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Originally Posted by albed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
The United States of America—also referred to as the United States, the USA, the US, America, the States (colloquially), and Columbia (poetically)—is a democratic, federal republic of 50 states.
Fuck Jack this is high school stuff. Ever say the pledge of allegiance?
http://www.answers.com/republic&r=67
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1. A political order whose head of state is not a monarch and in modern times is usually a president.
2. A nation that has such a political order.
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he can paste but he can't think.
- js.
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Originally Posted by Sinner
Wrong Jack... One is Rule by Law the other is Rule by Majority....
Constitution of the United States of America
Article IV
Section. 4.
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened), against domestic Violence.
also read --- Federalist Paper #10 by James Madison
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ditto.
labels like definitions migrate and change in time. what we have here in the u.s. we call a democracy. as well as by the people it is defined as such by the united states government. canada may be another story. if you have a problem with a living language get out your quills and send a pigeon to chaucer.
- js.