation of the constitution is based on the philosophy of democracy. The men who wrote it didn't trust that people could vote and make correct decisions about the government.
A government based on a representative democracy is called a?
A republic is also called a representative democracy.
What is the difference between Rwanda's government and Canada's government?
The difference between Canada's government and Rwanda's government is that Canada's is based on Democracy while Rwanda's government is based on Democracy and pride.
How does the US government differ from the Roman Republic government?
In Rome there was an obvious divide between the rich and poor, and they were represented by difference branches of government. In the US, the constitution states that everyone is equal before the law regardless of wealth. The Roman constitution had three branches: the legislative (based on the Athens democracy), the executive (based on the Spartan oligarchy) and the judidical (based on the previous monarchy) and the US constitution was a vast improvement on this.
What is the system on which the US government is based?
Democracy
Is the US a democracy why or why not?
In a democracy you have majority rules. The can make whatever law they want because they have no constitution or charter to limit them. The USA doesn't have a democracy. It has a federal constitutional republic which is supposed to rule based on the constitution. It's meant to be limited by what the constitution allows.
What are some of the difference Athens and Sparta had?
Athens had a government based on a democracy Sparta had a military based government
How does the constitution limit the president's power to appointments and treaties?
The Constitution limits the president's power based on checks and balance.
What is the Canadian government based on?
A British-style parliamantary democracy.
