America is both a democracy and a republic. Citizens hold supreme power, and so America is a republic. At the same time, it is obviously a representative democracy. Moreover, they have nominated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mercyhurst University professor and political science department chair Joseph Morris views a particular course as the most ...

It has of late become en vogue, at least in some circles, to claim that the United States, rather than a democracy is, in fact, a republic. This begs the question: What’s the difference? Recently, I ...

“The United States of America is a federal republic: a federation of states governed by written constitutions,” wrote Russell Kirk. The Constitution created a republican form of government. A ...

For as long as I can remember, the Left has been sneering at anyone who points out that the United States is a republic, not a democracy. They find the notion almost as unsophisticated and fascistic ...

Mercyhurst University professor and political science department chair Joseph Morris views a particular course as the most important he teaches. His Introduction to American Government class is an ...